Abstract:
A communication software module executing on a computerized appliance from a machine-readable medium includes functionality enabling a user to direct a communication event to a particular destination by an address of the destination, functionality for transmitting the destination address to a remote trust authority, functionality for initiating the communication event, and functionality for receiving trust information from the remote trust authority, the trust information associated with an enterprise or a person associated with the destination address. Various communication modules are provided, such as email clients, instant messaging systems, chat systems, and voice communication systems.
Abstract:
A method, using trust software executing from a machine-readable medium on a computerized appliance operating as a trust authority, to assign to a person, a file, or an enterprise an indication of trustworthiness, includes steps of (a) assembling information concerning the person, file, or enterprise; (b) applying trust logic to the information assembled for individual ones of the persons, files or enterprises to assign a trust score; and (c) storing the score associated with at least an identity of the person, file or enterprise.
Abstract:
A conferencing application executing on a computerized appliance from a machine-readable medium, the computerized appliance coupled to one or more networks is provided, the application including functionality for responding to requests to join a conference, and for enabling requesters as participants, functionality for receiving and rendering text, voice or video data from each registered participant as text, voice or video data to be transmitted to individual ones of other participants, functionality for controlling which received text, voice or video data is transmitted to which participants, and functionality for receiving and executing instructions from a trust authority.
Abstract:
A computer implemented method for scoring a first network node comprising data accessible to a user when connected to the network has steps of (a) determining at least an approximate probability for the first network node that a user not connected to the node will connect to the first node before connecting to any other node; and (b) assigning a score to the node based at least in part on the determined probability.
Abstract:
A method for predicting demographic phenomena has steps for (a) determining behavioral characteristics of a specific population group related by one or more of interest or behavior; (b) creating one or more browsing software agents incorporating behavioral characteristics from step (a) and enabled to browse a network graph; (c) executing the software agents against the network graph, and noting resulting network phenomena; (d) monitoring the network graph in absence of execution of the software agents; and (e) in the event of reappearance of phenomena from step (c), concluding that real persons of the specific population group are active in producing the network phenomena.
Abstract:
According to the invention, a system and method for integrating agent scripting, call routing and workforce management functions in contact centers, enabling them to work together without opposing the influence of the workforce management system against those of the other two systems, is disclosed. In an embodiment of the invention, a feedback mechanism is provided between the agent scripting engine and either the forecasting engine or the adherence module of the workforce management system, or both. This feedback mechanism is used to pass useful information dynamically between the said workforce management system and the said agent scripting engine, said information exchange being unidirectional in either direction, or bidirectional. A similar feedback mechanism is provided between the routing system and either the forecasting engine or the adherence module of the workforce management system, or both. This second feedback mechanism is used to pass useful information dynamically between the said workforce management system and the said call routing system, said information exchange being unidirectional in either direction, or bidirectional. In another embodiment of the invention, a method in which information is passed from an agent scripting engine and a call routing system to the forecasting engine or adherence module of a workforce management system, or both, is disclosed.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present invention relate to improved systems and methods adapted to receive an audio recording from a celebrity and store the audio recording in a digital format, wherein the audio recording contains a personalized message from the celebrity to an intended recipient. The audio recording with the authentication information may be transferred to a portable memory facility, and the portable memory facility associated with a collectible item.