摘要:
Computer-implemented methods, systems and program products leveraging DTMF, SMS, and other transmission protocols to provide visualization of IVR menus, improving user-accessibility. Phones or other devices with DTMF decoding functions, internet connectivity and/or visualization capabilities place calls to an IVR system. DTMF codes are transmitted to IVR systems indicating compliance and request to receive IVR menus. IVR systems transmit DTMF codes encoding ASCII character sets for URLs whereupon devices can decode ASCII characters and fetch files visualizing IVR menus from the URL. Alternatively, IVR system may provide URLs using SMS text messages whereby devices provide a telephone number to the IVR system via DTMF. IVR system decodes the telephone number and transmits a representation of the URL using SMS protocol. The receiving device receiving the SMS message fetches the visualization of the IVR menu from the URL provided within the SMS message and use the menu to navigate the IVR system.
摘要:
The invention is a method of creating a dialstring for use with mobile smartphones and other computer-enabled telephones. A software app designed to implement the method recognizes input from the user (such as the initial digits of a phone number) that identifies the organization to be called, and accesses a stored representation of the IVR phone tree for that organization. The app then presents a graphical representation of all or part of the phone tree on the display of the telephone. The user can then respond to the graphical representation by providing selective inputs that cause the app to synthesize all or part of the dialstring needed to navigate the phone tree to the desired destination. Once a dialing option has been synthesized to the user's satisfaction, the user may provide additional input that the system interprets as an instruction to open a phone call and dial the synthesized number.
摘要:
A method for transmitting choices to a caller has steps of (a) interacting by voice with a caller using a communication device; (b) encountering a point in the interaction that a choice between two or more options is to be provided to the caller; (c) determining if the caller's communication device is capable of receiving a text message; (d) selecting a compatible text message comprising the options; (e) associating with the text message a text message destination address to the caller's device; and (f) transmitting the text message to the caller's device. The interaction may be by IVR or by a live agent.
摘要:
Example telephones and methods decouple acquiring and presenting visual representations of menu systems associated with interactive voice response (IVR) systems from a user experience interaction with the IVR system. IVRs with which a user is likely to interact are identified and data about those IVRs is acquired at a time other than a user experience telephone call. The time when data is acquired may depend on a state of the telephone, user, or environment. When a call to the IVR is made, data about the IVR is already on the telephone, therefore communication with an omnibus database that stores information about many IVR systems is not required, which improves the efficiency of telephone calls made to IVRs. Menus can be displayed on and user inputs received from the telephone while or even before the outgoing call to the IVR is established, reducing the time required to interact with IVRs.
摘要:
A conference call may be implemented between multiple user devices via a conference call server. A user may use a graphical interface of the user device to communicate with the conference call server and control the conference call in various ways. For instance, the user may add a user device to the conference call, drop a user device from the conference call, organize the user devices into conference call groups, record one or more user devices within the conference call, prevent a user device from hearing the audio input of another user device, filter out background noise from the conference call, and receive a call from outside the conference call without having to leave the conference call.
摘要:
A method includes: determining that an agent-assisted service session should be initiated between a user and a human agent at some point after the user has initiated a user session, wherein the user session produces user session data; generating one or more temporary agent access numbers through which a communication channel may be established between the user and the human agent for the agent-initiated session; communicating a selected one or more of the temporary agent access numbers to the user in response to the determination that an agent-assisted service session should be initiated; establishing a communication channel for the agent-assisted session between the user and the human agent via a particular agent access number among the selected one or more temporary agent access numbers; associating the user session data with the agent-assisted session; and communicating the user session data to the human agent in conjunction with the agent-assisted session.
摘要:
Disclosed is a visual IVR directory system for enabling a user to telephonically interact with organizations, the IVR system comprising a database comprising a plurality of organization entries wherein, each organization entry represents a organization registered therewith, each organization entry associated with at least one phone number and an visual IVR menu file, the execution of which leads to the display of a visual IVR menu comprising a plurality of graphical menu icons, the selection of each displays either a graphical submenu, organization information, or establishes an telephonic connection between the user and the organization, the IVR system configured such that, upon determining that a phone number dialed from a telephonic device of the user is listed within the database, the corresponding visual menu file is retrieved from the database and executed on the telephonic device, the telephonic device equipped with a display means.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide a system for generating an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) database, the system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory comprising a list of telephone numbers associated with one or more destinations implementing IVR menus, wherein the one or more destinations are grouped based on a plurality of categories of the IVR menus. Further the memory includes instructions executable by said processor for automatically communicating with the one of more destinations, and receiving at least one customization record from said at least one destination to store in the IVR database.
摘要:
A method for transmitting choices to a caller has steps of (a) interacting by voice with a caller using a communication device; (b) encountering a point in the interaction that a choice between two or more options is to be provided to the caller; (c) determining if the caller's communication device is capable of receiving a text message; (d) selecting a compatible text message comprising the options; (e) associating with the text message a text message destination address to the caller's device; and (f) transmitting the text message to the caller's device. The interaction may be by IVR or by a live agent.
摘要:
In an example embodiment, a visual map of an Interactive voice response (IVR) system is provided to a client device such as a smartphone. The IVR map includes destinations and/or paths. When a user selects a destination and/or path, a client running on the client device generates the appropriate dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) tones for the selected destination and/or path, and sends the DTMF tones to the IVR system.