Abstract:
A system and method for providing customer activities while in queue allows for one or more customers to interact with one or more customer activities while waiting to speak with a live agent. The customers engage the customer activities while holding in a queue where the customer activities reduce the boredom, frustration, and perceived hold duration associated with holding to speak to a live agent. The customers are offered one or more options of the customer activities to interact with and the system and method monitors the customer’s selections and interaction with the customer activities. As agents become available, each customer is transferred to an agent along with information regarding the customer’s interaction with a selected customer activity. Upon completion of the interaction between the agent and the customer, the customer has the option to return to the selected customer activity and continue interacting with the selected customer activity.
Abstract:
A method, system, and apparatus for automating the creation of customer-centric interfaces includes an IVR system and a computer system automatically creating a customer-centric interface design. A plurality of opening statements are collected and analyzed in order to determine the customers' terminology, the tasks for which the customers contact the interface, and how the tasks are related. Analysis and categorization of the customer opening statements (using one or more rules), the tasks, and the task relationships allows for menu prompts and dialog exchanges within the interface to be in the customers own terminology and arranged in an order familiar to the customers. Furthermore, a plurality of personas are available to interact with the customers in accordance with the customers' personality or demeanor. The performance of the customer-centric interface is tested whereby the test results are automatically analyzed and the customer-centric interface is modified for optimal performance.
Abstract:
A system and method for providing customer activities while in queue allows for one or more customers to interact with one or more customer activities while waiting to speak with a live agent. The customers engage the customer activities while holding in a queue where the customer activities reduce the boredom, frustration, and perceived hold duration associated with holding to speak to a live agent. The customers are offered one or more options of the customer activities to interact with and the system and method monitors the customer’s selections and interaction with the customer activities. As agents become available, each customer is transferred to an agent along with information regarding the customer’s interaction with a selected customer activity. Upon completion of the interaction between the agent and the customer, the customer has the option to return to the selected customer activity and continue interacting with the selected customer activity.