Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system

US20160080573A1Active Publication Date: 2016-03-17ORIX VENTURES

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[0033]A typical contact center algorithmically assigns contacts arriving at the contact center to agents available to handle those contacts. At times, the contact center may be in an “L1 state” and have agents available and waiting for assignment to inbound or outbound contacts (e.g., telephone calls, Internet chat sessions, email). At other times, the contact center may be in an

[0034]“L2 state” and have contacts waiting in one or more queues for an agent to become available for assignment. Such L2 queues could be inbound, outbound, or virtual queues. Contact center systems implement various strategies for assigning contacts to agents in both L1 and L2 states.

[0035]The present disclosure generally relates to contact center systems, traditionally referred to as “Automated Call Distribution” (“ACD”) systems. Typically, such an ACD process is subsequent to an initial “Skills-based Routing” (“SBR”) process that serves to allocate contacts and agents among skill queues within the contact...

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Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 021,251, filed Jan. 28, 2008, and is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 530,058, filed Oct. 31, 2014, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 843,724, filed Mar. 15, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,879,715, issued Nov. 4, 2014, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 615,788, filed Mar. 26, 2012, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 615,779, filed Mar. 26, 2012, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 615,772, filed Mar. 26, 2012, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as if fully set forth herein.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]This disclosure generally relates to contact centers and, more particularly, to techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE[0003]A typical contact center algorithmically assigns co...

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17 Mar 2016

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US20160080573A1

IPC: H04M3/523

CPC: H04M3/5232; H04M3/5235; H04M2201/18; H04M2201/36; H04M3/5233; H04M3/5183

Inventors: CHISHTI, ZIA