Chat Bot Semantic Answering for Contact Center Query Resolution

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Solution Overview

Problem

In communication software, repetitive questions often go unanswered or disrupt conversations due to lack of efficient search functionality and semantic mismatch in question language, leading to frustration and wasted time for users and administrators.

Innovation Solution

A knowledgebase is built using natural language processing to store and update question-answer pairs within communication channels, allowing a chat bot to identify and provide answers to semantically similar questions, reducing the need for repeated queries and improving user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If manual searching and monitoring of communication channels is used to answer questions, then users can get answers to their questions, but it consumes excessive time and administrative resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime to answer questionsVSAvoidadministrative efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by automatically monitoring communication channels, analyzing incoming questions using NLP, and providing answers autonomously without human intervention. The chatbot independently queries the knowledgebase and responds to user questions, eliminating the need for manual administrative oversight.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

An automated chatbot serves as an intermediary between users and the knowledgebase. The chatbot receives questions from users, processes them through NLP to extract meaning and intent, queries the knowledgebase for relevant answers, and delivers responses back to users, thereby mediating the interaction and eliminating direct human involvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive search functionality is implemented to find relevant answers, then answer accuracy improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanswer relevance accuracyVSAvoidsearch system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces complex mechanical search systems with an intelligent NLP-based analysis system. Instead of relying on keyword matching or manual search interfaces, the system uses natural language processing to understand the semantic meaning, intent, and context of questions, thereby achieving high answer relevance without increasing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of question analysis from simple keyword matching to semantic understanding through NLP. By transforming the analysis approach from surface-level text comparison to deep meaning extraction, the system achieves higher precision in finding relevant answers while maintaining manageable complexity through automated processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Speed

If automated chatbot is deployed to answer questions, then response speed increases, but ability to handle complex or novel questions decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequestion response speedVSAvoidhandling complex questions capability
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where user interactions, question patterns, and answer effectiveness are continuously monitored and fed back into the NLP model and knowledgebase. This allows the chatbot to learn from complex questions it encounters, improving its ability to handle novel and complicated inquiries over time while maintaining fast response speeds.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The knowledgebase is pre-populated with comprehensive question-answer pairs covering anticipated complex scenarios. By preparing answers in advance and structuring the knowledgebase with detailed information, the system enables the chatbot to quickly retrieve and deliver accurate responses to complex questions without real-time analysis delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20240249163A1Automated Responding To A Prompt In A Contact Center
Publication Date: 2024.07.25 ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC
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AI summary

A contact center server receives, during a contact center engagement and via a chat bot of the contact center server, a query from a user device. The contact center server determines that the query corresponds to a stored prompt associated with a stored response in a contact center knowledgebase. The contact center server provides, via the chat bot, the stored response to the user device.