Contact Center Consent Management Interface for Multi-Number Workflows

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Solution Overview

Problem

Contact center agents face challenges in obtaining and managing consent for contacting individuals across multiple telephone numbers, as existing systems do not efficiently present or update consent information for alternative numbers, leading to distractions and tedious processes.

Innovation Solution

A consent management system that allows agents to interactively manage consent-related information during calls, presenting additional telephone numbers and their consent status, enabling easy updates and modifications through a graphical user interface, facilitating efficient consent management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If additional telephone numbers and consent information are presented to the agent during each call, then the agent can manage consent for multiple numbers, but the agent becomes distracted and the process becomes tedious

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconsent management capabilityVSAvoidagent workflow
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by presenting additional telephone numbers and their consent status to the agent before the agent needs to manage consent. The consent management module proactively displays this information on the agent's computer, allowing the agent to review and manage consent for multiple numbers in advance rather than being distracted during the call.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The consent management module acts as an intermediary between the call handling system and the agent. It receives consent information from the call handling system and presents it to the agent through the agent's computer interface, filtering and organizing the information to minimize distraction while maintaining comprehensive consent management capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If the system presents all additional telephone numbers to the agent, then complete consent management is possible, but the information overload distracts the agent

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconsent management completenessVSAvoidagent focus
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the consent management process by presenting additional telephone numbers and their consent status as separate, organized information blocks to the agent. The consent management module divides the information into manageable units (individual phone numbers with their specific consent status) rather than overwhelming the agent with a complete list, allowing selective review of relevant numbers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10623567B1Facilitating agent management of consent for a party associated with multiple telephone numbers
Publication Date: 2020.04.14 ALVARIA INC
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and computer readable medium are disclosed for facilitating management of consent related information for an agent in a contact center. Upon receiving a request from a party to modify consent for receiving future communications, the agent may select an icon on their computer to manage consent. In one embodiment, one or more telephone numbers and their associated consent status is displayed to the agent. The agent may modify the consent status for a telephone number associated with the party. In another embodiment, the agent may select an icon that modifies the consent related information to reflect that consent has been revoked for all numbers and channel types thereof associated with the party.