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Solution Overview

Problem

In customer support systems, new agents and managers often face difficulties in accessing site information, leading to prolonged call times due to incorrect or missing information in ticketing systems, which can take up to 10 minutes or more to resolve, affecting customer satisfaction.

Innovation Solution

A site information button is implemented that allows customer service representatives to access necessary site information without using a command center ID key, providing all relevant details such as site name, address, and diagnostic information within 30 seconds to two minutes, enabling faster troubleshooting and improving response times.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If agents use traditional ticketing systems to access site information, then comprehensive information can be obtained, but call time is prolonged (up to 10 minutes or more)

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesite information accessibilityVSAvoidcall time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the essential site information (site name, address, diagnostic information) from the complex ticketing system and presents it through a simplified button interface. This extraction allows agents to obtain necessary information quickly without navigating through the entire ticketing system, thereby reducing call time while maintaining information completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The site information is pre-prepared and stored in the terminal system before being requested. When an agent presses the site information button, the information is already formatted and ready for immediate display, eliminating the need for real-time querying and processing during the call, thus significantly reducing wait time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If agents use command center ID key to access site information, then accurate information can be retrieved, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accuracyVSAvoidoperation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal system automatically retrieves and displays site information when the button is pressed, without requiring agents to manually enter command center ID keys or navigate complex authentication processes. The system serves itself by having the information readily available and automatically presenting it, thereby maintaining accuracy while dramatically simplifying the operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The site information button acts as an intermediary between the agent and the terminal system's information database. Instead of directly interacting with the complex command center system, agents interact with this simplified interface that mediates the information retrieval process, maintaining reliability while improving ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of time

If comprehensive site information is stored in terminal memory, then quick access is enabled, but device memory requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation retrieval timeVSAvoidmemory storage capacity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential site information (site name, address, diagnostic information) needed for quick reference and stores only these extracted elements in terminal memory. This selective extraction minimizes storage requirements while ensuring that the most critical information is immediately available for rapid retrieval during calls.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS11057518B2Site information button
Publication Date: 2021.07.06 NCR VOYIX CORP
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AI summary

A local terminal is operable to display a user interface on a display of the terminal. The user interface includes a site information button. The local terminal is operable to receive a user input that corresponds to a user pressing the site information button. The local terminal is further operable to retrieve site information from a memory of the local terminal. The site information includes diagnostic information for the local terminal.