Virtual Environment for Contact Center Information Accessibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional contact centers face difficulties in accessing and rendering detailed information during complex service or product-related calls, as available visualization mechanisms are often separate and cumbersome for employees handling calls.

Innovation Solution

A communication service that utilizes a virtual reality application with a three-dimensional rendering engine to create a virtual environment, allowing employees to interact with virtual features such as object models and process flows within the call environment, enhancing information accessibility and customer assistance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If separate visualization mechanisms are provided for employees, then information accessibility is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessibilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines audio communication and visual information display into a single integrated contact center interface. The employee uses one device that simultaneously handles phone calls and displays customer information, product details, and communication history, eliminating the need for separate visualization mechanisms while improving information accessibility during calls

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The contact center interface is designed as a multi-functional device that performs both audio communication handling and visual information presentation. The system displays various types of information (customer profiles, product specifications, communication logs) within the same interface used for audio calls, making the device universal and reducing overall system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Loss of information

If separate visualization mechanisms are provided for employees, then information accessibility is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessibilityVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The contact center interface merges audio communication controls and visual information display into a unified operation system. Employees interact with a single interface that handles both call management and information retrieval, eliminating the need to switch between separate devices and improving ease of operation during customer interactions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Reliability

If detailed information is made accessible during calls, then customer support quality improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomer support qualityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The contact center interface is designed as a multi-functional system that provides comprehensive customer support capabilities including audio communication, customer profile display, product information access, and communication history tracking within a single unified interface, improving support quality without requiring multiple separate devices

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11553087B1Communication session using a virtual environment
Publication Date: 2023.01.10 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

Implementations for providing communication services using a virtual environment are described. An audio communication session may be established between a first user device and a second user device. The second user device may answer the audio communication session using a virtual environment. The virtual environment may be updated to display virtual features associated with the communication session.