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Number: 379/266.06
Name: Telephonic communications > Centralized switching system > Call distribution to operator > Automatic call distributor (acd) system > Call or agent queuing > Estimating or reporting waiting time
Description: Subject matter wherein the time a call is calculated to remain in queue is conveyed to a caller or supervisor.


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7457403 Method and apparatus for determining a real time average speed of answer in an automatic call distribution system Nov. 25, 2008
7447304 System and method for routing both toll-free and caller-paid telephone calls to call service centers Nov. 4, 2008
7430290 Virtual queuing support system and method Sep. 30, 2008
7418095 System and method for providing caller activities while in queue Aug. 26, 2008
7349534 Call routing from first to second dialog of interactive voice response system Mar. 25, 2008
7315616 System and method for maintaining real-time agent information for multi-channel communication queuing Jan. 1, 2008
7274375 Timekeeping system and method for graphically tracking and representing activities Sep. 25, 2007
7233980 System and method for dynamic queuing in an automatic call distributor Jun. 19, 2007
7215759 Hold queue wait estimations May. 8, 2007
7174011 Telephone call center with method for providing customer with wait time updates Feb. 6, 2007
7120244 Call routing from manual to automated dialog of interactive voice response system Oct. 10, 2006
7095841 Queued task/queued resource state forecaster Aug. 22, 2006
7065203 Method and system for managing call requests in a limited bandwidth environment Jun. 20, 2006
7050569 Selecting an interactive application to run while a caller is on hold depending on the caller's expected wait time May. 23, 2006
7050568 Hold queue management May. 23, 2006
7046790 System, a device, a computer program product and a method for allocating resources to users May. 16, 2006
6996603 Automatic desktop audio/video/data conferencing distributor Feb. 7, 2006
6850615 Method and system for providing information to an external user regarding the availability of an agent Feb. 1, 2005
6823062 Arrangement for predicting call-center status in a network call-routing system Nov. 23, 2004
6807274 Call routing from manual to automated dialog of interactive voice response system Oct. 19, 2004
6801620 Enhanced agent automatic call distribution control Oct. 5, 2004
6798877 Enhanced end user automatic call distributor control Sep. 28, 2004
6792082 Voice mail system with personal assistant provisioning Sep. 14, 2004
6782093 Graphical method and system for visualizing performance levels in time-varying environment Aug. 24, 2004
6754333 Wait time prediction arrangement for non-real-time customer contacts Jun. 22, 2004
6741698 Call management system using dynamic threshold adjustment May. 25, 2004
6738473 Call queuing May. 18, 2004
6728363 Determining expected call waiting time in a call center queue Apr. 27, 2004
6714643 System and method for implementing wait time estimation in automatic call distribution queues Mar. 30, 2004
6711255 Predictive distribution of calls between inquiry centers Mar. 23, 2004
6694009 Estimation of a work item's wait-time from the present stages of processing of preceding work items Feb. 17, 2004
6668056 System and method for modeling resources for calls centered in a public switch telephone network Dec. 23, 2003
6658255 Enhanced wireless radio channel utilization Dec. 2, 2003
6553114 System for automatically predicting call center agent work time in a multi-skilled agent environment Apr. 22, 2003
6512822 Method and arrangement for measuring holding time in communication networks Jan. 28, 2003
6373836 Apparatus and methods in routing internet protocol network telephony calls in a centrally-managed call center system Apr. 16, 2002
6359982 Methods and apparatus for determining measures of agent-related occupancy in a call center Mar. 19, 2002
6263066 Multimedia managing and prioritized queuing system integrated with intelligent routing capability Jul. 17, 2001
6157655 Method for estimating telephony system-queue waiting time in an agent level routing environment Dec. 5, 2000
6122358 Operator connection control method Sep. 19, 2000
6091811 Ringing technique in automatic call distribution Jul. 18, 2000
6064730 Customer-self routing call center May. 16, 2000
5905793 Waiting-call selection based on anticipated wait times May. 18, 1999
5867572 Customer queuing arrangement Feb. 2, 1999
5864617 Call queuing and distribution Jan. 26, 1999
5864616 System and method for providing call statistics in real time Jan. 26, 1999
5761289 800 number callback Jun. 2, 1998
5696818 Delay announcement group and time controller for a telephone system Dec. 9, 1997
5684872 Prediction of a caller's motivation as a basis for selecting treatment of an incoming call Nov. 4, 1997
5657383 Flexible customer controlled telecommunications handling Aug. 12, 1997

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