A method for providing an intent expressed in a conversational interaction in narrative form includes detecting a first intent, with a first large language model, from an input comprising at least an interaction transcript and an engineered prompt; generating, with the first large language model, a first narrative for the first intent and a first confidence score corresponding to a probability that the first intent is an intention in fact expressed in the interaction transcript; determining that the first confidence score is greater than or equal to a threshold; checking that the first narrative conforms to fluency and completeness rules, when the first confidence score is greater than or equal to the threshold; and outputting the first narrative as an output detected intent, when the first confidence score is greater than or equal to the threshold and when the first narrative conforms to the fluency and completeness rules.
Systems and methods for automating quality metrics are provided. Transcripts of interactions with agents and assigned quality metrics for a variety of questions are collected for an entity. The quality metrics may relate to questions such as “Did the agent greet the customer with a friendly greeting?” and “Did the agent answer the customer's question after returning from the hold?”. For each question used by the entity to generate quality metrics, a large language model or classifier is trained for the question using the transcripts and the assigned quality metrics for the question. The transcripts may be processed to include textual information corresponding to metadata associated with the communications such as time stamps for call holds, utterances, and silent periods. The trained large language model or classifiers may then be used later to automatically assign quality metrics to current interactions for their corresponding question.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for generating a plurality of forecasts for a future time interval using a plurality of models and/or algorithms in order to assess the performance of each model. An example computer-implemented method can comprise generating a fitness function visualization corresponding with determined quantitative measures of forecast quality for each of the plurality of models and/or algorithms.
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INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL ASSISTANT TRAINING THROUGH PHASED OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING TASKS
Disclosed embodiments pertain to training an intelligent virtual assistant through phased observational learning tasks. A pre-trained language model can be updated offline to produce a second language model with self-supervised learning based on transcripts of historical interactions between one or more customers, one or more customer service agents, and one or more data stores. The second language model can be evaluated and determined to satisfy a predetermined performance threshold. Subsequently, the second language model can be updated online to produce a third language model with reinforcement learning based on received customer input and similarity between a response provided by a customer service agent and a predicted response generated by the second language model. The third language model can then be deployed with an intelligent virtual assistant to respond to received user input.
To allow the human customer service agents to specialize in the instances where human service is preferred, but to scale to the volume of large call centers, systems and methods are provided in which human agents and intelligent virtual assistants (IVAs) co-handle a conversation with a customer. IVAs handle simple or moderate tasks, and human agents are used for those tasks that require or would benefit from human compassion or special handling. Instead of starting the conversation with an IVA and then escalating or passing control of the conversation to a human to complete, the IVAs and human agents work together on a conversation.
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A tagging system gathers all events (tagged and untagged) generated by remote sensors at a location or facility over time. Based on the gathered events the tagging system uses machine learning to train a model to learn the sensor layout of a facility or location and the timing between the triggering of sensors. Once trained, the model can predict the movement and location of individuals and objects throughout the facility based on a starting tagged event. Given a series of tagged and untagged events, the system can use the movement predictions of the model to tag the untagged events in the series with the identification of an individual or object that triggered the generation of the untagged event.
The present invention allows a CEC system to automatedly track the use, storage, access, and modification of sensitive information/data in the system through desktop monitoring. Further, through desktop, video, and audio monitoring of CSRs the system can automatedly determine the improper use, access, storage, and modification of sensitive information by implementing sensitive data use rules that allow a system to be specialized for the user. Finally, the system can automatedly determine and implement violation actions for the improper use, storage, access, and manipulation of sensitive information. This provides an intelligent system capable of locating all sensitive data in the system and regulating the use, access, and storage of sensitive data in the system.
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G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for receiving audio data comprising a user voice command; determining a task to be completed by a remote service based on the user voice command; determining that a reference voice print associated with the user is stored in a user account; authenticating the user by determining that a sample voice print based on the user voice command matches the reference voice print associated with the user; storing authentication evidence associated with the task; and providing proof of user authentication to the remote service in order to initiate the task with the remote service.
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for receiving, from a user, a command for a virtual assistant to perform a task on behalf of the user; determining a communication channel for the virtual assistant to communicate with a remote service in order to perform the task; registering a communication session with an identity provider service, wherein the communication session is associated with the communication channel; initiating the communication session with the remote service using the communication channel; receiving a communication session authentication query from the remote service; and determining, in response to the communication session authentication query, whether the user is authenticated.
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for masking sensitive information in a data stream, comprising: receiving a request to record an image data stream associated with a graphical user interface; instantiating a display capturer configured to capture the image data stream associated with the graphical user interface; instantiating a virtual display configured to virtually display: an image layer comprising the image data stream associated with the graphical user interface; and a mask layer configured to mask sensitive information in the image data stream; and determining a mask layer state based on at least one of: a state of the graphical user interface; or a comparison of the mask layer at a first time and at a second time.
A method for deployment of cloud resources in one or more cloud environments includes receiving a request, through a user interface, to deploy a cloud resource, the request comprising an abstract resource definition and one or more target deployment locations; identifying and executing a first resource manager associated with a first target deployment location of the one or more target deployment locations; generating, with the first resource manager based on the abstract resource definition, a first manifest for deployment of the cloud resource at the first target deployment location; deploying, with the first resource manager, an instance of the cloud resource on a first cloud-computing infrastructure defined by the first target deployment location, wherein the instance is based on the first manifest; and returning, through the user interface, information corresponding to the instance of the cloud resource deployed on the first cloud-computing infrastructure.
A method for providing benchmark-plans to a customer based on benchmark information, comprising receiving a customer-defined service goal and a demand forecast for the customer; generating, with a planner, a plan for achieving the customer-defined service goal based on the demand forecast; determining a benchmark category from a plurality of benchmark categories that the customer belongs to based on at least an industry of the customer, wherein the benchmark category defines a plurality of other customer-defined service goals for other customers participating in at least the industry as the customer; determining benchmark service goals based on the determined benchmark category; executing the planner for each of the benchmark service goals thereby generating benchmark-plans for the demand forecast for the customer; and outputting, to the customer, the plan and the benchmark-plans, wherein the benchmark-plans are different from the plan.
G06Q 10/0639 - Performance analysis of employeesPerformance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
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Techniques for monitoring and improving emotional well-being of an employee are described. Stream of audio data corresponding to a call between an employee and a customer may be received. One or more acoustic features and/or audio feature data may be generated from the audio data. Word embedding data corresponding to the audio data may be generated. An employee experience score may be generated using a machine learning (ML) model, word embedding data, and the one or more acoustic features, where the score corresponds to an experience level of the first speaker during the call with the second speaker. Based on the score, an action may be caused to be performed. In some embodiments, one or more notifications may be generated based on data related to the audio data, where at least notification is configured to improve an experience level for the first speaker.
Techniques for monitoring and improving emotional well-being of an employee are described. Stream of audio data corresponding to a call between an employee and a customer may be received. One or more acoustic features and/or audio feature data may be generated from the audio data. Word embedding data corresponding to the audio data may be generated. An employee experience score may be generated using a machine learning (ML) model, word embedding data, and the one or more acoustic features, where the score corresponds to an experience level of the first speaker during the call with the second speaker. Based on the score, an action may be caused to be performed. In some embodiments, one or more notifications may be generated based on data related to the audio data, where at least notification is configured to improve an experience level for the first speaker.
G10L 25/63 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for estimating an emotional state
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AUTOMATED VALIDATION OF INFORMATION EXCHANGED DURING INTERACTIONS
An automated interaction processing system is deployed to automatically process an interaction transcription or content to generate response data in a manner that does not require intensive human manual effort.
Techniques and architectures for implementing a team of virtual assistants are described herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different characteristics, such as different functionality, base language models, levels of training, visual appearances, personalities, and so on. The characteristics of the virtual assistants may be configured by trainers, end-users, and/or a virtual assistant service. The virtual assistants may be presented to end-users in conversation user interfaces to perform different tasks for the users in a conversational manner. The different virtual assistants may adapt to different contexts. The virtual assistants may additionally, or alternatively, interact with each other to carry out tasks for the users, which may be illustrated in conversation user interfaces.
A system and method use a trained transformer model to generate summaries of audio interactions based on keywords. Training the transformer model includes obtaining a transcription of an audio interaction, obtain keywords for summarizing the audio interaction, training a transformer model to generate a summary of the audio interaction based on the keywords and the transcription, where the transcription is an input to the transformer model and the keywords are injected between an encoder and a decoder of the transformer model, and deploying the trained transformer model to be used for generating summaries of subsequent audio interactions.
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUGGESTING AND GENERATING A CUSTOMER SERVICE TEMPLATE
The template generation system receives interaction data stored by the CEC from an interaction database and customer service templates (if any) from a template database. The template generation system processes interaction data and customer service templates to learn the domain language of CSR responses and the template responses within the CEC. The template generation system encodes the learned language and generates sentence vector embeddings for the CSR responses and template responses. Based on the learned language, the encoding, and the sentence vector embeddings, the template generation system processes CSR responses derived from the interaction data and customer service templates to predict the need for new customer service templates. Based on the predicted need for new customer service templates, the template generation system provides customer service template suggestions and may also auto-generate suggested customer service templates.
A system and method for updating computerized language models is provided that automatically adds or deletes terms from the language model to capture trending events or products, while maximizing computer efficiencies by deleting terms that are no longer trending and use of knowledge bases, machine learning model training and evaluation corpora, analysis tools and databases
An interactive voice response (IVR) system including iterative speech recognition with semantic interpretation is deployed to process an audio input in a manner that optimizes and conserves computing resources and facilitates low-latency discovery of start-of-speech events that can be used to support external processes such as barge-in operations. The IVR system can repeatedly receive an audio input at a speech processing component and apply an input-aware recognition process to the audio input. In response to generating a start-of-speech event, the IVR system can apply an input-unaware recognition process to the remaining audio input and determine a semantic meaning in relation to the relevant portion of the audio input.
An interactive voice response (IVR) system including iterative speech recognition with semantic interpretation is deployed to determine when a user is finished speaking, thus saving them time and frustration. The IVR system can repeatedly receive an audio input representing a portion of human speech, transcribe the speech into text, and determine a semantic meaning of the text. If the semantic meaning corresponds to a valid input or response to the IVR system, then the IVR system can determine that the user input is complete and respond to the user after the user is silent for a predetermined time period. If the semantic meaning does not correspond to a valid input to the IVR system, the IVR system can determine that the user input is not complete and can wait for a second predetermined time period before determining that the user has finished speaking.
A system for detecting fraudulent activity using account analytics obtains an interaction record for an interaction between a remote device and a user account via an interaction channel, where the interaction is an attempt to access the user account, obtains historical data relating to the user account and the interaction channel that includes one or more historical interaction records relating to the user account and activity records relating to the interaction channel, calculates a threat score for the user account based on the interaction record and the one or more historical interaction records that indicates a likelihood that the user account is subject to fraudulent activity, generates a database record based on the interaction record that includes the threat score, and initiates corrective action if the threat score exceeds a predetermined threshold.
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for suggesting responses generated from an entity's own published information with links to the source of that generated response should provide a quality starting point that is already accurate and brand compliant or, if not, quickly editable to become so. The published information is ingested by the system, and a question/answer transformation process is applied against the ingested data using training language data that is tagged and categorized by intent to generate suggested responses. The suggested response may be presented in a user interface with a link to the URL which was used to construct the response. The suggested responses may be edited if needed.
An intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) is deployed to place a call/chat to customer service on behalf of the customer, thus saving them time and frustration. The IVA contacts a specific company over one or more channels, for example, chat, phone call, Application Programming Interface (API), or email, in order to complete open-ended task(s) requested by its user. Before the IVA contacts the company, a specific user profile is injected into an IVA dialog state. The IVA contacts the company or agency and answers customer service agent (CSA) questions by using the specific user profile provided for the call. The IVA then stores the task outcome for the user to review. If something prevents the task from succeeding, the IVA alerts the user that either it needs more information or the user may need to perform some action before the task can be completed, such as filling out or emailing a form.
An intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) is deployed to place a call/chat to customer service on behalf of the customer, thus saving them time and frustration. The IVA contacts a destination entity over one or more channels, for example, chat, phone call, Application Programming Interface (API), or email, in order to complete open-ended task(s) requested by another computer. Before the IVA contacts the destination entity, a specific user profile is injected into an IVA dialog state. The IVA contacts the destination entity and answers customer service agent (CSA) questions by using the specific user profile inserted. The IVA then stores the task outcome for the user to review. If something prevents the task from succeeding, the IVA alerts the user that either it needs more information or the user may need to perform some action before the task can be completed, such as filling out, or emailing a form.
An intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) is deployed to place a call/chat to customer service on behalf of the customer, thus saving them time and frustration. The IVA contacts a specific company over one or more channels, for example, chat, phone call, Application Programming Interface (API), or email, in order to complete open-ended task(s) requested by its user. Before the IVA contacts the company, a specific user profile is injected into an IVA dialog state. The IVA contacts the company or agency and answers customer service agent (CSA) questions by using the specific user profile provided for the call. The IVA then stores the task outcome for the user to review. If something prevents the task from succeeding, the IVA alerts the user that either it needs more information or the user may need to perform some action before the task can be completed, such as filling out or emailing a form.
The segment analysis system analyzes survey data to determine the influence each custom question/response combination (segment) has on a given aggregate scored survey metric for a given date/date range. The system removes from consideration all surveys that do not include a scored survey metric and date that matche the aggregate scored survey metric and given date/date range. The system further removes from consideration all surveys not pertaining received user-defined filtering. Once the system has eliminated all extraneous surveys from consideration, the system segments each question/response combinations across the pool of surveys to generate an influence score for each question/response combination. The system identifies which segment has the greatest positive and negative influence on the aggregate scored survey metric for the given date/date range. The system generates reports for the segment analysis and stores all segment analyses for further comparative analysis.
System and method for handling a transaction between a waiting party and queuing party include an independent communication system (ICS) managing calls between the waiting party and calling party for handling sensitive data as well as call-attached data. The ICS manages the transaction in different stages and with different levels of sensitivity. Either party is allowed to modify the call or call preferences during the transaction. The ICS works independently from the queuing party calling system.
The present invention allows text analysis and routing of an outgoing message. The system intercepts outgoing messages for analysis by a TAS software module. The module assigns an analytical score to the message, then compares the score to a threshold. If the score is below the threshold, the message is transmitted to its ultimate destination. If not, the message may be routed for correction by the message's composer or quality assurance staff. After such correction, the message new analytical score is generated and compared, and, if necessary, the process repeats again.
Methods and systems for selecting a forecasting algorithm to use for a forecast for a time interval are provided. A class is a series of time intervals that is selected by an entity from time series data that relates to external data or is a series of time intervals from the time series data that corresponds to a motif. The time series data is processed by a computer to identify motifs, and classes are generated based on each identified motif. A user may further identify one or more classes in the time series data. For each class, the forecasting algorithm that best predicts the historical demand data for time intervals associated with the class is determined. Later, when the entity desires to receive a forecast for a future time interval, the class associated with the future time interval is determined. The forecasting algorithm determined to best predict demand for the determined class is then used.
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The present disclosure describes methods and systems for selecting the forecasting algorithm to use for a prediction based on motifs. A motif is a pattern of interval values that is found to repeat in time series data. Time series data that includes historical demand data (e.g., average communication volume) for an entity at various time intervals in the past is received. The time series data is processed to identify motifs. For each identified motif, the forecasting algorithm that best predicts the historical demand data for time intervals associated with the motif is determined. Later, when the entity desires to receive a forecast for a future time interval, the motif associated with the future time interval is determined. The forecasting algorithm determined to best predict demand for the determined motif is then used to predict the demand for the future time interval.
A realtime contextual event notification system that ingests events as streams from any authorized entity applies rules to the event streams, determines a context of an end-user who is a recipient of a targeted notification, and provides notifications to the end-user in accordance with the context. The event streams may come from multiple sources and rules may be applied to provide realtime contextual information associated with the end-user.
A real time contextual event notification system that ingests events as streams from any authorized entity applies rules to the event streams, determines a context of an end-user who is a recipient of a targeted notification, and provides notifications to the end-user in accordance with the context. The event streams may come from multiple sources and rules may be applied to provide real time contextual information associated with the end-user.
A real-time contextual event notification system ingests events as streams from any authorized entity, applies rules to the event streams, determines a context of an end-user who is a recipient of a targeted notification, and provides notifications to the end-user in accordance with the context. The event streams may come from multiple sources, and rules may be applied to provide real-time contextual information associated with the end user. One such event stream includes detected linguistic and/or acoustic events during a phone call between two or more persons.
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An anomaly detection system using machine learning to generate predicted survey scores for a given duration and a given metric based on historic survey score data. The system compares a predicted survey score to the actual survey score and identifies anomalous actual survey scores. The anomaly detection system trains a plurality of survey score prediction models using historic survey score data. Each survey score prediction model is based on a specific survey score metric and a specific duration. The survey score prediction models generate expected survey score results for the given duration and the given metric. Based on the user-determined filtering and tolerances, the system determines if the actual survey score result is anomalous. The system generates reports for the detected anomalies and continually updates the survey score prediction models with newly obtained actual survey results, thereby improving the anomaly detection accuracy over time.
In an entity such as a call center, back office, or retail operation, external event data is recorded along with call volume information for a plurality of time intervals. Based on the recorded event data and call volume for the plurality of intervals, a model is trained to predict call (or other communication) volume for a specified time interval using the external event data. The external event data may include data about one or more events that may affect the demand received by the entity. When the predicted call volume is significantly above or below what would be predicted for the entity using historical data alone, an indicator may be displayed to a user or administrator that identifies the external event that is responsible for the lower or higher prediction. The call volume prediction may be used to schedule one or more agents (or other employees) to work during the specified time interval.
A realtime contextual event notification system that ingests events as streams from any authorized entity applies rules to the event streams, determines a context of an end-user who is a recipient of a targeted notification, and provides notifications to the end-user in accordance with the context. The event streams may come from multiple sources and rules may be applied to provide realtime contextual information associated with the end-user.
f is computed. A second mode M[D] computes, using the parameters just calibrated, demand-controlled service levels and an error metric e(M[D]) between the controlled service levels and actual levels. The user iteratively adjusts the shrinkage. When the user is satisfied that e(M[D]) is sufficiently small, calibration of the core parameters is complete.
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically adjusting a website of an entity using information that has been received, stored, gathered, and/or otherwise obtained about what people want to find on the entity's website. A website may be dynamically adjusted using trending information in response to determining that the usage of the monitored data source is greater than the baseline usage distribution or in response to determining that the usage of the monitored data source is not greater than the baseline usage distribution receiving NLP inputs of the user from the IVA and adjusting dynamic web content displayed on the website based on the NLP inputs.
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The present application includes a method and system for real-time predictive scheduling. The system receives information from at least one workload input and at least one personnel input, calculating an initial schedule based on the information and on analytics rules in a scheduling analytics engine. The system then allocates incoming workloads to customer service representatives according to the initial schedule, while monitoring adherence to the initial schedule by calculating deviation from schedule adherence. If the deviation from schedule adherence exceeds an acceptable deviation from schedule adherence within the analytics rules, the system calculates an updated schedule.
A system for generating wrap-up information is capable of learning how interactions are transformed into contact notes and outcome codes using natural language processing and can generate the contact notes and outcome codes for new incoming interactions by applying prediction models trained on interaction data, contact notes and outcome codes. The system for generating wrap-up information receives interaction data, including interaction audio data, interaction transcripts, associated contact notes and associated outcome codes. The interaction transcripts are generated from the previous interactions between agents and customers. The contact notes and outcome codes are generated by agents during the associated previous interactions. The system processes and uses the interaction data to train prediction models to analyze interaction audio data and interaction transcripts and predict appropriate contact notes and outcome codes for the interaction. Once trained the prediction model(s) can generate appropriate contact notes and outcome codes for new interactions.
A system for generating wrap-up information is capable of learning how interactions are transformed into contact notes and outcome codes using natural language processing and can generate the contact notes and outcome codes for new incoming interactions by applying prediction models trained on interaction data, contact notes and outcome codes. The system for generating wrap-up information receives interaction data, including interaction audio data, interaction transcripts, associated contact notes and associated outcome codes. The interaction transcripts are generated from the previous interactions between agents and customers. The contact notes and outcome codes are generated by agents during the associated previous interactions. The system processes and uses the interaction data to train prediction models to analyze interaction audio data and interaction transcripts and predict appropriate contact notes and outcome codes for the interaction. Once trained the prediction model(s) can generate appropriate contact notes and outcome codes for new interactions.
Provided is a system and method for adapting analysis to user profiles to reduce bias in customer or user generated content, specifically a system and method that discounts or adjusts bias in sentiment data based on the channel from which the content was received and/or the demographic of the user. The system includes a means to detect bias for any product, service, or company across multiple channels of customer data; a means to construct models to quantize bias by specific demographics and channels; and a means to adjust model output to reduce inflation by biased groups.
A system for data recording across a network includes a session border controller connecting incoming data from the network to an endpoint recorder. A load balancer is connected to the network between the session border controller and the endpoint and receives the incoming data from the session border controller, wherein the load balancer comprises computer memory and a processor configured to parse the incoming data into video data and audio data according to identification protocols accessible by the processor from the computer memory. A recording apparatus includes recording memory that receives the incoming data from the load balancer, stores a duplicate version of the incoming data in the recording memory, and connects the incoming data to the endpoint.
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Disclosed are a framework and method for selecting an anomaly detection method for each of a plurality of class of time series based on characteristics a time series example that represents an expected form of data. The method provides classification of a given time series into one of known classes based on expected properties of the time series, filtering the set of possible detection methods based on the time series class, evaluating the remaining detection methods on the given time series using the specific evaluation metric and selecting and returning a recommended anomaly detection method based on the specific evaluation metric.
To prevent intent classifiers from potentially choosing intents that are ineligible for the current input due to policies, dynamic intent classification systems and methods are provided that dynamically control the possible set of intents using environment variables (also referred to as external variables). Associations between environment variables and ineligible intents, referred to as culling rules, are used.
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for generating multivariate time series data utilizing a variational auto-encoder (VAE) having an architecture for injecting custom temporal structures into the generated multivariate time series data. A method for generating multivariate time series data includes sampling a multivariate distribution forming a latent space vector, processing the latent space vector with an interpretable decoder of a variational auto-encoder, an architecture of the interpretable decoder comprising a plurality of blocks including one or more blocks configured to inject one or more temporal structures into multivariate time series data, and outputting, from the interpretable decoder, generated multivariate time series data comprising one or more temporal structures defined by the injected one or more temporal structures.
An analysis platform combines unsupervised and semi-supervised approaches to quickly surface and organize relevant user intentions from conversational text (e.g., from natural language inputs). An unsupervised and semi-supervised pipeline is provided that integrates the fine-tuning of high performing language models via a language models fine-tuning module, a distributed KNN-graph building method via a KNN-graph building module, and community detection techniques for mining the intentions and topics from texts via an intention mining module.
Integrating behavioral and lexical analysis of conversational audio signals with CRM (Customer Relationship Management) workflow analysis signals to provide real-time guidance to agents who are both speaking with a customer telephonically and interacting with the customer's information using a CRM system. This includes intaking audio and CRM analysis signals in real-time, extracting the behavioral and lexical signals from the audio. The CRM, behavioral, and lexical information are combined to produce guidance and scoring signals, which are output to the CRM in real-time to facilitate real-time guidance and scoring. The data can be stored for future reference.
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Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for sharing encoder output of video streams. In a particular embodiment, a method provides determining video profiles for each of a plurality of devices. The method further provides determining if two or more of the video profiles are similar by determining if parameters associated with each video profile differ by less than a threshold value. The method further provides transmitting a video stream encoded in a single format to the devices if they have similar profiles and transmitting video streams encoded in different formats to the devices if they do not have similar profiles.
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Detecting fraudulent activity can be a complex, manual process. In this paper, we adapt statistical properties of count data in a novel algorithm to uncover records exhibiting high risk for fraud. Our method identifies shelves, partitioning data under the counts using a Student's t-distribution. We apply this methodology on a univariate dataset including cumulative results from phone calls to a customer service center. Additionally, we extend this technique to multivariate data, illustrating that the same method is applicable to both univariate and multivariate data.
The present invention allows text analysis and routing of an outgoing message. The system intercepts outgoing messages for analysis by a TAS software module. The module assigns an analytical score to the message, then compares the score to a threshold. If the score is below the threshold, the message is transmitted to its ultimate destination. If not, the message may be routed for correction by the message's composer or quality assurance staff. After such correction, the message new analytical score is generated and compared, and, if necessary, the process repeats again.
Detecting fraudulent activity can be a complex, manual process. In this paper, we adapt statistical properties of count data in a novel algorithm to uncover records exhibiting high risk for fraud. Our method identifies shelves, partitioning data under the counts using a Student's t-distribution. We apply this methodology on a univariate dataset including cumulative results from phone calls to a customer service center. Additionally, we extend this technique to multivariate data, illustrating that the same method is applicable to both univariate and multivariate data.
This disclosure describes techniques and architectures for evaluating conversations. In some instances, conversations with users, virtual assistants, and others may be analyzed to identify potential risks within a language model that is employed by the virtual assistants and other entities. The potential risks may be evaluated by administrators, users, systems, and others to identify potential issues with the language model that need to be addressed. This may allow the language model to be improved and enhance user experience with the virtual assistants and others that employ the language model.
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A system and method for integrating audio data collected, such as audio data and analytical data, to perform behavioral analysis on the audio data, using an application of acoustic signal processing and machine learning algorithms, by converting the audio data to text data and performing behavioral analysis on the text data. The behavioral analysis data from the audio application of acoustic signal processing is combined with machine learning algorithms and speech to text data to provide a call agent with feedback to assist in the next best action or insight into customer behaviors.
G10L 15/18 - Speech classification or search using natural language modelling
G10L 15/22 - Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialog
G10L 15/30 - Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
G10L 25/63 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for estimating an emotional state
A scalable system provides automated conversation review that can identify potential miscommunications. The system may provide suggested actions to fix errors in intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) understanding, may prioritize areas of language model repair, and may automate the review of conversations. By the use of an automated system for conversation review, problematic interactions can be surfaced without exposing the entire set of conversation logs to human reviewers, thereby minimizing privacy invasion. A scalable system processes conversations and autonomously marks the interactions where the IVA is misunderstanding the user.
G06Q 50/00 - Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism
Detecting fraudulent activity can be a complex, manual process. In this paper, we adapt statistical properties of count data in a novel algorithm to uncover records exhibiting high risk for fraud. Our method identifies shelves, partitioning data under the counts using a Student's t-distribution. We apply this methodology on a univariate dataset including cumulative results from phone calls to a customer service center. Additionally, we extend this technique to multivariate data, illustrating that the same method is applicable to both univariate and multivariate data.
Systems and methods for handling dual modality communication between at least one user device and at least one server. The modalities comprise audio modalities and mechanical motion modalities. The server may be simultaneously connected to the user device via a data network and a voice network and simultaneously receive audio-based input and mechanical motion-based input.
A system for data recording across a network includes a session border controller connecting incoming data from the network to an endpoint recorder. A load balancer is connected to the network between the session border controller and the endpoint and receives the incoming data from the session border controller, wherein the load balancer comprises computer memory and a processor configured to parse the incoming data into video data and audio data according to identification protocols accessible by the processor from the computer memory. A recording apparatus includes recording memory that receives the incoming data from the load balancer, stores a duplicate version of the incoming data in the recording memory, and connects the incoming data to the endpoint.
A system and method for updating computerized language models is provided that automatically adds or deletes terms from the language model to capture trending events or products, while maximizing computer efficiencies by deleting terms that are no longer trending and use of knowledge bases, machine learning model training and evaluation corpora, analysis tools and databases.
G06F 40/289 - Phrasal analysis, e.g. finite state techniques or chunking
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Systems and methods are disclosed for scheduling a workforce. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a shift activity template; receiving an association between the shift activity template and at least one worker; and scheduling a plurality of schedulable objects. The scheduling is performed in accordance with a workload forecast and schedule constraints. Each of the schedulable objects is based on the shift activity template. The shift activity template describes a worker activity performed during a shift. The template has range of start times and a variable length for the activity. The activity is associated with a queue.
The present invention allows a user to review the routing of various communications. The system receives incoming communications for analysis by a smart routing engine (SRE) software module. The SRE module analyzes the communication at various system routing points, which is used by SRE to route the communication to an appropriate party. The SRE updates a routing log at each point to ensure a record of the reasons for routing the communication in a certain way. The routing log passes with the communication. This ensures that the ultimate recipient of the communication understands why they have received the communication and reduces the time required for a communication to be acted upon.
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
H04L 43/045 - Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
H04L 45/302 - Route determination based on requested QoS
H04L 41/5061 - Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements characterised by the interaction between service providers and their network customers, e.g. customer relationship management
H04L 41/5022 - Ensuring fulfilment of SLA by giving priorities, e.g. assigning classes of service
As described herein, a system for expanding contractions in electronically stored text includes expanding contractions having only on expanded form. For remaining contractions, a grammar check is performed for all possible expanded forms to determine if an expanded form can be selected based on context and grammar rules. If an expanded form is not evident from the first two steps, all possible expanded forms of the remaining contractions are converted to a vector representation along with the original text. A Word Movers Distance (WMD) for each possible expansion is calculated using the vectors for each possible expansion and the original text. An expanded form is chosen without human intervention based on the grammar score alone or the WMD and the grammar score.
Some implementations generate logical queries from a canonical query, where the logical queries each reflect a modified scope of the canonical query. Implementations receive, via a personalized analytics system, a canonical query that is associated with a user. The canonical query can be analyzed to determine an intent of the canonical query. In turn, one or more implementations generate, based on the intent an anecdotal information associated with the user, a logical query that reflects a modified scope of the canonical query. In implementations multiple logical queries are generated and are processed to remove a duplicate logical query. A logical query can be used to extract data from a database associated with the personalized analytics system based on a modified scope.
An artificial intelligence (AI) application uses an external machine learning component from a different computing environment to develop context data for use by the AI application. The context data includes raw data outputs from the external machine learning component. An active machine learning component is executed with the context data and provides a suggested next step to a computer to implement as an automated output. A feedback loop adds the suggested next step from the active machine learning component to the context data and forms an augmented data set for providing context to the AI application. A context component selects a rule from a rules engine that corresponds to the augmented data set. The computer implements an automated output according to the rule that was selected.
System and method for calibration of WFM system modeling parameters. A first mode M[D,S] of a modeler computes demand-shrinkage controlled service levels and an error metric e(M[D,S]) between the controlled and actual service levels. A user device iteratively adjusts each core parameter. When the user is satisfied that e(M[D,S]) is sufficiently small, calibration of the core parameters is complete. The same is done for calibrating the modeling factor, and then a final e(M[D,S])f is computed. A second mode M[D] computes, using the parameters just calibrated, demand-controlled service levels and an error metric e(M[D]) between the controlled service levels and actual levels. The user iteratively adjusts the shrinkage. When the user is satisfied that e(M[D]) is sufficiently small, calibration of the core parameters is complete.
A non-ontological hierarchy for language models is based on established psycholinguistic and neuro-linguistic evidences. By using non-ontological hierarchies, a more natural understanding of user's inputs and intents improve toward a better potential for producing intelligent responses in a conversational situation.
A system and method for attributing the performance of an organization employee or team to events in the employees' career record and predicting future performance. The system acquires historical career record data comprising data of an employee or team of employees, including key performance indexes (KPIs) of the employee/team; finds at least one signpost—an individual data point or group of data points in the career record data having a comparatively high correlation with one of the KPIs of the employee/team or with increases/decreases of the KPI; monitors the career record for new occurrences of the signposts; predicts the KPI or whether the KPI will increase/decrease as a function of the occurrence of the signpost, and transmits the predicted KPI or increase/decrease thereof and its attribution to the occurrence of the signpost to a data consumer. In some embodiments, the system provides prescriptive measures for improving future performance.
An IVR and chatbot, or other system, employing a language model, the language model resulting from a method and computer product encoding the method is available for preparing a domain or subdomain specific glossary. The method included using probabilities, word context, common terminology and different terminology to identify domain and subdomain specific language and a related glossary updated according to the method.
Various embodiments are described for searching and retrieving documents based on a natural language input. A computer-implemented natural language processor electronically receives a natural language input phrase from an interface device. The natural language processor attributes a concept to the phrase with the natural language processor. The natural language processor searches a database for a set of documents to identify one or more documents associated with the attributed concept to be included in a response to the natural language input phrase. The natural language processor maintains the concepts during an interactive session with the natural language processor. The natural language processor resolves ambiguous input patterns in the natural language input phrase with the natural language processor. The natural language processor includes a processor, a memory and/or storage component, and an input/output device.
An architecture for assessing and identifying fraudulent contact with client contact systems, such as IVR, includes threshold and machine learning scoring and filtering of calls based on these criteria. The criteria may include behavioral, situational and reputational scoring.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Computer hardware and downloaded computer software for use
in the fields of customer service and engagement, customer
and employee support, employee and operations management,
and compliance and security management incorporating
workforce engagement software, namely, software for
workforce forecasting and scheduling, knowledge and employee
assistance, quality assurance, operational insights and
analytics, and operational and performance management;
downloadable computer software for self-service and
automated customer engagement, namely, intelligent virtual
assistants, web and mobile self-service, and social
communities; downloadable computer software for experience
management, namely, software for capturing and correlating
voice, video, email, text, chat, social digital, and survey
interactions with customers for the purpose of improving
customer service and experience; downloadable computer
software for enterprise recording to enhance regulatory
compliance and minimize fraud, namely, omnichannel recording
of voice, text, screen, and video, compliance recording,
voice biometrics and authentication, and real-time analysis
of caller behavior and related call parameters to detect
potential fraud. Consulting services in the fields of business technology
software, design and development of computer hardware, and
computer software and cloud deployment, namely, self-service
and automation, telecommunications, digital security and
surveillance, computer and telecommunication networks and
multimedia; providing temporary use of on-line
non-downloadable computer software for use in the fields of
customer service and engagement, customer and employee
support, employee and operations management, and compliance
and security management incorporating workforce engagement
software, namely, software for workforce forecasting and
scheduling, knowledge and employee assistance, quality
assurance, operational insights and analytics, and
operational and performance management; providing temporary
use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for
self-service and automated customer engagement, namely,
intelligent virtual assistants, web and mobile self-service,
and social communities; providing temporary use of on-line
non-downloadable computer software for enterprise recording
to enhance regulatory compliance and minimize fraud, namely,
omnichannel recording of voice, text, screen, and video,
compliance recording, voice biometrics and authentication,
and real-time analysis of caller behavior and related call
parameters to detect potential fraud.
74.
System and computer-implemented method for in-page reporting of user feedback on a website or mobile app
Computer-implemented techniques are disclosed for presenting an in-page console on a website for reviewing interaction data captured during user interaction with one or more web pages of the website. The web browser activates the in-page console via an activation procedure. One or more of the web pages of the website are selected after activation of the in-page console. A feedback badge on the website can be replaced with a reporting badge upon activation of the in-page console and with the reporting badge displaying an indicator of interaction data captured for the selected web page. The in-page console is overlaid one or more of the selected web pages. The in-page console displays the interaction data, or recordings of user interaction, captured during user interaction with the selected web page to enable review of the captured interaction data for the selected web page overlaid on the selected web page.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Computer hardware and downloaded computer software for use
in the fields of customer service and engagement, customer
and employee support, employee and operations management,
and compliance and security management incorporating
workforce engagement software, namely, software for
workforce forecasting and scheduling, knowledge and employee
assistance, quality assurance, operational insights and
analytics, and operational and performance management;
downloadable computer software for self-service and
automated customer engagement, namely, intelligent virtual
assistants, web and mobile self-service, and social
communities; downloadable computer software for experience
management, namely, software for capturing and correlating
voice, video, email, text, chat, social digital, and survey
interactions with customers for the purpose of improving
customer service and experience; downloadable computer
software for enterprise recording to enhance regulatory
compliance and minimize fraud, namely, omnichannel recording
of voice, text, screen, and video, compliance recording,
voice biometrics and authentication, and real-time analysis
of caller behavior and related call parameters to detect
potential fraud. Consulting services in the fields of business technology
software, design and development of computer hardware, and
computer software and cloud deployment, namely, self-service
and automation, telecommunications, digital security and
surveillance, computer and telecommunication networks and
multimedia; providing temporary use of on-line
non-downloadable computer software for use in the fields of
customer service and engagement, customer and employee
support, employee and operations management, and compliance
and security management incorporating workforce engagement
software, namely, software for workforce forecasting and
scheduling, knowledge and employee assistance, quality
assurance, operational insights and analytics, and
operational and performance management; providing temporary
use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for
self-service and automated customer engagement, namely,
intelligent virtual assistants, web and mobile self-service,
and social communities; providing temporary use of on-line
non-downloadable computer software for enterprise recording
to enhance regulatory compliance and minimize fraud, namely,
omnichannel recording of voice, text, screen, and video,
compliance recording, voice biometrics and authentication,
and real-time analysis of caller behavior and related call
parameters to detect potential fraud.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Computer hardware and downloaded computer software for use
in the fields of customer service and engagement, customer
and employee support, employee and operations management,
and compliance and security management incorporating
workforce engagement software, namely, software for
workforce forecasting and scheduling, knowledge and employee
assistance, quality assurance, operational insights and
analytics, and operational and performance management;
downloadable computer software for self-service and
automated customer engagement, namely, intelligent virtual
assistants, web and mobile self-service, and social
communities; downloadable computer software for experience
management, namely, software for capturing and correlating
voice, video, email, text, chat, social digital, and survey
interactions with customers for the purpose of improving
customer service and experience; downloadable computer
software for enterprise recording to enhance regulatory
compliance and minimize fraud, namely, omnichannel recording
of voice, text, screen, and video, compliance recording,
voice biometrics and authentication, and real-time analysis
of caller behavior and related call parameters to detect
potential fraud. Consulting services in the fields of business technology
software, design and development of computer hardware, and
computer software and cloud deployment, namely, self-service
and automation, telecommunications, digital security and
surveillance, computer and telecommunication networks and
multimedia; providing temporary use of on-line
non-downloadable computer software for use in the fields of
customer service and engagement, customer and employee
support, employee and operations management, and compliance
and security management incorporating workforce engagement
software, namely, software for workforce forecasting and
scheduling, knowledge and employee assistance, quality
assurance, operational insights and analytics, and
operational and performance management; providing temporary
use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for
self-service and automated customer engagement, namely,
intelligent virtual assistants, web and mobile self-service,
and social communities; providing temporary use of on-line
non-downloadable computer software for enterprise recording
to enhance regulatory compliance and minimize fraud, namely,
omnichannel recording of voice, text, screen, and video,
compliance recording, voice biometrics and authentication,
and real-time analysis of caller behavior and related call
parameters to detect potential fraud.
77.
System and method for omnichannel user engagement and response
A telephone subnet crawler is used to access automated telephone response systems and index the information, contents and structure contained therein. A database of the information, contents and structure of a plurality of automated telephone response systems is created by the telephone subnet crawler. A user interface provides a waiting party with direct access to the information, contents and structure of the automated telephone response systems contained in the database. Where an automated telephone response system requires user input, the user interface calls the automated telephone response system and navigates to the node requiring user input, provides the user input and displays the results to the user. Where an automated telephone response system connects to an operator, the user interface calls the automated telephone response system, navigates to the node for an operator, and when an operator is detected, calls the user at a user provided callback number.
G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
H04M 3/523 - Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention with call distribution or queuing
H04M 7/00 - Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres
H04M 11/10 - Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems with dictation recording and playback systems
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
In the fields of customer engagement and security, computer
hardware and downloaded computer software for use in the
fields of video and data being shared with both internal and
external persons, the sharing being a confidential and
secure solution by encrypting shared data: computer hardware
and software for storing multiple video files. In the fields of customer engagement and security, providing
temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software
to provide the ability to share video and data with both
internal and external persons in the cloud, the sharing
being confidential and secure by encrypting shared data;
storing multiple video files online.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
In the fields of customer engagement and security, computer
hardware and downloaded computer software for use in the
fields of video and data being shared with both internal and
external persons, the sharing being a confidential and
secure solution by encrypting shared data; computer hardware
and software for storing multiple video files. In the fields of customer engagement and security, providing
temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software
to provide the ability to share video and data with both
internal and external persons in the cloud, the sharing
being confidential and secure by encrypting shared data;
storing multiple video files online.
80.
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERSATIONAL GUIDANCE
The present disclosure provides real-time, contextually appropriate behavioral guidance by utilizing machine learning models applied in real-time to call audio data. The systems and methods disclosed herein use a combination of acoustic signal processing and automatic speech recognition to convert raw call audio into features that are utilized in the machine learning models to create usable outputs to provide a user with behavioral guidance within a given context of a call or interaction with a customer in real-time.
Systems and apparatus for sensing and video capture include at least one camera with an optical sensor that captures video image data of a first sampling rate. An auxiliary sensor captures auxiliary data at a second sample rate. A processor is communicatively connected to the optical sensor and auxiliary sensor. The processor transmits video image data captured at the first sample rate auxiliary sensor data captured at the second sampling rate across a data connection to a centralized computer that receives the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data and operate to present the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data on a graphical display.
H04L 41/06 - Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
H04L 41/22 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
82.
System and method of real-time automated determination of problem interactions
The present invention allows a CEC system to automatedly, and without human intervention, identify interactions that are likely in need of supervisor intervention. The system reviews all incoming and outgoing interactions for analysis by a metadata analytics service (MAS) software module. The MAS analyzes the interactions to generate interaction metadata, which is used by an interaction analysis engine (IAE) to score the quality of the interaction. If the quality of the interaction is not sufficient, the system marks the interaction as being a problem interaction and notifies a supervisor of the interaction. This ensures the intelligent and dynamic determination of interactions that require additional assistance and assures notification to a supervisor.
G06F 16/908 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
G06Q 10/06 - Resources, workflows, human or project managementEnterprise or organisation planningEnterprise or organisation modelling
G06Q 30/02 - MarketingPrice estimation or determinationFundraising
83.
System and method of automated routing and guidance based on continuous customer and customer service representative feedback
The present invention is a system and method of routing incoming communications to a CSR and providing guidance to the CSR based on the incoming communication using feedback information such as sentiment feedback, survey feedback, and feedback from actions taken by CSRs based on skill level. A CEC system receives an incoming communication, analyzes the communication and creates metadata based off of the analysis. The metadata is used by the RAE routing module to route the communication to an appropriate party. The metadata is also used by the GAE guidance module to determine the guidance to provide to the CSR. The CSR then performs an action based on the guidance. The CEC system continues to monitor the interaction until the interaction is completed. The communication metadata, the communication, the guidance, and the CSRs action are all provided to a RAS rules analysis module wherein the RAS analyzes the data and automatedly updates the rules (RAR and GAR) according to the analysis.
In an entity such as a call center, back office, or retail operation, external event data is recorded along with call volume information for a plurality of time intervals. Based on the recorded event data and call volume for the plurality of intervals, a model is trained to predict call (or other communication) volume for a specified time interval using the external event data. The external event data may include data about one or more events that may affect the demand received by the entity. When the predicted call volume is significantly above or below what would be predicted for the entity using historical data alone, an indicator may be displayed to a user or administrator that identifies the external event that is responsible for the lower or higher prediction. The call volume prediction may be used to schedule one or more agents (or other employees) to work during the specified time interval.
A continuous value monitor system is disclosed in which large enterprise call centers can monitor the performance of a plurality of call agents by measuring the averages of performance and consistency of performance by using an audio behavioral analysis system and determining the variability of the call agents performance from changes in operational policies or workflows and converting the changes in performance to a dollar value to provide a report which displays the business outcomes of the changes in operational policy or workflows by providing a monetary value to the variability.
A model as a service system in which call participants' emotional or mental state is recognized by the system based on aspects of voice-based audio data collected from the call participants' communication devices, in particular the state of a company's customers. The system provides an algorithm for use by a company employee during an ongoing communication with a customer of the company. The voice-based data is recorded from the participants' communication devices, and sent to a server that analyzes the recordings for characteristics that reflect the current emotional or mental state of call participants, particularly the state of the customer. The characteristics are used to generate an algorithm that provides to a company participant suggestions for modifying aspects of their voice communication with the customer in real- or near real-time.
G06Q 30/0201 - Market modellingMarket analysisCollecting market data
G10L 15/30 - Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
G10L 25/63 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for estimating an emotional state
87.
Method and system for virtual assistant conversations
Techniques and architectures for implementing a team of virtual assistants are described herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different characteristics, such as different functionality, base language models, levels of training, visual appearances, personalities, and so on. The characteristics of the virtual assistants may be configured by trainers, end-users, and/or a virtual assistant service. The virtual assistants may be presented to end-users in conversation user interfaces to perform different tasks for the users in a conversational manner. The different virtual assistants may adapt to different contexts. The virtual assistants may additionally, or alternatively, interact with each other to carry out tasks for the users, which may be illustrated in conversation user interfaces.
Techniques for interacting with a portion of a content item through a virtual assistant are described herein. The techniques may include identifying a portion of a content item that is relevant to user input and causing an action to be performed related to the portion of the content item. The action may include, for example, displaying the portion of the content item on a smart device in a displayable format that is adapted to a display characteristic of the smart device, performing a task for a user that satisfies the user input, and so on.
The present invention is a system and method of routing incoming communications to a CSR and providing guidance to the CSR based on the incoming communication using feedback information such as sentiment feedback, survey feedback, and feedback from actions taken by CSRs based on skill level. A CEC system receives an incoming communication, analyzes the communication and creates metadata based off of the analysis. The metadata is used by the RAE routing module to route the communication to an appropriate party. The metadata is also used by the GAE guidance module to determine the guidance to provide to the CSR. The CSR then performs an action based on the guidance. The CEC system continues to monitor the interaction until the interaction is completed. The communication metadata, the communication, the guidance, and the CSRs action are all provided to a RAS rules analysis module wherein the RAS analyzes the data and automatedly updates the rules (RAR and GAR) according to the analysis.
H04M 3/523 - Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention with call distribution or queuing
G06F 16/908 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
H04M 3/22 - Arrangements for supervision, monitoring or testing
Hybrid natural language understanding (NLU) systems and methods are provided that capitalize on the strengths of the rule-based models and the statistical models, lowering the cost of development and increasing the speed of construction, without sacrificing control and accuracy. Two models are used for intent recognition, one statistical and one rule-based. Both models define the same set of intents, but the rule-based model is devoid of any grammars or patterns initially. Each model may or may not be hierarchical in that it may be composed of a set of specialized models that are in a tree form or it may be just a singular model.
H04L 51/02 - User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
91.
Contextual awareness from social ads and promotions tying to enterprise
Systems and methods for incorporating intelligent virtual assistants into advertisements on social networking platforms are provided. When a user interacts with a content item, an intelligent virtual assistant is selected and put into contact with the user. The intelligent virtual assistant is provided with a context that includes information about the user in the social networking platform, information about the user in a customer relationship management platform, and information about the product, service, or entity associated with the content item. The context allows the intelligent virtual assistant to converse with the user in a way that feels natural and relevant to the user and allows the intelligent virtual assistant to answer any questions about the product, service, or entity associated with the content item.
H04L 51/02 - User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
G06Q 50/00 - Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism
To allow the human customer service agents to specialize in the instances where human service is preferred, but to scale to the volume of large call centers, systems and methods are provided in which human agents and intelligent virtual assistants (IVAs) co-handle a conversation with a customer. IVAs handle simple or moderate tasks, and human agents are used for those tasks that require or would benefit from human compassion or special handling. Instead of starting the conversation with an IVA and then escalating or passing control of the conversation to a human to complete, the IVAs and human agents work together on a conversation.
H04L 51/02 - User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
93.
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATED DETERMINATION OF USE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR IMPROPER USE
The present invention allows a CEC system to automatedly track the use, storage, access, and modification of sensitive information/data in the system through desktop monitoring. Further, through desktop, video, and audio monitoring of CSRs the system can automatedly determine the improper use, access, storage, and modification of sensitive information by implementing sensitive data use rules that allow a system to be specialized for the user. Finally, the system can automatedly determine and implement violation actions for the improper use, storage, access, and manipulation of sensitive information. This provides an intelligent system capable of locating all sensitive data in the system and regulating the use, access, and storage of sensitive data in the system.
G06F 21/55 - Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures
G06F 16/40 - Information retrievalDatabase structures thereforFile system structures therefor of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data
G06F 21/62 - Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
94.
System to detect and reduce understanding bias in intelligent virtual assistants
Disclosed is a system and method for detecting and addressing bias in training data prior to building language models based on the training data. Accordingly system and method, detect bias in training data for Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA) understanding and highlight any found. Suggestions for reducing or eliminating them may be provided This detection may be done for each model within the Natural Language Understanding (NLU) component. For example, the language model, as well as any sentiment or other metadata models used by the NLU, can introduce understanding bias. For each model deployed, training data is automatically analyzed for bias and corrections suggested.
The present invention allows a CEC system to automatedly track the use, storage, access, and modification of sensitive information/data in the system through desktop monitoring. Further, through desktop, video, and audio monitoring of CSRs the system can automatedly determine the improper use, access, storage, and modification of sensitive information by implementing sensitive data use rules that allow a system to be specialized for the user. Finally, the system can automatedly determine and implement violation actions for the improper use, storage, access, and manipulation of sensitive information. This provides an intelligent system capable of locating all sensitive data in the system and regulating the use, access, and storage of sensitive data in the system.
G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
96.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A COMMON INQUIRY RESPONSE
The present application includes a method and system for developing a common inquiry response. The system receives at least one customer contact formed by an inquiry and its response, analyzes the customer contact to determine the content of the inquiry and the response, and stores the inquiry and the response in a corresponding inquiry-response sub-database in an inquiry-response database. After analyzing at least one of the sub-databases, the system assigns a common inquiry-response (CIR) knowledge document to that inquiry-response sub-database for future use involving similar inquiries and responses. This allows a user to respond more quickly to inquiries with a reduced risk of incorrect or inconsistent information in the response.
The present invention is a system and method for organizing and integrating electronic customer service resources. A CEC system from a customer interaction receives data from a customer interaction and analyzes the data using a CAE incorporating a set of analytics rules before selecting a customer service module or a document from a document database based on the analysis. This data analysis and module or document selection repeats until all data received by the CEC system has been analyzed.
A method for workforce scheduling by a computer system is provided. The method includes receiving a first workforce schedule describing initial assignments of a plurality of workers to a plurality of shifts, each shift comprising one or more work activities, each work activity comprising an activity and a time interval, and storing the first workforce schedule in a memory. The method also includes receiving a cell size associated with each activity, and determining a quantity of workers in each work activity associated with each activity in the first workforce schedule. The method further includes determining cell size violations by dividing the quantity of workers assigned to each work activity by the cell size for the activity associated with the work activity. The method also includes modifying the first workforce schedule to minimize cell size violations, resulting in a second workforce schedule, and storing the second workforce schedule in the memory.
The present application includes a method and system for developing a common inquiry response. The system receives at least one customer contact formed by an inquiry and its response, analyzes the customer contact to determine the content of the inquiry and the response, and stores the inquiry and the response in a corresponding inquiry-response sub-database in an inquiry-response database. After analyzing at least one of the sub-databases, the system assigns a common inquiry-response (CIR) knowledge document to that inquiry-response sub-database for future use involving similar inquiries and responses. This allows a user to respond more quickly to inquiries with a reduced risk of incorrect or inconsistent information in the response.
The present application includes a method and system for gathering customer information through games. The system transmits offers to play games over the contact medium used by the customer. The games are selected to elicit information from the customer; information ranging from the customer's mood to marketing information to security information. The information so obtained can be used to update client profiles.
