Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking performance in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking contact center system performance comprising cycling, by at least one computer processor configured to perform contact center operations, between a first contact-agent pairing strategy and a second contact-agent pairing strategy for pairing contacts with agents in the contact center system; determining an agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy comprising a difference between a first agent utilization of the first contact-agent pairing strategy and a balanced agent utilization; and determining a relative performance of the second contact-agent pairing strategy compared to the first contact-agent pairing strategy based on the agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 10/0639 - Analyse des performances des employésAnalyse des performances des opérations d’une entreprise ou d’une organisation
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a plurality of possible task-agent pairings among at least one task waiting for assignment and at least one agent available for assignment; and selecting, by the least one computer processor for assignment in the task assignment system, a first task-agent pairing of the plurality of possible task-agent pairings based at least in part on a first offer set to be offered by the agent or a first compensation to be received by the agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for workforce management in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for workforce management in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor configured to operate in the task assignment system, a first efficiency level of a first task assignment strategy for a first number of agents to be employed in the task assignment system; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a second efficiency level of a second task assignment strategy for a second number of agents to be employed in the task assignment system; comparing, by the at least one computer processor, the first and second efficiency levels; and selecting, by the at least one computer processor, one of the first and second numbers of agents having the higher of the first and second efficiency levels.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• G06Q 10/0639 - Analyse des performances des employésAnalyse des performances des opérations d’une entreprise ou d’une organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for data matching in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for data matching in a contact center system comprising determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, an interaction event time associated with a historical contact interaction; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an outcome event time associated with a historical contact interaction outcome; analyzing, by the at least one computer processor, the interaction event time and the outcome event time to determine a correlation; and matching, by the at least one computer processor, the historical contact interaction with the historical contact interaction outcome based on the correlation.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• G06F 16/23 - Mise à jour
• G06F 16/27 - Réplication, distribution ou synchronisation de données entre bases de données ou dans un système de bases de données distribuéesArchitectures de systèmes de bases de données distribuées à cet effet
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• G06Q 30/01 - Services de relation avec la clientèle

Abrégé

A method of setting up a teleconferencing system using mobile devices is disclosed. Participants with mobile devices in multiple rooms may communicate based on the disclosed teleconferencing application executed on the mobile devices. Each room has one of the mobile devices designated as a leader device for that room. The leader devices may communicate using VoIP over the Internet. Other mobile devices in a room are designated as client devices associated with the leader devices. Participants operating the client devices can talk to other participants in that room and the other rooms through the client device communicating through the leader device of the room. The leader device synchronizes the playing of received audio between all of the client devices in the room. The leader device includes a selection algorithm that selects one of the devices to act as the microphone for audio signals generated in the room.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 65/1069 - Établissement ou terminaison d'une session
• H04L 65/403 - Dispositions pour la communication multipartite, p. ex. pour les conférences
• H04L 65/65 - Protocoles de diffusion en flux de paquets multimédias, p. ex. protocole de transport en temps réel [RTP] ou protocole de commande en temps réel [RTCP]
• H04L 65/70 - Mise en paquets adaptés au réseau des données multimédias

Abrégé

There are provided a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system with an external pairing system. The method includes transmitting, to the external pairing system over an application programming interface, a control flag and a benchmark flag and receiving, from the external pairing system, a task-agent pairing based on one of a first pairing strategy and a second pairing strategy. The task-agent pairing is based at least in part on the control flag and the benchmark flag.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption
• G06F 5/06 - Procédés ou dispositions pour la conversion de données, sans modification de l'ordre ou du contenu des données maniées pour modifier la vitesse de débit des données, c.-à-d. régularisation de la vitesse
• G06F 9/54 - Communication interprogramme

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a priority for each of a plurality of tasks; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an agent available for assignment to any of the plurality of tasks; and assigning, by the at least one computer processor, a first task of the plurality of tasks to the agent using a task assignment strategy, wherein the first task has a lower-priority than a second task of the plurality of tasks.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption
• G06F 9/455 - ÉmulationInterprétationSimulation de logiciel, p. ex. virtualisation ou émulation des moteurs d’exécution d’applications ou de systèmes d’exploitation
• G06F 9/50 - Allocation de ressources, p. ex. de l'unité centrale de traitement [UCT]
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

A pairing module comprising a memory storing contact center information that i) identifies a first set of available agents that are available to be paired with a contact and ii) identifies a first set of available contacts that are waiting to be paired with an available agent. The pairing module further comprises a contact/agent (C/A) pair selector that functions occasionally read the memory to obtain contact center information and then use the obtained contact center information to pair available agents with available contacts.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

A method, system and program product, the method comprising: obtaining for each call in one set of calls a respective pattern representing multiple different respective data fields; obtaining performance data for the respective patterns of the calls; obtaining performance data for the respective agents; determining agent performance sensitivity to call pattern performance for agents in a set of agents comprising the agent performance data correlated to call performance data for the calls the agent handles; and matching a respective one of the agents from the set of agents to one of the calls based at least in part on the performance data for the respective pattern of the one call and on the agent sensitivity to call performance for the respective one agent of the set of agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels

Abrégé

A method of determining a customer lifetime value (CLV) associated with a customer identifier (CID) is provided. The method comprises determining a hazard function associated with the CID based on a baseline hazard function and a coefficient value associated with CID; and calculating the CLV associated with the CID based on the determined hazard function. The determined hazard function is for calculating a probability that a customer associated with the CID will churn during a time interval.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/0202 - Prédictions ou prévisions du marché pour les activités commerciales

Abrégé

Techniques for data matching in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for data matching in a contact center system comprising determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, an interaction event time associated with a historical contact interaction; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an outcome event time associated with a historical contact interaction outcome; analyzing, by the at least one computer processor, the interaction event time and the outcome event time to determine a correlation; and matching, by the at least one computer processor, the historical contact interaction with the historical contact interaction outcome based on the correlation.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• G06F 16/23 - Mise à jour
• G06F 16/27 - Réplication, distribution ou synchronisation de données entre bases de données ou dans un système de bases de données distribuéesArchitectures de systèmes de bases de données distribuées à cet effet
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• G06Q 30/01 - Services de relation avec la clientèle
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels

Abrégé

Techniques for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a plurality of possible task-agent pairings among at least one task waiting for assignment and at least one agent available for assignment; and selecting, by the least one computer processor for assignment in the task assignment system, a first task-agent pairing of the plurality of possible task-agent pairings based at least in part on a first offer set to be offered by the agent or a first compensation to be received by the agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking performance in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking contact center system performance comprising cycling, by at least one computer processor configured to perform contact center operations, between a first contact-agent pairing strategy and a second contact-agent pairing strategy for pairing contacts with agents in the contact center system; determining an agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy comprising a difference between a first agent utilization of the first contact-agent pairing strategy and a balanced agent utilization; and determining a relative performance of the second contact-agent pairing strategy compared to the first contact-agent pairing strategy based on the agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 10/0639 - Analyse des performances des employésAnalyse des performances des opérations d’une entreprise ou d’une organisation
• H04L 12/66 - Dispositions pour la connexion entre des réseaux ayant différents types de systèmes de commutation, p. ex. passerelles
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels

Abrégé

Techniques for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system comprising receiving, from the task assignment system, a plurality of task pairing requests and an agent pairing request, wherein each task request of the plurality of task pairing requests is assigned to one of a first pairing strategy and a second pairing strategy. The agent pairing request may indicate an agent that is available for pairing. The method may further comprise transmitting, to the task assignment system, a pairing recommendation being based in part on the plurality of task pairing requests, the first pairing strategy, the second pairing strategy, and the agent pairing request.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

The present application is directed toward techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, at least one behavioral pairing constraint; and applying, by the at least one computer processor, the at least one behavioral pairing constraint to the task assignment system to controllably reduce performance of the task assignment system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system comprising: assigning, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, a contact to an agent based on information associated with a prior interaction of the contact with the contact center system. The assigning of the contact to the agent may result in a less favorable outcome for the contact assigned to the agent and an increase in an overall performance of the contact center system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

A pairing module comprising a memory storing contact center information that i) identifies a first set of available agents that are available to be paired with a contact and ii) identifies a first set of available contacts that are waiting to be paired with an available agent. The pairing module further comprises a contact/agent (C/A) pair selector that functions occasionally read the memory to obtain contact center information and then use the obtained contact center information to pair available agents with available contacts.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations

Abrégé

Techniques for data matching in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for data matching in a contact center system comprising determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, an interaction event time associated with a historical contact interaction; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an outcome event time associated with a historical contact interaction outcome; analyzing, by the at least one computer processor, the interaction event time and the outcome event time to determine a correlation; and matching, by the at least one computer processor, the historical contact interaction with the historical contact interaction outcome based on the correlation.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• G06F 16/27 - Réplication, distribution ou synchronisation de données entre bases de données ou dans un système de bases de données distribuéesArchitectures de systèmes de bases de données distribuées à cet effet
• G06F 16/23 - Mise à jour
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• G06Q 30/01 - Services de relation avec la clientèle

Abrégé

There are provided a method, a system configured to perform the method, and a computer program product comprising instructions which when executed by processing circuitry of the system cause the system to perform the method. The method comprises determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in a contact center system, a plurality of available contacts, wherein each of the plurality of available contacts is available for pairing to an agent of a plurality of agents using either a first pairing strategy or a second pairing strategy, wherein the first pairing strategy is different from the second pairing strategy. The method further comprises determining, by the at least one computer processor, that a first agent of the plurality of agents is available for pairing, and after determining that the first agent is available for pairing, selecting, by the at least one computer processor, the first pairing strategy or the second pairing strategy for pairing the first agent to one of the first plurality of contacts based on a time the first agent became available for pairing. The method further comprises selecting, by the at least one computer processor, a first contact of the plurality of contacts using the selected pairing strategy, wherein the first contact was not assigned to either the first pairing strategy or the second pairing strategy prior to the first agent becoming available, and pairing, in a switch of the contact center system, the first contact to the first agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking performance in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking contact center system performance comprising cycling, by at least one computer processor configured to perform contact center operations, between a first contact-agent pairing strategy and a second contact-agent pairing strategy for pairing contacts with agents in the contact center system; determining an agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy comprising a difference between a first agent utilization of the first contact-agent pairing strategy and a balanced agent utilization; and determining a relative performance of the second contact-agent pairing strategy compared to the first contact-agent pairing strategy based on the agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels
• H04L 12/66 - Dispositions pour la connexion entre des réseaux ayant différents types de systèmes de commutation, p. ex. passerelles
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 10/0639 - Analyse des performances des employésAnalyse des performances des opérations d’une entreprise ou d’une organisation
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

A method, system and program product, the method comprising: obtaining for each call in one set of calls a respective pattern representing multiple different respective data fields; obtaining performance data for the respective patterns of the calls; obtaining performance data for the respective agents; determining agent performance sensitivity to call pattern performance for agents in a set of agents comprising the agent performance data correlated to call performance data for the calls the agent handles; and matching a respective one of the agents from the set of agents to one of the calls based at least in part on the performance data for the respective pattern of the one call and on the agent sensitivity to call performance for the respective one agent of the set of agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels

Abrégé

Techniques for workforce management in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for workforce management in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor configured to operate in the task assignment system, a first efficiency level of a first task assignment strategy for a first number of agents to be employed in the task assignment system; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a second efficiency level of a second task assignment strategy for a second number of agents to be employed in the task assignment system; comparing, by the at least one computer processor, the first and second efficiency levels; and selecting, by the at least one computer processor, one of the first and second numbers of agents having the higher of the first and second efficiency levels.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• G06Q 10/0639 - Analyse des performances des employésAnalyse des performances des opérations d’une entreprise ou d’une organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, a plurality of contacts available for connection to an agent; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings among possible pairings between the agent and the plurality of contacts; selecting, by the at least one computer processor, one of the plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings according to a probabilistic network flow model; and outputting, by the at least one computer processor, the selected one of the plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings for connection in the contact center system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• G06Q 30/01 - Services de relation avec la clientèle

Abrégé

Techniques for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system comprising receiving, from the task assignment system, a plurality of task pairing requests and an agent pairing request, wherein each task request of the plurality of task pairing requests is assigned to one of a first pairing strategy and a second pairing strategy. The agent pairing request may indicate an agent that is available for pairing. The method may further comprise transmitting, to the task assignment system, a pairing recommendation being based in part on the plurality of task pairing requests, the first pairing strategy, the second pairing strategy, and the agent pairing request.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking performance in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking contact center system performance comprising cycling, by at least one computer processor configured to perform contact center operations, between a first contact-agent pairing strategy and a second contact-agent pairing strategy for pairing contacts with agents in the contact center system; determining an agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy comprising a difference between a first agent utilization of the first contact-agent pairing strategy and a balanced agent utilization; and determining a relative performance of the second contact-agent pairing strategy compared to the first contact-agent pairing strategy based on the agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels
• H04L 12/66 - Dispositions pour la connexion entre des réseaux ayant différents types de systèmes de commutation, p. ex. passerelles
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

There are provided a method, a system configured to perform the method, and a computer program product comprising instructions which when executed by processing circuitry of the system cause the system to perform the method. The method comprises determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in a contact center system, a plurality of available contacts, wherein each of the plurality of available contacts is available for pairing to an agent of a plurality of agents using either a first pairing strategy or a second pairing strategy, wherein the first pairing strategy is different from the second pairing strategy. The method further comprises determining, by the at least one computer processor, that a first agent of the plurality of agents is available for pairing, and after determining that the first agent is available for pairing, selecting, by the at least one computer processor, the first pairing strategy or the second pairing strategy for pairing the first agent to one of the first plurality of contacts based on a time the first agent became available for pairing. The method further comprises selecting, by the at least one computer processor, a first contact of the plurality of contacts using the selected pairing strategy, wherein the first contact was not assigned to either the first pairing strategy or the second pairing strategy prior to the first agent becoming available, and pairing, in a switch of the contact center system, the first contact to the first agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a plurality of possible task-agent pairings among at least one task waiting for assignment and at least one agent available for assignment; and selecting, by the least one computer processor for assignment in the task assignment system, a first task-agent pairing of the plurality of possible task-agent pairings based at least in part on a first offer set to be offered by the agent or a first compensation to be received by the agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating and assigning agent performance characteristics in a call routing center. Performance characteristics (e.g., sales rate, customer satisfaction, duration of call, etc.) may be assigned to an agent when the agent has made few calls relative to other agents or otherwise has a large error in their measure of one or more performance characteristics used for matching callers to agents (e.g., via a performance based or pattern matching routing method). A method includes identifying agents of a plurality of agents having a number of calls fewer than a predetermined number of calls (or an error in the performance characteristic exceeding a threshold), assigning a performance characteristic to the identified agents (that is different than the agent's actual performance characteristic), and routing a caller to one of the plurality of agents based on the performance characteristics of the plurality of agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating and assigning agent performance characteristics in a call routing center. Performance characteristics (e.g., sales rate, customer satisfaction, duration of call, etc.) may be assigned to an agent when the agent has made few calls relative to other agents or otherwise has a large error in their measure of one or more performance characteristics used for matching callers to agents (e.g., via a performance based or pattern matching routing method). A method includes identifying agents of a plurality of agents having a number of calls fewer than a predetermined number of calls (or an error in the performance characteristic exceeding a threshold), assigning a performance characteristic to the identified agents (that is different than the agent's actual performance characteristic), and routing a caller to one of the plurality of agents based on the performance characteristics of the plurality of agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating and assigning agent performance characteristics in a call routing center. Performance characteristics (e.g., sales rate, customer satisfaction, duration of call, etc.) may be assigned to an agent when the agent has made few calls relative to other agents or otherwise has a large error in their measure of one or more performance characteristics used for matching callers to agents (e.g., via a performance based or pattern matching routing method). A method includes identifying agents of a plurality of agents having a number of calls fewer than a predetermined number of calls (or an error in the performance characteristic exceeding a threshold), assigning a performance characteristic to the identified agents (that is different than the agent's actual performance characteristic), and routing a caller to one of the plurality of agents based on the performance characteristics of the plurality of agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system comprising: assigning, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, a contact to an agent based on information associated with a prior interaction of the contact with the contact center system. The assigning of the contact to the agent may result in a less favorable outcome for the contact assigned to the agent and an increase in an overall performance of the contact center system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are described. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, at least one behavioral pairing constraint; and applying, by the at least one computer processor, the at least one behavioral pairing constraint to the task assignment system to controllably reduce performance of the task assignment system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for error handling in a task assignment system with an external pairing system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for error handling in a task assignment system with an external pairing system comprising transmitting a request for the external pairing system to select a first pairing between one or more tasks awaiting assignment and one or more agents available for assignment, the first pairing to be selected according to a first pairing strategy; determining a timeout window to wait for the external pairing system to provide a response that identifies the first pairing; detecting an expiration of the timeout window without receiving the response; and, in response to detecting the expiration of the timeout window, selecting a second pairing between the one or more tasks and the one or more agents, the second pairing being selected according to a second pairing strategy.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for sharing control of assigning tasks may be realized as a method for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system comprising receiving, from the task assignment system, a plurality of task pairing requests and an agent pairing request, wherein each task request of the plurality of task pairing requests is assigned to one of a first pairing strategy and a second pairing strategy. The agent pairing request may indicate an agent that is available for pairing. The method may further comprise transmitting, to the task assignment system, a pairing recommendation being based in part on the plurality of task pairing requests, the first pairing strategy, the second pairing strategy, and the agent pairing request.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system comprising receiving, from the task assignment system, a plurality of task pairing requests and an agent pairing request, wherein each task request of the plurality of task pairing requests is assigned to one of a first pairing strategy and a second pairing strategy. The agent pairing request may indicate an agent that is available for pairing. The method may further comprise transmitting, to the task assignment system, a pairing recommendation being based in part on the plurality of task pairing requests, the first pairing strategy, the second pairing strategy, and the agent pairing request.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

There are provided a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system with an external pairing system. The method includes transmitting, to the external pairing system over an application programming interface, a control flag and a benchmark flag and receiving, from the external pairing system, a task-agent pairing based on one of a first pairing strategy and a second pairing strategy. The task-agent pairing is based at least in part on the control flag and the benchmark flag.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption
• G06F 5/06 - Procédés ou dispositions pour la conversion de données, sans modification de l'ordre ou du contenu des données maniées pour modifier la vitesse de débit des données, c.-à-d. régularisation de la vitesse
• G06F 9/54 - Communication interprogramme

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a task assignment system, the method comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a first performance of a first pairing strategy based at least in part on a first plurality of historical task assignments assigned by a second pairing strategy.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for pairing in a task assignment system with an external pairing system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a task assignment system with an external pairing system comprising transmitting first information that identifies one or more tasks waiting for assignment and one or more agents available for assignment; transmitting a pairing request; determining an initial timeout window to wait for the external pairing system to respond to the pairing request; receiving at a first time within the initial timeout window, an extension request that includes an instruction to extend the initial timeout window; extending the initial timeout window in response to the receiving the extension request; and receiving at a second time within the extended timeout window, a pairing response that includes a selected pairing between the one or more tasks and the one or more agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption
• G06F 9/54 - Communication interprogramme

Abrégé

A method is provided. The method comprises associating a first pairing strategy to a first plurality of contacts during a first period of time, associating a second pairing strategy that is different from the first pairing strategy to a second plurality of contacts during a second period of time later than the first period of time, and associating a third pairing strategy that is different from the first pairing strategy to a third plurality of contacts during a third period of time later than the second period of time. The method also comprises determining a first performance measurement based on outcomes of the first and second pluralities of contacts, determining a second performance measurement based on outcomes of the third plurality of contacts, and outputting data that enables a comparison of the first and second performance measurements.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for workforce management in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method comprising determining a number of agents; determining a first expected performance of using a choice-based pairing strategy in a contact center system based on the number of agents; changing the number of agents by a first amount; determining a second expected performance of using the choice-based pairing strategy in the contact center system based on the changed number of agents; determining a difference between the second expected performance and the first expected performance; and outputting a change in target agent staffing levels based on the difference.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

A method is provided. The method comprises associating a first pairing strategy to a first plurality of contacts during a first period of time, associating a second pairing strategy to a second plurality of contacts during a second period of time, associating a third pairing strategy to a third plurality of contacts during a third period of time, associating the first pairing strategy to a fourth plurality of contacts during a fourth period of time, associating the second pairing strategy to a fifth plurality of contacts during a fifth period of time, associating to a sixth plurality of contacts during a sixth period of time, determining a first performance measurement based on outcomes of the first, second, fourth, and fifth pluralities of contacts, determining a second performance measurement based on outcomes of the third and sixth pluralities of contacts, and outputting data that enables a comparison of the first and second performance measurements.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for ranking individuals in a contact center system including ranking a first individual in a set of individuals based on relative amounts of data for the first individual and one or more other individuals in the set of individuals.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system comprising receiving, from the task assignment system, a plurality of task pairing requests and an agent pairing request, wherein each task request of the plurality of task pairing requests is assigned to one of a first pairing strategy and a second pairing strategy. The agent pairing request may indicate an agent that is available for pairing. The method may further comprise transmitting, to the task assignment system, a pairing recommendation being based in part on the plurality of task pairing requests, the first pairing strategy, the second pairing strategy, and the agent pairing request.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for workforce management in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for workforce management in a contact center system comprising generating historical workforce data regarding an agent workforce capacity of the contact center system, and initiating an increase or decrease to an agent workforce of the contact center system based at least in part on the historical workforce data to increase an amount of choice among available agents or waiting contacts.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for workforce management in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for workforce management in a contact center system comprising generating historical workforce data regarding an agent workforce capacity of the contact center system, and initiating an increase or decrease to an agent workforce of the contact center system based at least in part on the historical workforce data to increase an amount of choice among available agents or waiting contacts.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations

Abrégé

Techniques for workforce management in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for workforce management in a contact center system comprising generating historical workforce data regarding an agent workforce capacity of the contact center system, and initiating an increase or decrease to an agent workforce of the contact center system based at least in part on the historical workforce data to increase an amount of choice among available agents or waiting contacts.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a plurality of possible task-agent pairings among at least one task waiting for assignment and at least one agent available for assignment; and selecting, by the least one computer processor for assignment in the task assignment system, a first task-agent pairing of the plurality of possible task-agent pairings based at least in part on a first offer set to be offered by the agent or a first compensation to be received by the agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Method, system and program product, for operating a call center system, the method comprising: obtaining performance data for agents in a set of agents; obtaining a respective abstracted data stream for multiple calls, each respective data stream having multiple different locations along the abstracted data stream representing multiple different respective fields, the meaning for the field data in the respective different locations for the different respective fields not known by the system; determining respective patterns for the respective data streams; obtaining performance data for the respective patterns; matching using a selected matching algorithm one of the agents from the set of agents to one of the calls based at least in part on the performance data for the respective pattern of the call and on performance data for the respective agents of the set of agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a priority for each of a plurality of tasks; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an agent available for assignment to any of the plurality of tasks; and assigning, by the at least one computer processor, a first task of the plurality of tasks to the agent using a task assignment strategy, wherein the first task has a lower-priority than a second task of the plurality of tasks.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption
• G06F 9/455 - ÉmulationInterprétationSimulation de logiciel, p. ex. virtualisation ou émulation des moteurs d’exécution d’applications ou de systèmes d’exploitation
• G06F 9/50 - Allocation de ressources, p. ex. de l'unité centrale de traitement [UCT]
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a priority for each of a plurality of tasks; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an agent available for assignment to any of the plurality of tasks; and assigning, by the at least one computer processor, a first task of the plurality of tasks to the agent using a task assignment strategy, wherein the first task has a lower-priority than a second task of the plurality of tasks.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption
• G06F 9/50 - Allocation de ressources, p. ex. de l'unité centrale de traitement [UCT]
• H04M 3/52 - Dispositions pour aiguiller vers des opérateurs les appels à destination de numéros non attribués
• G06F 9/455 - ÉmulationInterprétationSimulation de logiciel, p. ex. virtualisation ou émulation des moteurs d’exécution d’applications ou de systèmes d’exploitation
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Systems and methods are disclosed for routing callers to agents in a contact center utilizing a multi-layer processing approach to matching a caller to an agent. A first layer of processing may include two or more different computer models or methods for scoring or determining caller-agent pairs in a routing center. The output of the first layer may be received by a second layer of processing for balancing or weighting the outputs and selecting a final caller-agent match. The two or more methods may include conventional queue based routing, performance based routing, pattern matching algorithms, affinity matching, and the like. The output or scores of the two or more methods may be processed be the second layer of processing to select a caller-agent pair and cause the caller to be routed to a particular agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, information about a task waiting for assignment in the task assignment system; and selecting, by the at least one computer processor, a hold activity from a plurality of hold activities for the task based on the information about the task, wherein the selected hold activity is expected to improve performance of the task assignment system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels
• H04M 3/428 - Dispositions pour placer des appels entrants en attente
• G06F 16/683 - Recherche de données caractérisée par l’utilisation de métadonnées, p. ex. de métadonnées ne provenant pas du contenu ou de métadonnées générées manuellement utilisant des métadonnées provenant automatiquement du contenu
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04L 12/66 - Dispositions pour la connexion entre des réseaux ayant différents types de systèmes de commutation, p. ex. passerelles

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a multistage task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a multistage task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the multistage task assignment system, one or more characteristics of a task; determining, by the at least one computer processor and based at least on the one or more characteristics of the task, a sequence of agents; and pairing, by the at least one computer processor, the task with the sequence of agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
• G16H 20/10 - TIC spécialement adaptées aux thérapies ou aux plans d’amélioration de la santé, p. ex. pour manier les prescriptions, orienter la thérapie ou surveiller l’observance par les patients concernant des médicaments ou des médications, p. ex. pour s’assurer de l’administration correcte aux patients
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking performance in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking contact center system performance comprising cycling, by at least one computer processor configured to perform contact center operations, between a first contact-agent pairing strategy and a second contact-agent pairing strategy for pairing contacts with agents in the contact center system; determining an agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy comprising a difference between a first agent utilization of the first contact-agent pairing strategy and a balanced agent utilization; and determining a relative performance of the second contact-agent pairing strategy compared to the first contact-agent pairing strategy based on the agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels
• H04L 12/66 - Dispositions pour la connexion entre des réseaux ayant différents types de systèmes de commutation, p. ex. passerelles
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, a plurality of contacts available for connection to an agent; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings among possible pairings between the agent and the plurality of contacts; selecting, by the at least one computer processor, one of the plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings according to a probabilistic network flow model; and outputting, by the at least one computer processor, the selected one of the plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings for connection in the contact center system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce

Abrégé

Techniques for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system comprising: assigning, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, a contact to an agent based on information associated with a prior interaction of the contact with the contact center system. The assigning of the contact to the agent may result in a less favorable outcome for the contact assigned to the agent and an increase in an overall performance of the contact center system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a plurality of possible task-agent pairings among at least one task waiting for assignment and at least one agent available for assignment; and selecting, by the least one computer processor for assignment in the task assignment system, a first task-agent pairing of the plurality of possible task-agent pairings based at least in part on a first offer set to be offered by the agent or a first compensation to be received by the agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Systems and methods are disclosed for routing callers to agents in a contact center utilizing a multi-layer processing approach to matching a caller to an agent. A first layer of processing may include two or more different computer models or methods for scoring or determining caller-agent pairs in a routing center. The output of the first layer may be received by a second layer of processing for balancing or weighting the outputs and selecting a final caller-agent match. The two or more methods may include conventional queue based routing, performance based routing, pattern matching algorithms, affinity matching, and the like. The output or scores of the two or more methods may be processed be the second layer of processing to select a caller-agent pair and cause the caller to be routed to a particular agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

A method, system and program product, the method comprising: obtaining for each call in one set of calls a respective pattern representing multiple different respective data fields; obtaining performance data for the respective patterns of the calls; obtaining performance data for the respective agents; determining agent performance sensitivity to call pattern performance for agents in a set of agents comprising the agent performance data correlated to call performance data for the calls the agent handles; and matching a respective one of the agents from the set of agents to one of the calls based at least in part on the performance data for the respective pattern of the one call and on the agent sensitivity to call performance for the respective one agent of the set of agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels

Abrégé

Techniques for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: determining a first ordering of a plurality of contacts according to a behavioral pairing strategy with a balanced contact utilization; determining a second ordering of the plurality of contacts according to a performance-based routing strategy with an unbalanced contact utilization; determining a third ordering of the plurality of agents according to a combination of the first ordering and the second ordering having a skewed contact utilization between the balanced contact utilization and the unbalanced contact utilization; and outputting a hybrid behavioral pairing model based on the third ordering for connecting an agent to a contact of the plurality of contacts in the contact center system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for estimating expected performance of a task assignment strategy in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method comprising receiving, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to a task assignment system, a plurality of historical agent task assignments; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a sample of the plurality based on a strategy for pairing agents with tasks; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an expected performance of the strategy based on the sample; outputting, by the at least one computer processor, the expected performance; and optimizing, by the at least one computer processor, the performance of the task assignment system based on the expected performance.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for estimating expected performance of a task assignment strategy in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method comprising receiving, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to a task assignment system, a plurality of historical agent task assignments; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a sample of the plurality based on a strategy for pairing agents with tasks; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an expected performance of the strategy based on the sample; outputting, by the at least one computer processor, the expected performance; and optimizing, by the at least one computer processor, the performance of the task assignment system based on the expected performance.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for estimating expected performance of a task assignment strategy in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method comprising receiving, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to a task assignment system, a plurality of historical agent task assignments; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a sample of the plurality based on a strategy for pairing agents with tasks; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an expected performance of the strategy based on the sample; outputting, by the at least one computer processor, the expected performance; and optimizing, by the at least one computer processor, the performance of the task assignment system based on the expected performance.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/00 - Centraux automatiques ou semi-automatiques
• H04M 5/00 - Centraux manuels
• H04L 12/66 - Dispositions pour la connexion entre des réseaux ayant différents types de systèmes de commutation, p. ex. passerelles
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for case allocation are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for case allocation comprising receiving, by at least one computer processor, at least one case allocation allocated using a first pairing strategy, and then reassigning, by the at least one computer processor, the at least one case allocation using behavioral pairing.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: determining a first ordering of a plurality of agents according to a behavioral pairing strategy with a balanced agent utilization; determining a second ordering of the plurality of agents according to a performance-based routing strategy with an unbalanced agent utilization; determining a third ordering of the plurality of agents according to a combination of the first ordering and the second ordering having a skewed agent utilization between the balanced agent utilization and the unbalanced agent utilization; and outputting a hybrid behavioral pairing model based on the third ordering for connecting a contact to an agent of the plurality of agents in the contact center system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Method, system and program product, comprising obtaining agent performance data; ranking, agents based the agent performance data; dividing agents into agent performance ranges; partitioning callers based on criteria into a set of partitions; determining for each partition an outcome value for a first agent performance range and a second agent performance range; calculating for the partitions a respective outcome value difference indicator based on the outcome value for the first agent performance range and the outcome value for the second agent performance range for the partition; matching a respective agent to a respective caller in one of the partitions, based on the outcome value difference indicators for the partitions.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/52 - Dispositions pour aiguiller vers des opérateurs les appels à destination de numéros non attribués
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• G06F 16/23 - Mise à jour
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, a plurality of contacts available for connection to an agent; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings among possible pairings between the agent and the plurality of contacts; selecting, by the at least one computer processor, one of the plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings according to a probabilistic network flow model; and outputting, by the at least one computer processor, the selected one of the plurality of preferred contact-agent pairings for connection in the contact center system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur

Abrégé

Techniques for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system comprising: assigning, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, a contact to an agent based on information associated with a prior interaction of the contact with the contact center system. The assigning of the contact to the agent may result in a less favorable outcome for the contact assigned to the agent and an increase in an overall performance of the contact center system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a plurality of possible task-agent pairings among at least one task waiting for assignment and at least one agent available for assignment; and selecting, by the least one computer processor for assignment in the task assignment system, a first task-agent pairing of the plurality of possible task-agent pairings based at least in part on a first offer set to be offered by the agent or a first compensation to be received by the agent.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, availability of at least one task in a queue; querying, based on at least one variable pertaining to the at least one task, at least one data source for information associated with the at least one task; receiving, from the at least one data source, the information associated with the at least one task; and pairing, based at least in part on the information associated with the at least one task, the at least one task to an agent in the task assignment system.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a multistage task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a multistage task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the multistage task assignment system, one or more characteristics of a task; determining, by the at least one computer processor and based at least on the one or more characteristics of the task, a sequence of agents; and pairing, by the at least one computer processor, the task with the sequence of agents.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G16H 20/10 - TIC spécialement adaptées aux thérapies ou aux plans d’amélioration de la santé, p. ex. pour manier les prescriptions, orienter la thérapie ou surveiller l’observance par les patients concernant des médicaments ou des médications, p. ex. pour s’assurer de l’administration correcte aux patients
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a priority for each of a plurality of tasks; determining, by the at least one computer processor, an agent available for assignment to any of the plurality of tasks; and assigning, by the at least one computer processor, a first task of the plurality of tasks to the agent using a task assignment strategy, wherein the first task has a lower-priority than a second task of the plurality of tasks.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption
• G06F 9/50 - Allocation de ressources, p. ex. de l'unité centrale de traitement [UCT]
• G06F 9/455 - ÉmulationInterprétationSimulation de logiciel, p. ex. virtualisation ou émulation des moteurs d’exécution d’applications ou de systèmes d’exploitation
• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels

Abrégé

Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a task assignment system comprising determining first and second pluralities of historical task assignments paired using first and second pairing strategies, respectively, during a first period, determining a value attributable to each task of the first plurality of historical task assignments and the second plurality of historical task assignments during a second period after the first period, determining a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies based on the value attributable to each task during the second period, and outputting the difference in performance between the first pairing strategy and the second pairing strategy for benchmarking at least the first pairing strategy and the second pairing strategy.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption
• G06F 11/30 - Surveillance du fonctionnement
• G06F 11/34 - Enregistrement ou évaluation statistique de l'activité du calculateur, p. ex. des interruptions ou des opérations d'entrée–sortie

Abrégé

Techniques for adapting behavioral pairing to runtime conditions in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for adapting behavioral pairing to runtime conditions in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, at least two pairing models for assigning tasks in the task assignment system; monitoring, by the at least one computer processor, at least one parameter of the task assignment system; and selecting, by the at least one computer processor, one of the at least two pairing models based on a value of the at least one parameter.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes Commutation de programmes, p. ex. par interruption