Semi-automated customer information system

Details Semi-automated customer information system Semi-automated customer information system

1986-10-08

1990-07-24

Psitos, Aristotelis

Telephonic communications

Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis

379 96, 379112, 379 77, 379 84, H04M 358, H04M 350

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049439952

ABSTRACT:
A vendor information service is offered utilizing the services of attendants for identifying customer requests and for taking orders, utilizing a voice processing unit for announcing prerecorded information to customers and for recognizing voice commands or keyed requests. Such commands or requests may be to announce another message to a customer, to set up a connection to a telephone operator, or to connect the customer directly to a vendor. A customer is initially connected to a telepone operator who ascertains the basic customer request. In response to that request, the operator sets up an announcement for the customer. A voice processing unit then monitors the customer for voice commands or keyed requests in order to play another announcement or to set up a connection from the customer to another telephone operator or a vendor attendant. Advantageously, such an arrangement utilizes operator and vendor attendant time efficiently and permits advertising announcements to be played only to those customers who specifically request them.

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