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Routing of web-based contacts

CA 2452583 A1 · Owner: Hession, Patrick · Inventors: Mccormack, Tony; Hession, Patrick; D'Arcy, Paul

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A method of providing access to a network of contact centres comprises providing, contact links on one or more web pages which when activated initiate contacts to, the contact centres. The network addresses associated with the links and to which, the contacts are automatically directed are dynamically specified in the web pages, and are obtained from a database. The database is dynamically updated in response to statistical updates received periodically or continually from the individual contact centres. In this way the contacts can be directed in advance to, the most appropriate destination without having to evaluate each contact as it enters the contact centre network, thereby …

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  • Filed December 8, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 8, 2023.
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FiledDecember 8, 2003
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedDecember 8, 2023
Patent numberCA 2452583 A1
Classification (IPC)H04L61/30 +2 more

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