System and method for automated telephone message routing

摘要

The present invention provides a system and method of transferring a call signal including call-related data received from a communications system between a host and at least one remote agent terminal connected through a network, where the host can access at least one application database for storing and retrieving information associated with each service that each agent terminal is to handle, and each agent terminal can access the at least one application database computer system for storing and retrieving information associated with each service that each agent terminal is to handle, the method comprising the steps of: (a) at the host (i) transferring initial information contained in an ANI field associated with the call signal into the at least one application database, (ii) associating that initial information contained in the ANI field with other information regarding the source of the call signal, and (iii) replacing the initial information contained in the ANI field associated with the call signal with subsequent information contained in the ANI field directing an agent terminal to a portion of the at least one application database that contains the initial information contained in the ANI field associated with the call signal and the other information regarding the source of the call signal; (b) transferring the call and the subsequent information contained in the ANI field from the host to the at least one agent terminal by transferring the voice portion of the call to a voice communication device of the at least one agent terminal, and transmitting the subsequent information contained in the ANI field directing the at least one agent terminal to the portion of the database that contains the initial information contained in the ANI field associated with the call signal and the other information regarding the source of the call signal; (c) at the agent terminal, (1) receiving the call signal and information contained in the ANI field directing the at least one agent terminal to the portion of the database that contains the initial information contained in the ANI field associated with the call signal and the other information regarding the source of the call signal. <IMAGE>