System, method, and computer program for preventing excessive customer care

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10592908-B1
Application number	US-201414286954-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 23, 2014
Priority date	May 27, 2013
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for preventing excessive customer care. In use, one or more service provider systems are monitored for at least one proactive care action provided to at least one of a plurality of customers. Further, one or more proactive care actions are detected in the one or more systems. Information associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions is stored. Additionally, one or more proactive customer care interactions associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions are identified. Information associated with the one or more proactive customer care interactions is stored. Furthermore, one or more self-service click through events associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions are detected. Information associated with the one or more self-service click through events is stored. Further, at least one customer care policy of a service provider associated with the one or more service provider systems is identified. Moreover, it is determined whether a determined proactive care action for at least one customer will result in over-care, based, at least in part, on the information associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions, the information associated with the one or more proactive customer care interactions, the information associated with the one or more self-service click through events, and the at least one customer care policy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
computer code for monitoring, by a system, one or more service provider systems for proactive care actions taken by the one or more service provider systems to resolve issues of a plurality of customers;
computer code for detecting, by the system from the monitoring, one or more of the proactive care actions taken by the one or more service provider systems to resolve a particular issue associated with a particular customer of the plurality of customers;
computer code for storing, by the system, information associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions, the information associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions including:
a recording of each proactive care action of the detected one or more proactive care actions,
a date associated with each proactive care action of the detected one or more proactive care actions, and
an identification of the particular customer;

computer code for identifying, by the system, one or more proactive customer care interactions associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions, the one or more proactive customer care interactions including correspondence between the particular customer and a customer care representative;
computer code for storing, by the system, information associated with the one or more proactive customer care interactions, the information associated with the one or more proactive customer care interactions including:
a recording of each proactive customer care interaction of the proactive customer care interactions,
a date associated with each proactive customer care interaction of the proactive customer care interactions, and
an identification of the particular customer;

computer code for detecting, by the system, one or more self-service click through events associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions, the one or more self-service click through events being performed by the particular customer through a computer program to address the particular issue;
computer code for storing, by the system, information associated with the detected one or more self-service click through events, the information associated with the detected one or more self-service click through events including:
a recording of the self-service click through events, and
a result of the self-service click through events including an indication of whether the particular customer received care needed to address the particular issue;

computer code for identifying, by the system, at least one customer care policy of a service provider associated with the one or more service provider systems, the at least one customer care policy dictating conditions in which taking an additional proactive care action would result in over-care for the particular issue of the particular customer;
computer code for determining, by the system, whether the conditions of the customer care policy are met;
computer code for, when the system determines that the conditions in which the additional proactive care action would result in over-care for the particular issue of the particular customer are met, not implementing, by the system, the additional proactive care action to address the particular issue of the particular customer; and
computer code for, when the system determines that the conditions in which the additional proactive care action would result in over-care for the particular issue of the particular customer are not met, implementing, by the system, the additional proactive care action to address the particular issue of the particular customer.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer program product is operable such that the one or more proactive customer care interactions include a telephone call.

3. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer program product is operable such that the one or more proactive customer care interactions include an e-mail.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer program product is operable such that the one or more proactive customer care interactions include an online instant message exchange.

5. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer program product is operable such that identifying the at least one customer care policy of the service provider associated with the one or more service provider systems includes identifying the at least one customer care policy in a customer care policy store.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the particular issue of the particular customer is with a service.

7. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the particular issue of the particular customer is with a device.

8. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the conditions include a current time being within a predetermined time period from a time that a notification was previously sent to the particular customer regarding a different issue.

9. A method, comprising:
monitoring, by a system, one or more service provider systems for proactive care actions taken by the one or more service provider systems to resolve issues of a plurality of customers;
detecting, by the system from the monitoring, one or more of the proactive care actions taken by the one or more service provider systems to resolve a particular issue associated with a particular customer of the plurality of customers;
storing, by the system, information associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions, the information associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions including:
a recording of each proactive care action of the detected one or more proactive care actions,
a date associated with each proactive care action of the detected one or more proactive care actions, and

an identification of the particular customer;
identifying, by the system, one or more proactive customer care interactions associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions, the one or more proactive customer care interactions including correspondence between the particular customer and a customer care representative;
storing, by the system, information associated with the one or more proactive customer care interactions, the information associated with the one or more proactive customer care interactions including:
a recording of each proactive customer care interaction of the proactive customer care interactions,
a date associated with each proactive customer care interaction of the proactive customer care interactions, and

an identification of the particular customer;
detecting, by the system, one or more self-service click through events associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions, the one or more self-service click through events being performed by the particular customer through a computer program to address the particular issue;
storing, by the system, information associated with the detected one or more self-service click through events, the information associated with the detected one or more self-service click through events including:
a recording of the self-service click through events, and
a result of the self-service click through events including an indication of whether the particular customer received care needed to address the particular issue;

identifying, by the system, at least one customer care policy of a service provider associated with the one or more service provider systems, the at least one customer care policy dictating conditions in which taking an additional proactive care action would result in over-care for the particular issue of the particul

Assignees

• Amdocs Software Systems Ltd
• Amdocs Development Ltd

Inventors

• Hanson Craig Dean
• O'Hara Joseph Patrick
• Chinnappa Gounder Shanmugam

Classifications

• G06Q30/0281

  Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting · CPC title

• G06Q30/016 Primary

  After-sales · CPC title

• G06Q10/20

  Administration of product repair or maintenance · CPC title