Quality assurance analytics systems and methods

US2016358115A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2016358115-A1
Application numberUS-201514731018-A
CountryUS
Kind codeA1
Filing dateJun 4, 2015
Priority dateJun 4, 2015
Publication dateDec 8, 2016
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Systems and techniques for automated quality assurance are disclosed. The systems receive and analyze communications between customers and customer service agents for quality assurance purposes, select a sub-set of communications for further quality assurance review, and display analysis results to a user.

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An automated quality assurance system configured to reduce the number of communications reviewed, which comprises: a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium operably connected to the processor, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium comprises a plurality of instructions stored in association therewith that are accessible to, and executable by, the processor, wherein the plurality of instructions comprises: instructions that, when executed, receive a plurality of communications each between a customer and a customer service agent associated with a contact center; instructions that, when executed, convert each of the plurality of communications into text; instructions that, when executed, analyze the text and identifying data of each of the plurality of communications based on voice data and non-voice data to determine a score for each of the plurality of communications based on at least one attribute or contact center objective; instructions that, when executed, select a sub-set of the plurality of communications for review based on the determined score; instructions that, when executed, populate an electronic quality assurance analysis form with the identifying data, including a customer name; instructions that, when executed, transmit the sub-set of communications and the populated quality assurance analysis form to one or more quality assurance monitors; and instructions that, when executed, display to a user results of a quality assurance analysis by the one or more quality assurance monitors. 2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein each communication comprises a real-time electronic interaction, a recorded telephone call, a real-time telephone call, or a recorded electronic interaction. 3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the recorded electronic interaction is a video recording. 4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one attribute comprises an emotional cue, an interaction that does or is predicted to exceed a value threshold, a legal threat, a reference to a competitor, a supervisor escalation, a transfer to a certain destination, and a multiple contact resolution. 5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises instructions that, when executed, match the sub-set of communications to the one or more quality assurance monitors according to availability of the quality assurance monitor and one or more skills of the quality assurance monitor. 6 . (canceled) 7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises instructions that, when executed, recommend an action to be taken based on the results of the quality assurance analysis. 8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the recommended action comprises training the customer service agent, routing a future communication from a customer to a suitable customer service agent, or both. 9 . (canceled) 10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the results of the quality assurance analysis comprise one or more of whether a customer name was used, whether the customer service agent was knowledgeable, and whether the customer service agent used a suitable tone. 11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises instructions that, when executed, identifies whether video capture of a customer service agent screen should be started or actually starts video capture in real-time. 12 . A method of conducting a quality assurance analysis to reduce the number of communications reviewed, which comprises: receiving, by a processor, a plurality of communications, each between a customer and a customer service agent associated with a contact center; converting, by the processor, each of the plurality of communications into text; identifying, by the processor, attributes and identifying data in the text of each of the plurality of communications based on voice data and non-voice data to determine a score for each of the plurality of communications based on at least attribute or contact center objective; selecting, by the processor, a sub-set of the plurality of communications for review based on the determined score; performing a first quality assurance analysis on the sub-set of communications; populating, by the processor, an electronic quality assurance analysis form with the identifying data including a customer name; and displaying to a user, by the processor, the results of the first quality assurance analysis to a user. 13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the attributes comprise one or more of an emotional cue, an interaction that does or is predicted to exceed a value threshold, a legal threat, reference to a competitor, supervisor escalation, a transfer to a certain destination, and non-first call resolution. 14 . The method of claim 12 , which further comprises recommending an action to be taken based on the results of the first quality assurance analysis. 15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the recommended action comprises one or more of training of the customer service agent and routing a future communication to a suitable customer service agent. 16 . The method of claim 12 , which further comprises determining that a second quality assurance review is needed based on the results of the first quality assurance analysis. 17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein determining that a second quality assurance review is needed comprises determining that problems, repeated interactions, or both, are present in the communication. 18 . The method of claim 12 , which further comprises identifying whether video capture of a customer agent screen should be started or actually starting real-time video capture. 19 . An automated quality assurance system configured to reduce the number of communications reviewed, which comprises: an analytics engine configured to: receive a plurality of communications each between a customer and a customer service agent associated with a contact center; convert each of the plurality of communications into text; analyze the text and identifying data of each of the plurality of communications based on voice data and non-voice data to determine a score for each of the plurality of communications based on at least one attribute or contact center objective; select a sub-set of the plurality of communications for review based on the determined score; populate an electronic quality assurance analysis form with the identifying data, including a customer name; a communication engine configured to transmit the sub-set of communications and the populated electronic quality assurance analysis form to one or more quality assurance monitors; and a display component configured to display to a user results of a quality assurance analysis by the one or more quality assurance monitors. 20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the at least one attribute comprises an emotional cue, evidence or prediction of an interaction exceeding a value threshold, a legal threat, reference to a competitor, supervisor escalation, a transfer to a certain destination, and non-first call resolution. 21 . The system of claim 19 , further comprising matching the sub-set of communications with the one or more quality assurance monitors based on availability of the one or more quality assurance monitors and one or more skills of the one or more quality assurance monitors. 22 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the results of the quality assura

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What does patent US2016358115A1 cover?
Systems and techniques for automated quality assurance are disclosed. The systems receive and analyze communications between customers and customer service agents for quality assurance purposes, select a sub-set of communications for further quality assurance review, and display analysis results to a user.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mattersight Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06Q10/06395. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Thu Dec 08 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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