Sequential presentation of long instructions in an interactive voice response system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8036348
APP PUB NO 20090034697A1
SERIAL NO

12251153

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A method of presenting instructions to a user sending an incoming communication to a service center includes presenting a menu to the user. The menu includes a plurality of procedure descriptors to the user. The user is presented, according to a selection of one of the procedure descriptors by the user, a sequence of instructions which enable completion of a procedure described by the selected procedure descriptor. The incoming communication is transferred at a position in the sequence of instructions to a representative. The incoming communication is also transferred back to the same position in the sequence of instructions.

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  • AT&T LABS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bushey, Robert R Cedar Park, US 124 6245
Kortum, Philip Ted Austin, US 50 1234

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