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Caracterizaciones de productos e individuos basadas en vector con respecto a la asistencia de agente al servicio del consumidor.

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MX2018015784A
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W Wilkinson Bruce
D Mattingly Todd
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    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
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Los sistemas, aparatos y métodos se proporcionan en la presente para brindar asistencia al agente de servicio al cliente. Un sistema para proporcionar asistencia de agente de servicio al cliente comprende una base de datos de perfil de cliente que almacena vectores de parcialidad del cliente para una pluralidad de clientes, los vectores de parcialidad del cliente comprenden vectores de valor del cliente, un dispositivo de comunicación y un circuito de control. El circuito de control que se configura para: proporcionar una interfaz de usuario de agente de servicio al cliente en un dispositivo de usuario asociado con un agente de servicio al cliente, asociar a un cliente particular con el agente de servicio al cliente, recuperar al menos un vector de valor del cliente para el cliente particular desde la base de datos del perfil del cliente, y causa, a través del dispositivo de comunicación, al menos un vector de valor del cliente del cliente en particular que se mostrará en la interfaz de usuario del agente de servicio al cliente del dispositivo del usuario.
MX2018015784A 2016-06-15 2017-06-14 Caracterizaciones de productos e individuos basadas en vector con respecto a la asistencia de agente al servicio del consumidor. MX2018015784A (es)

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