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John M Ford

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Most Active Art Unit
1201
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1202, 1205, 1611, 1624, 1201
Total Applications
2711
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2304
Pending Applications
29
Abandoned Applications
378

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17/168597
Techniques for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/167920
Techniques for sharing control of assigning tasks between an external pairing system and a task assignment system with an internal pairing system Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/162133
Techniques for behavioral pairing in a task assignment system Jan 28, 2021 Issued
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17/161046
Performance metric recommendations for handling multi-party electronic communications Jan 27, 2021 Issued
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17/152576
Method for regulating sound source of designated object and audio processing device using same Jan 18, 2021 Issued
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17/149214
Device and method for sound localization Jan 13, 2021 Issued
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17/139873
Method and apparatus for providing active call guidance to an agent in a call center environment Dec 30, 2020 Issued
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17/133127
Systems and methods for generating a summary of a multi-speaker conversation Dec 22, 2020 Issued
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17/130951
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable media utilizing residual echo estimate information to derive secondary echo reduction parameters Dec 21, 2020 Issued
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17/126161
Methods for auditing communication sessions Dec 17, 2020 Issued
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17/125179
System and method for omnichannel user engagement and response Dec 16, 2020 Issued
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17/120956
Methods and apparatus for bypassing holds Dec 13, 2020 Issued
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17/111807
Method and apparatus for predicting customer satisfaction from a conversation Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/107174
Tunable chatbots Nov 29, 2020 Issued
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17/107118
Tunable chatbots Nov 29, 2020 Issued
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17/106049
Systems and methods for automatically conducting risk assessments for telephony communications Nov 26, 2020 Issued
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17/098708
System and method for managing a dialog between a contact center system and a user thereof Nov 15, 2020 Issued
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17/098621
System and method for managing a dialog between a contact center system and a user thereof Nov 15, 2020 Issued
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17/089311
Method and system for providing resiliency in interaction servicing Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/771877
Multichannel audio encode and decode using directional metadata Oct 28, 2020 Issued
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