WO2001004780A2 - System and method for real-time reporting of advertising effectiveness - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to telecommunications systems, and more particularly to the use of telecommunications systems to report on the call traffic to particular directory numbers.
- the advertiser may be conducting a costly advertising campaign that would be best discontinued immediately if only the advertiser could evaluate immediately whether the campaign was effective.
- Monthly phone bills or reporting are inadequate to service that advertiser's needs.
- such reporting does not capture a crucial piece of information to the advertiser — what calls were attempted to the advertiser but were not completed because of a busy signal or no answer. That information is not available through conventional telephone billing or reporting services. However, that information is extremely valuable to the advertiser. The advertiser would very much like to identify those potential consumers for whom the advertising was effective, but whose needs were unsatisfied because of a no answer or a busy signal.
- the present invention overcomes the problems identified above by providing a system and method for accurately and timely identifying which of an advertiser's advertising campaigns are effective.
- the invention provides a telecommunications environment configured to monitor information related to caller traffic responding to advertising campaigns. That information is passed to a network-accessible server and formatted for retrieval over the network.
- a subscriber to the reporting-service may connect, via the network, to the server and request a report, based on the caller traffic information, for a selected advertising campaign.
- the telecommunications environment includes a switch for connecting calls placed by a caller in response to an advertising campaign.
- the advertising campaign is identified by a particular directory number (the "campaign number").
- the switch monitors calling information related to the call and forwards that calling information to a data recorder.
- the calling information includes the directory number of the party placing the call, the directory number called, whether the call was connected, the duration of the call, and other information.
- the data recorder passes the calling information for each advertising campaign to a web server where the calling information is accessible over the Internet. In this manner, the subscriber may connect to the web server over the Internet and request a report on the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.
- the web server automates the task of identifying the calls made in response to an advertising campaign.
- the data collector is configured to identify calling information related to a directory number associated with an advertising campaign and forward that information to the web server.
- the web server includes software for tabulating and formatting that information into a report based on a subscriber's request. The report is generated based on the current information available and in the format specified by the subscriber. The information may be presented based on many different criteria, such as, for example, a total number of calls per campaign, a percentage of calls per campaign, a number of attempted calls that received a busy signal, a number of attempted calls that were not answered, and the like.
- the reports available to the subscriber reflect the latest information available.
- the calling information may be forwarded from the data collector to the web server in real-time, as the calling information becomes available from the switch. In that manner, a report generated by the web server provides the subscriber with real-time data regarding the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns.
- the calling information associated with advertising campaigns may be combined with other information, stored in additional databases either resident on or accessible by the web server, to produce reports of demographic information about the respondents to the campaign.
- the calls for the advertising campaign are stored in a database either resident on or accessible by the web server for later retrieval and review to allow further information on the advertising campaigns effectiveness.
- Additional aspects of the current invention call for contemporaneous categorization of campaign calls by either the Subscriber or the Caller such that further advertising effectiveness information may be gathered.
- This aspect also includes automated categorization by voice recognition of key words or phrases within stored calls.
- FIGURE 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a telecommunications environment in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
- FIGURE 2 is a functional block diagram of a data collector element of the telecommunications environment illustrated in FIGURE 1 ;
- FIGURE 3 is a functional block diagram of a web server element of the telecommunications environment illustrated in FIGURE 1 ;
- FIGURE 4 is a flow chart illustrating a process for tabulating information related to the effectiveness of an advertising campaign in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
- FIGURES 5A-5B are flow charts illustrating a process for generating, in response to a subscriber's request, a report on the effectiveness of an advertising campaign in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
- FIGURE 6 is a flow chart illustrating a process employed by one embodiment of the present invention for alerting a subscriber that a triggering event has occurred
- FIGURE 7 is a flow chart illustrating a process employed by one embodiment of the present invention for storing records or calls. Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment
- the present invention allows a reporting-service subscriber to request reports, in real-time, on the effectiveness of an advertising campaign being undertaken by the service subscriber.
- FIGURE 1 is a functional block diagram of a telecommunications environment 100 including one embodiment of the present invention. Illustrated in FIGURE 1 is an exemplary telecommunications environment 100 for placing telephone calls from one location to another location.
- PSTN Public Switch Telephone Network
- the PSTN 103 is a conventional telephone network that performs conventional telephone services such as connecting one user of the PSTN 103 to another user to complete a telephone call.
- One element of the PSTN 103 is the Local Exchange Carrier (“LEC”) 107.
- LEC 107 is a central office servicing many users of the PSTN 103 in a common geographic location, such as in one city or county. The benefit of the LEC 107 to the present invention is discussed later.
- the PSTN 103 also includes switches, service control points, etc.
- the PSTN 103 may also include an advanced intelligent network ("AIN"), which is discussed later.
- AIN advanced intelligent network
- users are assigned a unique ten digit directory number of the form "NPA-NXX-XXXX" where "N” refers to any numeric digit except 0 or 1 and "X” refers to any one of the 10 numeric digits.
- the PSTN 103 divides the United States into geographic regions identified by unique three-digit "area codes," more technically referred to as Numbering Plan Area ("NPA”) codes.
- NPA Numbering Plan Area
- the three digit NPA field within the ten digit directory number refers to the Numbering Plan Area code.
- NPA prefix When a call is made from one area code to another area code, the three digit NPA prefix must be supplied by the calling party. In addition, certain NPA prefixes are reserved for special reverse-billing procedures, such as the "800,” “877,” “888,” and “900” prefixes. Reverse billing is known in the art.
- the three digit prefix "NXX” is sometimes referred to as an "exchange code” or "office code.” That three-digit field typically identifies a particular "switch” or local exchange carrier, such as LEC 107, to which the called party is connected.
- the switch or local exchange carrier may service cellular communications customers, in which case the exchange code, being associated with a cellular switch, identifies the called party as a cellular customer.
- the last four digits of the ten-digit directory number, identified above by "XXXX,” are referred to as the user's line code and identify the particular user's connection to the switch identified by the exchange code.
- the user initiating a call is referred to as the "calling party,” and the user to whom the call is intended is referred to as the "called party.”
- An advanced intelligent network (“AIN") portion of the PSTN 103 may be used to expedite the connection between a calling party and a called party.
- the AIN is used to transmit data messages between elements of the PSTN 103 for establishing the connection.
- the data messages contain information related to the call, such as both the calling party's directory number and the called party's directory number. That information can be used to more quickly identify a destination switch for receiving the call.
- the AIN is helpful to determine supplemental telecommunications services that either the calling party or the called party may have, such as call forwarding, call waiting, caller identification, etc.
- the protocol used by the AIN is often referred to in the art as "Signaling
- SS7 System 7
- SS7 is an addressing protocol that speeds up call processing by transmitting call-connection information out-of-band much faster than traditional call switching.
- the SS7 protocol has enabled services such as fraud detection, caller ID, store and forward, ring back, concurrent data, etc.
- the SS7 protocol is well known to those skilled in the art and is described in a specification published by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
- the calling party such as Caller 101, initiates a call by providing a directory number to the PSTN 103 via a piece of telecommunications terminal equipment, typically a telephone.
- the calling party need not provide the entire ten-digit directory number. If, for instance, the calling party and the called party are in the same area code, the calling party may often omit the called party's NPA prefix.
- the calling party provides the directory number of the called party to a first switch to which the calling party is connected. For instance, if the Caller 101 wishes to call the Subscriber 111, the Caller 101 provides to the PSTN 103 the Subscriber's directory number. The PSTN 103 then directs the call from the Caller 101 to a telecommunications switch to which the Subscriber 111 is connected. In this example, the Subscriber 111 is connected to switch 109.
- the switch 109 is a conventional switch, examples of which are the Lucent Technologies 5ESS, the NTI DMSIOO, Siemens Stromberg and Carlson EWSD and DCO. Those skilled in the art are familiar with the routing of calls within the PSTN 103 and connecting calls to a switch based on the called party's directory number.
- the switch 109 makes the final connection to the Subscriber 111 via connection 108. Once that connection is made, the call is connected and the Caller 101 and the Subscriber 111 may communicate. In addition to connecting the calling party to the called party, the switch 109 stores "calling information" related to the call. For example, the switch 109 extracts the calling party's directory number, the called party's directory number, the time and date the call was placed, whether the call was connected successfully, the duration of the call if connected, whether the called party's connection was busy or did not answer, and any other information related to the call. The calling information is used for billing and network maintenance purposes, as well as other less common purposes unrelated to the present invention. The calling information is typically forwarded to a "data collector" 113 for relatively permanent storage.
- the data collector 113 may be a conventional data processing unit connected to the switch 109 or it may be part of the switch 109. The data collector is described in greater detail below.
- the Subscriber 111 may be conducting several advertising campaigns by publishing advertisements in local, regional, or national publications such as newspapers, magazines, or trade journals.
- the Subscriber 111 may have advertisements applied to billboards or the sides of trucks that travel the highways.
- the Subscriber 111 now wishes to determine the effectiveness of each of the several advertising campaigns.
- the Subscriber 111 engineered the several advertising campaigns such that each campaign promotes a unique directory number.
- each advertisement includes a different directory number to be called by those people for whom the advertisement was effective.
- advertising different directory numbers is made simple through the use of the toll-free number (e.g.
- each directory number has an exchange code associated with the switch 109. In that manner, each call to a calling number is directed to the switch 109 by the PSTN 103 before being connected to the Subscriber 111.
- One of each of the directory numbers is used in each advertising campaign.
- the directory numbers associated with the advertising campaigns are referred to in this discussion as "campaign numbers.”
- the present invention the
- Subscriber 111 has only one campaign number, however incoming calls are correlated with by geographic region and/or time of call, to determine which advertisement the call is in response to. For example, if there are billboard advertisements in city A, and newspaper advertisement in city B, then calls from city A are ranked as in response to billboards, and calls from city B are ranked as coming from newspapers. Similarly, if television advertisements are used during the morning and radio advertisements in the evening, then calls in the morning are counted toward television and calls in the evening toward radio advertising. Using a single campaign number is particularly useful when a Subscriber has a highly recognizable telephone number and does not want to confuse customers by using multiple numbers. Any discussion of campaign numbers is meant to encompass this single campaign number embodiment as well.
- the Caller 101 does not initiate the actual telephone call, rather the Caller 101 indicates to the Subscribe 111 that the Caller 101 desires the Subscriber 111 to call the Caller.
- the caller may see an online advertisement such as a Web page (not shown) that includes a "call me" button. After clicking on the button the Caller 101 would be asked to enter the number they wish to be called at as well as other information, such as their name and when they would like to receive a call. The present invention would then send the entered information as well as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the "Caller" to the data collector 113.
- IP Internet Protocol
- the online advertisement also has it own incoming call directory number, then these outbound calls may be included as part of that particular campaign. Alternatively, the outbound calls could be tracked as a separate campaign.
- chat, voice and video protocols provide two-way communication by connecting two or more IP addresses with each other using a predetermined protocol.
- One well known text based "chat" program is the UNIX "talk" program. By specifying a user and a computer system, usually by IP address or host name, two people are able to conduct a live chat session. Similar to telephone numbers, IP addresses contain source identifying information.
- IP addresses correlate to specific computer systems in a particular geographic location that is usually proximate to the location of the user using the computer.
- the present invention is capable of providing similar information to the data collector 113 for online campaigns as it is able to retrieve using telephone systems. This is particularly true, when the IP address is compared with conventional lookup databases, to determine the more information about the Caller 111 and/or their computer system.
- the Caller 101 may wish to contact the Subscriber 111 at the campaign number when an advertising campaign has been effective.
- the Caller 101 initiates a call by providing the campaign number to the PSTN 103. That call is routed through the PSTN 103 in the conventional manner described above.
- the call is eventually routed from the PSTN 103 to the switch 109.
- the switch 109 directs the call to the Subscriber 111 so that the Subscriber 111 may service the Caller's request, comment, order, or the like.
- the switch 109 forwards calling information regarding the call to the data collector 113.
- the calling information is passed to the data collector 113 upon the termination of the call.
- the data collector 113 accumulates and stores the information passed from the switch 109.
- the data collector 113 accumulates the calling information associated with all of the directory numbers serviced by the switch 109. That task is typically performed for billing purposes to ensure that the calling party or the called party is appropriately billed for the call.
- the data collector 113 also isolates the calling information related to campaign numbers.
- the data collector 113 includes a table identifying the campaign numbers.
- the data collector 113 forwards that calling information (the "campaign information") to a web server 115.
- the data collector 113 may forward the campaign information as it arrives or on a timed basis, such as in fifteen minute increments, one-hour increments, several-hour increments, or the like.
- the rate at which the campaign information is passed from the data collector 113 to the web server 115 limits how current a report may be. For that reason, the data collector 113 of the preferred embodiment is configured to provide the campaign information to the web server 115 in real-time, such as not later than a few hours after the campaign information becomes available at the data collector 113.
- the time range for the web server 115 to receive the campaign information is configurable from no interval up to daily or even weekly or monthly batch processing of the campaign information. Batch processing allows the web server 115 to process incoming campaign information more efficiently and to update reports and graphs at predetermined intervals, however, the longer the interval between batches, the less current some reports may be.
- the web server 115 is described in greater detail below. The role of the web server 115 in the telecommunications system is described here.
- the web server 115 receives the calling information associated with each campaign number (the campaign information) from the data collector 113 and stores that information on a permanent storage medium, such as a hard disk drive.
- the web server 115 tabulates the campaign information based on each campaign number.
- the table containing the campaign information is as current as the rate at which the data collector 113 provides the campaign information to the web server 115. Consequently, the web server 115 is able to generate reports of the effectiveness of a campaign in real-time.
- the web server 115 provides access to the tabulated data over the Internet 117.
- the Internet is described as the preferred wide area network for making the reports available to subscribers, those skilled in the art will appreciate that any wide area network that allows access by subscribers to data stored on the web server 115 will benefit from the present invention.
- Subscriber 111 may access the web server 115 via a connection to the Internet 117.
- the connection to the Internet 117 may be any conventional connection that allows access to the web server 115.
- Subscriber 111 may access the web server 115 using TCP/IP and a conventional dial-up connection over a modem.
- the subscriber 111 may have a dedicated connection to the Internet 117 that provides constant access.
- the web server 115 may have a unique HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) address, a unique FTP address, or any other addressing scheme that allows the subscriber 111 to identify the web server 115.
- HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
- the web server 115 includes server software that allows the subscriber to request a report of a particular advertising campaign's effectiveness at any time.
- the subscriber 111 may connect to the Internet 117 in the middle of the day on a Tuesday.
- Subscriber 111 may log on to the web server 115 using a secure access protocol and issue a request to the web server 115 to provide a report.
- the issued request identifies the particular advertising campaign of interest by campaign number.
- the web server 115 responds to the request by reading the data stored in the table of campaign information associated with the campaign number provided by the subscriber 111.
- Software resident on the web server 115 tabulates the report in accordance with the subscriber's request.
- the web server 115 publishes, preferably a formatted, e.g., using HTML, HDML, WML, XML, SGML or some other formatting system, report to the subscriber.
- the subscriber 111 is able to access and query the web server 115 as frequently as desired to determine the effectiveness of a particular advertising campaign.
- the web server 115 may be configured to transmit the report to the subscriber at predetermined intervals, such as immediately, hourly, daily, weekly or the like.
- software may be configured to simulate a subscriber request and cause the web server 115 to generate and transmit the report to the subscriber 111.
- Alternative means of delivery may also be employed, such as via electronic mail.
- the web server 115 may be configured to generate the report in response to a triggering event.
- a triggering event may be an attempted call that received either no answer or a busy signal, or the situation where calling activity to one campaign number exceeds or fails to exceed a predetermined threshold, or the like.
- the web server 115 may be configured to analyze the campaign information as it is received from the data collector 113. If the campaign information reflects that a call to a campaign number resulted in either a busy signal or no answer, the web server 115 may respond by issuing a flag to the subscriber 111.
- the web server 115 may be configured to extract from the campaign information the calling party's directory number and transmit that directory number directly to the subscriber 111 or someone associated with the subscriber to respond to the missed call.
- the directory number may be transmitted by digital or voice pager, by e-mail message, by human interaction, or by any other mechanism for alerting the subscriber 111. In that manner, the subscriber 111 can be immediately notified that a potential customer was unable to complete a call, and be provided that potential customer's directory number in order for the subscriber 111 to return the call, rather than hope the customer calls again.
- the subscriber may configure the Web Server to regularly notify the Subscriber with status reports at predetermined intervals.
- These reports may include any of the reports discussed below, and may be delivered to the Subscriber by electronic mail, pager, wireless messaging or any other conventional "push" technology that will notify the user of the contents of the report.
- the campaign numbers be associated with the switch 109.
- the subscriber 111 may have existing service with a telecommunications company that operates the LEC 107, which is not capable of providing the reporting service described herein.
- the campaign numbers for the subscriber's advertising campaign have exchange codes associated with the LEC 107 rather than the switch 109.
- the switch 109 may be configured to gather the calling information from the LEC 107.
- the LEC 107 may also contain a telecommunications switch similar to switch 109. The LEC 107 may read and store calling information associated with any calls made to directory numbers that route to the LEC 107.
- Calling information associated with campaign numbers that route to the LEC 107 may be gathered and transmitted to an LEC receiving server 112 over a communications link 110.
- the calling information gathered at the LEC 107 may additionally contain a name associated with the calling party and a zip code associated with the calling party.
- the transmission of the calling information from the LEC 107 to the LEC receiving server 112 may occur as a batch transfer at a predetermined time, such as daily or nightly, or the LEC 107 may be configured to transmit the calling information more frequently, even on a per-call basis.
- FIGURE 2 is a functional block diagram of the data collector 113 illustrated in FIGURE 1.
- the data collector 113 receives the calling information from the switch 109 associated with every call made.
- the data collector 113 has a communications driver 201 that is responsible for lower level communications with other data processing equipment, such as the switch 109 and the web server 115.
- the communications driver 201 receives the information from the switch 109 and passes it to a sorter engine 203.
- the sorter engine 203 is a software application resident on the data collector 113 and is responsible for tabulating the information received from the switch 109.
- the sorter engine 203 creates a database 205 with all of the calling information provided by the switch 109.
- a second database 207 may reside on the data collector 113 and contain a list of the campaign numbers.
- the sorter engine 203 parses from the first database 205 that information corresponding to the campaign numbers. To do so, the sorter engine 203 compares the campaign numbers from the second database 207 with the information stored in the database 205 and retrieves the information associated with each of the campaign numbers (the campaign information).
- the sorter engine 203 may be configured to retrieve the campaign information from the database 205 at pre-selected time intervals, or, alternatively, the sorter engine 203 may be configured to identify the campaign information as the information is being written to the database 205.
- the campaign information is then forwarded to the web server 115 via the communications driver 201.
- the campaign information may be temporarily stored or buffered at the data collector 113 during the parsing operation for later transmission to the web server 115.
- the LEC receiving server 112 may perform functions similar to those performed by the data collector only for information received from the LEC 107. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the LEC receiving server 112 may incorporate all or a subset of those components described with respect to the data collector 113.
- FIGURE 3 is a functional block diagram of the web server 115 illustrated in
- the web server 115 is a conventional data processing computer that includes software and hardware for interfacing with the data collector 113, the LEC receiving server 112, and the Internet 117 or other wide area network. That software includes a communications driver 301 for controlling the flow of information with the data collector 113, the LEC receiving server 112, and the Internet 117.
- the web server 115 includes server software 303, which is software for making information stored on the web server 115 available to users of the Internet 117.
- the web server 115 receives the campaign information from the data collector 113 or the LEC receiving server 112 and stores it in a campaign database 307.
- the campaign database 307 includes the calling information for each call placed or attempted to each campaign number. The information may be sorted within the campaign database 307 by campaign number if a subscriber maintains multiple campaign numbers. It should be noted that the web server 115 is not limited to a single campaign database 307. There may be multiple campaign databases 307, one for each subscriber or campaign number. Alternatively, one campaign database 307 may include the campaign information for all subscribers, with each campaign number being associated with the appropriate subscriber.
- the server software 303 is configured to interface with the subscriber over the Internet 117 via the communications driver 301.
- web page information may reside on the web server 115, including HTML files readable by a web browser at the subscriber's location 111.
- the server software 303 is configured to respond to access by the web browser at the subscriber location 111 by presenting the HTML files as web pages having input screens and the like.
- the subscriber 111 provides, via the input screens, information requesting a report on the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.
- the server software 303 may respond to the subscriber's request by executing small programs, or "scripts," that retrieve the relevant campaign information from the campaign database 307.
- the scripts execute at the web server 115 and perform tasks such as invoking the report formatter 305 and passing parameters to the report formatter 305 identifying the particular input provided by the subscriber.
- Other software resident on the web server 115 may be configured to query the campaign information as it is received by the web server 115 to watch for triggering events, such as a call that results in a busy signal or no answer. If a triggering event is noticed, the software may respond by generating an alert to be transmitted to the subscriber 111.
- the web server 115 may include a voice-capable modem 319 or other telecommunications equipment connected to the PSTN 103.
- the web server 115 may generate and transmit, via the modem 319, a paging message, including the calling party's directory number, to a predetermined directory number associated with the subscriber.
- Electronically issuing paging messages is known generally in the art.
- the subscriber 111 may be immediately notified that a potential customer was unable to get through to the subscriber 111, and the call can be returned.
- the alert may be transmitted to the subscriber 111 in many other forms as well, such as by e-mail message via the Internet 117, or the like.
- the report formatter 305 is a software program configured to retrieve the campaign information from the campaign database 307 and arrange it in accordance with the particular report selected by the subscriber 111.
- the report formatter 305 may be a database engine configured to query the campaign database 307 for the campaign information associated with the campaign number selected by the subscriber 111.
- the report formatter 305 is also configured to arrange the campaign information according to a particular report format identified by the subscriber. For example, the subscriber 111 may request a report on the number of calls attempted to a campaign number but which resulted in either a busy signal or no answer. Within the campaign database 307, the campaign information indicates whether a particular call resulted in a busy signal or no answer.
- the report formatter 305 retrieves from the campaign database 307 each record associated with the selected campaign number and that resulted in either a busy signal or no answer. Those records are then assembled into a tabular report and presented to the server software 303 for publication to the subscriber 111 via the Internet 117.
- the LERG database 311 associates telephone numbers with particular information about the telephone number. For example, the LERG database 311 may describe whether the calling party's directory number originated at a cellular phone or at a land-line based phone. The LERG database 311 additionally identifies a particular LEC for the calling party. Another database may provide the approximate longitude and latitude for the area code/exchange represented by the first 6 digits of the calling party's directory number. By cross referencing that geographic information with a "zip-code database" (not shown) having zip codes associated with geographic information, the likely zip code of the Caller 101 can be identified.
- LEC Local Exchange Routing Guide
- the zip-code database 311 is a weighted database because there is not a direct correlation between calling numbers and zip codes. Accordingly, the zip-code database 311 provides a statistical estimate of the zip code of each calling number based on the probability that the NP A-NXX of the calling number is within a particular zip code. It should be noted that calling information received from the LEC 107 at the LEC receiving server 112 may directly identify the zip code of the calling party.
- the system described above enables the Subscriber 111 to access the web server 115 at any desired time and request a report on the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.
- the report provided reflects calls made to the selected campaign number as recently as within a few hours. This information allows subscribers of the service to direct their advertising resources to only those advertising campaigns that achieve results.
- the reports may be used to improve customer support. For example, the Subscriber 111 may request frequent reports on calls attempted but not completed to a campaign number, such as calls reaching a busy signal or no answer. Based on those reports, the Subscriber 111 may return calls to those potential customers that were unable to initially reach the Subscriber 111. In this manner, lost sales may be recovered without having to rely on the potential customer attempting a second call.
- FIGURES 4, 5A, and 5B are flow charts that, taken in conjunction with the system illustrated in FIGURES 1-3, describe processes employed by one embodiment of the invention to provide reports on the effectiveness of an advertising campaign in real-time.
- the processes begin in FIGURE 4 at starting block 401 where a caller desires to place a call to a campaign number identified in an advertisement placed by a subscriber of the reporting service. From starting block 401, processing proceeds to block 403.
- the switch 109 receives an indication that a call is being attempted.
- the indication comes from the PSTN 103 in the conventional manner, such as by a data message transmitted by the AIN portion of the PSTN 103.
- the data message includes information about the attempted call, including the directory numbers of both the calling party and the called party. Processing then proceeds to block 405.
- the switch 109 connects the call to the location identified by the called party's directory number. Once the call is connected, the calling party and the called party may communicate. Processing resumes at block 407.
- the switch 109 forwards calling information related to the call to the data collector 113 at the termination of the call.
- the calling information includes at least the calling party's directory number, the called party's directory number, whether the call was connected, whether the call reached a busy signal or no answer, and the length of the call if connected.
- the data collector 113 stores the calling information in a database, and processing resumes at decision block 409.
- the data collector 113 determines whether the call is associated with a campaign number.
- the data collector 113 may compare the called party's directory number from the calling information to a database of campaign numbers to make that determination. If the call is not to a campaign number, processing returns to starting block 401 where the system idles and awaits another call. If the call is to a campaign number, processing proceeds to block 411.
- the data collector 113 extracts the calling information associated with the call to the campaign number from the calling information database.
- the data collector 113 may alternatively identify the calling information as related to a campaign number contemporaneously with storing it in the calling information database. In that case, extracting the calling information from the database would be unnecessary.
- the data collector 113 forwards the campaign information associated with the campaign number to the web server 115.
- the data collector 113 may forward the campaign information as it is received from the switch 109.
- the data collector 113 may identify the campaign information in the calling information database when received, but forward the campaign information at specified time intervals, such as hourly or every few hours. Processing continues at block 415.
- the web server 115 tabulates the campaign information received from the data collector 113.
- the web server 115 maintains a database of the campaign information associated with each campaign number (the campaign database 307).
- the campaign database 307 reflects all the campaign information currently available at the web server 115.
- the web server 115 is configured to provide reports based on the campaign information as well as certain other databases that may supplement the campaign database 307.
- FIGURES 5A-5B are flow charts illustrating a process for causing the web server 115 to generate a report based on the campaign information. The process begins at starting block 501, where a subscriber 111 desires to generate a particular report on the effectiveness of an advertising campaign undertaken by the Subscriber 111. The Subscriber 111 has a connection to the Internet 117 over which access to the web server 115 can be made. Processing continues at block 503.
- the web server 115 receives a request from the Subscriber 111 for the particular report.
- the request may indicate that a report on the total number of calls made to a particular campaign number is requested. Or the request may indicate that the Subscriber desires a report of all the calls made to the campaign number that resulted in no answer or a busy signal. Moreover, the request identifies a particular campaign number or numbers to include in the report.
- the web server 115 invokes the report formatter 305.
- the report formatter 305 is configured to formulate many different types of reports, including the report requested by the Subscriber 111.
- the report formatter 305 receives from the web server 115 a parameter defining the particular report requested by the Subscriber 111, including the specified campaign number. Processing proceeds to block 507.
- the report formatter 305 accesses the campaign database 307 and retrieves the relevant campaign information for the campaign number specified in the Subscriber's request.
- the relevant campaign information may be all of the campaign information associated with the selected campaign number, or it may be only a portion of the available campaign information. Processing proceeds to decision block 509.
- the report formatter 305 determines whether additional databases are required to prepare the selected report. For instance, if the Subscriber 111 requested a report of the zip codes from which calls were placed during the advertising campaign, an additional database would be necessary to prepare the report. Other situations where additional databases might be required will be apparent to those skilled in the art. If no additional databases are necessary, processing proceeds to block 513. If additional databases are required to prepare the report, processing proceeds to block 511.
- the report formatter 305 accesses the needed additional database to retrieve the information necessary to prepare the selected report. For example, if the Subscriber 111 requested a zip-code based report, the report formatter 305 may access a zip code database (not shown) to retrieve information to prepare that report.
- the report formatter 305 formulates the selected report based on the campaign information retrieved at block 507 and any additional information retrieved at block 511.
- Formulating the report may involve simply tabulating the retrieved information, or additionally, formulating the report may involve cross referencing the campaign information with information retrieved from additional databases.
- formulating the report may involve analyzing the campaign information to generate statistics on the callers reflected in the campaign information.
- the report formatter 305 may analyze the NXX prefixes of each directory number reflected in the campaign information and compare that data to information retrieved from another database, such as the LERG database 311, that identifies whether the directory number relates to a conventional telephone service subscriber or to a cellular telephone service subscriber. Formulating reports of this kind provides important demographic information to the Subscriber 111. Examples of particular types of reports are provided below.
- the report formatter 305 provides the report to server software 303 resident on the web server 115.
- the server software 303 then formats the report for transmission over the Internet 117.
- the server software 303 may create a HyperText Markup Language ("HTML") file which is capable of being read by a conventional web browser.
- HTML HyperText Markup Language
- the functions performed in blocks 513 and 515 are not necessarily performed serially.
- the report formatter 305 and the server software 303 may act in unison to concurrently perform both the functions of formulating the report and formatting the report for transmission over the Internet 117. For clarity only, those two functions have been separately described. With the report properly formatted for transmission over the Internet 117, processing proceeds to block 517.
- the web server 115 publishes the advertising effectiveness report to the Subscriber 111 over the Internet 117 in the conventional manner. Processing then terminates at ending block 519.
- FIGURE 6 is a flow chart illustrating a process employed by one embodiment of the present invention for alerting the subscriber 111 that a triggering event has occurred.
- the process of FIGURE 6 is preferably performed by software resident on the web server 115.
- a mechanism to perform the process of FIGURE 6, such as by hardware resident on the web server 115, by software or hardware resident on the data collector 113, or by a separate computer or data processing equipment connected to the switch 109, the data collector 113, or the web server 115 and being dedicated to the function of monitoring the calling information for triggering events.
- the process begins at starting step 601 where the system described above is operational and calling information is being gathered by the data collector 113 and forwarded to the web server 115.
- the process continues at block 603.
- the campaign information is monitored for triggering events.
- This example describes the situation where the triggering event is a call to a campaign number that resulted in either a busy signal or no answer.
- Other triggering events may include the amount of calling activity to the campaign or a particular campaign number exceeding a given threshold, a certain number of calls (i.e., every hundredth call or the like) being attempted or completed, or a call from a predetermined calling number. Many other triggering events will become apparent to those skilled in the art based on a study of this disclosure.
- processing returns to block 603 until a triggering event is encountered. When a triggering event is encountered, processing proceeds to block 607.
- an alert is issued in response to the triggering event.
- the alert may take the form of an electronic paging message to the subscriber 111 or an entity responsible for the advertising campaign. If the triggering event was a busy signal or an unanswered call, the paging message should include the calling party's directory number. In that manner, the subscriber 111 is provided the opportunity to immediately return the call to the potential customer.
- alternative mechanisms may be employed for issuing the message to the subscriber 111, such as by e-mail, voice mail, human interaction, or the like.
- This report provides the Subscriber with comparative information between campaigns. The report identifies the percentage of the total calls to the Subscriber associated with each campaign. This report allows the Subscriber to identify those advertising mechanisms that are most effective.
- This report provides the Subscriber with a total number of calls to each campaign number. This report may include the calling information for each of the calls to a campaign number. The Subscriber can use this information to determine the per-dollar effectiveness of the campaign by comparing the total number of calls to the amount of money spent on the campaign.
- This report provides the Subscriber with per-day totals of calls made to either a particular campaign number or to all the campaign numbers. The Subscriber can use this report to easily identify those days with the heaviest call traffic for support planning purposes.
- RNA/Busy This report provides the Subscriber with a listing of the calls that either were not answered (RNA) or received a busy signal. This information allows the Subscriber to attempt and recover lost sales. The Subscriber may provide this report to particular support personnel with the task of returning those calls and attempting to satisfy whatever needs the callers may originally have had.
- Demographic Reports The system described above is capable of providing demographic reports as well. For example, the calls made to a campaign number may be tabulated by area code directly to provide the Subscriber with a broad overview of geographic locations responding to a campaign. Additional databases may be used to more specifically identify geographic regions responding to a campaign. Additional databases, such as those available from Census information, may be employed to generate financial, ethnic, and age-related demographic information which may be of use to the Subscriber.
- calls are recorded.
- all calls a nonspecified or random selection of calls, or only selected calls meeting particular criteria are recorded. Recording calls allows the Subscriber 111 to review employee behavior and to then determine how to improve performance, consistency and the quality of call handling of the Subscriber's employees.
- Recorded calls are preferably stored in a digital audio format.
- conventional file association techniques may then be used to associate the recorded calls with the call information collected from each call.
- Examples of conventional digital audio files are: WAV, MP3, REAL® Media and AU files. It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that digital audio files may be stored and retrieved using many conventional methods. For example, call information and the audio record could both be stored as part of a database record in campaign database 307.
- the campaign database 307 might only include the call information and a link, such as a Uniform Resource Locators (URL) pointing to the digital audio files of the recorded calls while the digital audio files would be stored elsewhere on the web server 115 or on some other device (not shown) coupled to the telecommunications environment 100.
- a link such as a Uniform Resource Locators (URL) pointing to the digital audio files of the recorded calls while the digital audio files would be stored elsewhere on the web server 115 or on some other device (not shown) coupled to the telecommunications environment 100.
- URL Uniform Resource Locators
- FIGURE 7 is a flow chart illustrating call recording process 700 employed by one embodiment of the present invention.
- the process starts at block 701 and proceeds to block 705 when the Subscriber 111 receives a call. In one exemplary embodiment, the process then starts recording 710 the call.
- the Caller 101 is then engaged in block 715 by the Subscriber or their employee, and the call proceeds until it is terminated in block 720. If the Subscriber 111 has decided to store all calls then in decision block 725, the answer is always "yes", however, in other embodiments the Subscriber 111 or their employee may choose to store the call, or there may be some predetermined decision process to determine which calls are stored.
- processing continues to block 730 where a digital audio file of the call stored in whichever storage location has been determined for storing digital audio files (either within the campaign database 307 or elsewhere).
- the stored file is then associated with the call information collected by the data collector 113 for that call in block 735. Processing then ends at block 799.
- the present invention provides for responses on individual calls by the Caller 101, the Subscriber 111 (or their employee) or both.
- the calls to the Subscriber 111 are categorized by the subscriber by entering a series of (or a single) touch tone codes after each call in a predetermined manner. For example, if the call resulted in a sale of a product then one code might be entered, including possible additional information such as the quantify or price of the product purchased. Other potentially interesting information might be if the call was from a particularly interested customer, or a particularly troublesome customer, a returning customer or a customer who may have been disconnected. All of this information would then be associated with the call information of that particular call, and would then be included in the campaign database 307.
- This further information would then allow the Subscriber 111 to obtain further reports on information such as which advertising methods produced sales and which brought back return customers, both of which are highly desirable statistics for advertisers.
- the Subscriber 111 adding information on each call, it may be desirable for the Caller 101 to be able to respond to their call experience.
- the Subscriber may wish to offer the Caller 101 the opportunity to answer a survey using their telephone after they have finished talking to the Subscriber 111 or the Subscriber's employee.
- the Caller 101 might be asked to respond to a survey by choosing from multiple choice answers using their telephone.
- This information would also be correlated with the call information and stored in the campaign database 307 such that the Subscriber 111 would be able to determine the Caller's 101 experience.
- the benefits of call surveys and storing recorded calls are combined using voice recognition.
- voice recognition software is used to transcribe the call into a text representation of the call.
- voice recognition software provides at least two significant benefits, the first, is that it is much more efficient to store text information than the corresponding digital audio file from which the text is "transcribed.”
- the second benefit is that text is also much easier to search and "mine" for information.
- this embodiment would allow the web server 115 or some other device within the telecommunications environment 100 to automatically categorize each call based on the language used in the call.
- this might include simple searches for key words, while more sophisticated algorithms might search for phrases and parse sentence structure to determine the category that the call should be placed in.
- the benefits of this embodiment are that the neither the Subscriber 111 nor the Caller 101 are required to input any information to categorize the call.
- call mining and surveys are not mutually exclusive and the Subscriber may wish to enable both in their particular telecommunications environment 100.
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