Lucent Technologies 555-230-024 User Manual

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Telecommuting Solutions
555-230-024
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Issue 5    January 1998 
Outcalling automatically dials a prearranged phone number or pager 
when messages are received in a user’s mailbox. The system tells 
whoever answers that messages have been received.
Priority Outcalling provides outcalling notification of priority messages 
only. This allows the telecommuter to be relatively undisturbed by 
notifications of messages that do not require immediate attention.
Call Answering for Nonresident Subscribers provides AUDIX System 
mailboxes for users who do not have an extension number on the 
DEFINITY system.
For example, when working at home, you set up Priority Outcalling so the system 
will call you when you have important messages. Then you activate a personal 
greeting that says something like, “Thanks for calling. I’m working away from the 
office today. I’ll be checking voice mail periodically, so please leave a message. 
If your message is urgent, press 2 after recording it. This will give your message 
priority status. The system will notify me of your priority message almost 
immediately.”
CONVERSANT Features for Telecommuting
The CONVERSANT Voice Information System also has built-in advantages for 
telecommuters. For example, it provides a fax mailbox for easy storage and 
access of faxes. It also allows salespeople to obtain information easily and enter 
orders from a remote location.
CONVERSANT also makes it easy for call center attendants to work at home 
using analog telephones. The HOME AGENT application assigns two analog 
ports on the DEFINITY system to each agent. The telecommuters appear to the 
system and to callers as on-site agents.
The agent working at home uses an analog feature telephone. No display 
information can be provided to the agent, but the CONVERSANT system can 
speak to the agent during a call, supplying call processing status and other 
information. Log-ins and passwords help keep the system secure.