What is claimed is:
1. In an interactive voice response (IVR) system, a method of prompting a user, comprising:
monitoring at least one incoming call to the IVR system to determine a pattern of prompt selection;
adjusting a presentation order of a plurality of prompts based on the pattern of prompt selection; and
prompting the user according to the adjusted presentation order of prompts.
2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:
selecting a predetermined period of time for establishing the pattern of prompt selection.
3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:
monitoring a plurality of incoming calls from a plurality of users to generate the pattern of prompt selection.
4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:
monitoring a plurality of incoming calls from an individual user to generate the pattern of prompt selection.
5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:
selecting the presentation order as a function of a caller ID corresponding to the user.
6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:
selecting the presentation order as a function of a personal identification number (PIN) input by the user.
7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the most frequently selected prompt occurs first in the adjusted presentation order.
8. An interactive voice response system, comprising:
means for presenting a plurality of prompts in a predetermined order;
means for monitoring at least one incoming call to determine a frequency of user selection for each of the prompts;
means for adjusting the predetermined order of the prompts based on the frequency of user selection; and
means for presenting the prompts in the adjusted order.
9. A system according to claim 8, further comprising:
means for counting a plurality of user selections over a predetermined period of time to generate the frequency of user selection.
10. A system according to claim 8, wherein the frequency of user selections is based on prompt selections made by a single, predetermined user.
11. An interactive voice response (IVR) system, comprising:
a switch control unit permitting at least one telephony device to access the IVR system;
a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the switch control unit;
a first software routine, executable on the CPU, for transmitting a plurality of prompts to the at least one telephony device;
a second software routine, executable on the CPU, for compiling prompt selection statistics based on a plurality of caller responses to the prompts; and
a third software routine for adjusting the presentation order of prompts based on the prompt selection statistics.
12. A system according to claim 11, further comprising:
a storage device, coupled to the CPU, for storing the prompt selection statistics.
13. A system according to claim 11, further comprising:
a caller identification reception unit coupled to the CPU.
14. A system according to claim 11, further comprising:
a dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) unit, coupled to the CPU, for providing the caller responses to the second software routine.
15. A system according to claim 11, wherein the prompt selection statistics are based on caller responses from a plurality of callers.
16. A system according to claim 11, wherein the prompt selection statistics are based on caller responses from a single caller.
17. A multimedia messaging system, comprising:
means for presenting a plurality of prompts in a predetermined order;
means for monitoring at least one incoming call to determine a frequency of user selection for each of the prompts;
means for adjusting the predetermined order of the prompts based on the frequency of user selection;
means for presenting the prompts in the adjusted order; and
means for accessing at least one stored message based on a user selection from the presented prompts.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A semiconductive polymer composition comprising:
an ethylene copolymer (A) comprising methyl(meth)acrylate co-monomer units, wherein the ethylene copolymer (A) has a melt temperature of 80\xb0 C. or below, and
carbon black,
wherein the ethylene copolymer (A) is produced in a autoclave high pressure reactor or in a multi-feed tubular reactor, and
a polymer (B) which is an alpha-olefin copolymer comprising:
alpha-olefin monomer units (Q) selected from one of C3 to C10 alpha-olefins; and
monomer units (R) selected from one or more alpha-olefin(s) different from (Q), wherein one of the monomer units (R) is 1-butene.
2. A semiconductive polymer composition comprising:
an ethylene copolymer (A) comprising methyl(meth)acrylate co-monomer units; and
carbon black,
wherein ethylene copolymer (A) is characterized in that when a first fraction of a sample of the ethylene copolymer is obtained using a solvent of 4% xylene96% 2-propanol (vv) according to a Preparative Fractionation Method of Ethylene Copolymer (A), the first fraction contains an amount of not more than 40 wt. % of the sample of the ethylene copolymer (A), and
a polymer (B) which is an alpha-olefin copolymer comprising:
alpha-olefin monomer units (Q) selected from one of C3 to C10 alpha-olefins; and
monomer units (R) selected from one or more alpha-olefin(s) different from (Q), wherein one of the monomer units (R) is 1-butene.
3. The semiconductive polymer composition according to claim 1, wherein the ethylene copolymer (A) has a crystallization temperature of not more than 70\xb0 C.
4. The semiconductive polymer composition according to claim 1, wherein the ethylene copolymer (A) is present in the composition in an amount of 20 wt % or more and 65 wt. % or less, based on the total weight of the semiconductive polymer composition.
5. The semiconductive polymer composition according to claim 1, wherein the ethylene copolymer (A) has a content of methyl (meth)acrylate comonomer units of 5 wt. % or more, based on the total weight of the ethylene copolymer (A).
6. The semiconductive polymer composition according to claim 1, wherein the ethylene copolymer (A) has a content of methyl(meth)acrylate comonomer units of 20 wt. % or more, based on the total weight of the ethylene copolymer (A).
7. The semiconductive polymer composition according to claim 1, further comprising a cross-linking agent.
8. A power cable comprising a conductor, an insulation layer and at least one semiconductive layer comprising a semiconductive polymer composition as defined in claim 1.
9. The power cable according to claim 8, wherein the insulating layer comprises an ethylene homo- or copolymer.
10. A method for the preparation of a semiconductive layer of a power cable, wherein at least one semiconductive layer of said power cable is formed by the semiconductive polymer composition according to claim 1.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the semiconductive layer is strippable.