Method and apparatus for controlling the ability of mobile agents to
receive customer service calls to their mobile phone from a call center.
A mobile station is installed with a client application featuring an
agent profile and call processing rules that are updated from the call
center. The mobile agent uses the mobile station for work by turning on a
"work profile", and the client application registers the mobile agent to
the call center. With the work profile on, the client application will
block personal calls, or any other calls originating elsewhere than the
call center. Significant advantages are accrued as the companies running
the call centers will gain greater control of their mobile agent
workforce and can prioritize tasks better within the organization,
without having to construct complex solutions that consult different
network elements within the cellular radio network.