A call center system supports remote agent stations through a network by
establishing a data link between a computer platform at the remote agent
station and a CTI-processor connected to a telephony switch at the call
center, and switching incoming calls from the call center to a telephone
at the remote agent station while sending data pertaining to the calls
via the data link to the computer platform at the remote agent station to
be displayed. Data pertaining to calls is retrieved from a data base at
the call center and sent via the data link to be displayed on a video
display at the remote agent station. The data can include scripts for an
agent at the remote station. Call center services are supported by
cooperation between software at the CTI processor and the computer
platform at the remote station. In one embodiment the data link, once
established, is kept open while calls continue to be switched to the
remote station. In another, after an initial log in, dial up is done from
the remote station upon detecting calls from the call center by a TAPI
compliant device, and a reduced log in is performed at the CTI processor
to save time. In a third alternative, the CTI processor, via a modem bank
adapted for dialing, establishes the data connection each time a call is
switched from the call center to the remote station. A plurality of
remote stations may be thus supported.