| Features | Description | Benefits | Advantages |
| Single point web services integration |
UWN provides an API for a customer to access the entire suite of features offered by VPP |
Provides speed and simplicity for integration; ongoing flexibility |
Easy, fast deployments and changes/updates |
| Multi-modal fulfillment |
Via the API, customers can fulfill on-call content requests from the end user (i.e. “press 1 for an email with more information) |
Access to SMS, email fulfillment |
Based on user profile, can produce receipts and documentation on demand |
| Interactive Outbound alert |
Customers can launch phone calls through the VPP to their users, allowing them to interact and transact on-call, potentially addressing customer service needs ahead of the curve |
Offset the need for inbound calls, lowering business costs and providing higher level of proactive care |
Predictable and simple in nature; address potential issues ahead of time; can serve as gateway to cross sell / up sell |
| Inbound Session Recovery |
Allows users who miss their outbound alert call to call in to a phone number provided by the customer and recover the original alert and corresponding interactive session |
Maximizes the value of the touch point; information is always recoverable |
Unbroken chain of communication for the consumer; creates a resource for the consumer |
| TTS |
Customers can pass messaging to UWN in text format via the API to be converted to speech on-call |
Lower costs for unique low volume alerts |
Speed to market for important notifications with little time for production |
| ASR |
UWN can take speech commands through the utilization of Automated Speech Recognition |
Ability to leverage bio metric security aspects of voice |
Provide 3rd level (beyond device and information) of security for on call transactions |
| Interactive Marketing Message Insertion (iMMi) |
Customers can leverage the VPP to insert marketing messages to their users while on the phone |
Create revenue and opportunity via cross sell / up sell during communication; maximizes value of the touch point |
Consumer is receptive to messaging while engaged |
| VXML Based Platform |
UWN leverages Nuance’s NVP for quickly building voice applications |
Lowers complexity in developing unique custom applications |
Speed to market with innovative services |
| Interactive Data Reporting |
Customers can use API call backs to retrieve data in reference to calls placed on their behalf (i.e. number of calls placed, number answered, user interactions, opt-in/opt-out data, etc.) |
Understanding how a customer’s consumers are using the service provides insight on consumer behavior, needs, and trends |
Leverage data to provide the best overall user experience that creates value for both the customer and the consumer |
| User Record/Reply |
Customers may allow users to record responses and forward that recording back to the Customer (i.e. surveys, reviews, feedback, etc.) |
Gain direct knowledge from consumers about what they want, think, care about. |
An understood consumer is a more profitable customer. |
| Forward / Share |
With this feature, a user can choose to forward their on-call session/experience to a friend (“press 1 to share this with a friend; enter your friend’s phone number; record a message to be delivered to your friend”, etc.) |
Customers can turn their consumers into viral marketers by allowing them to forward their experiences to friends. |
Forwarding/sharing provides a low barrier, zero cost marketing-tool to the Customer. |
| Voice Production |
Customers may or may not have the resources or capability to vocalize their content or custom voice prompts themselves. UWN has relationships with voice talent / production organizations and can turnkey any production needs in real-time. |
Customers can leverage the API to send text to UWN and have it vocalized |
This reduces the time to market and overall cost of vocalizing content |
| VoIP Infrastructure |
The VPP is built entirely on Voice over IP infrastructure instead of leveraging traditional telephony alternatives. |
VoIP offers lower scaling and per minute costs as well as more rapid deployment parameters |
Allows UWN to scale quickly, on-demand infrastructure at a much lower cost, ultimately saving the Customer on fees and deployment time |