Patent ID: 8149821
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for logging incoming communication requests related to a set top box, the method comprising: receiving by an internet protocol television gateway a communication request from a caller device initiated over a voice network, the communication request including a caller party number and name of the caller device for a caller party and a called party number of a called device associated with the communication request; mapping by the internet protocol television gateway the called party number to a device address of a called party, wherein: sending by the internet protocol television gateway the caller party number and name to the device address of the set top box corresponding to the called party number and name; and recording caller identification information of the caller party number and name into a call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway associated with the set top box; wherein as the caller party is in a process of currently leaving a voicemail, the called party can monitor the voicemail by listening to the voicemail in the process of being left via the internet protocol television gateway; wherein the call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway is configured to log a decision of a subscriber to monitor the voicemail in the process of being left; and wherein the call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway is configured to add an additional entry of whether the subscriber monitored the voicemail in the process of being left, whether the subscriber answered the telephone call while monitoring the voicemail in the process of being left, and times for which the subscriber monitored voicemails in a process of being left.