Patent ID: 8265064

Claim:
A method for logging communication requests related to an internet protocol enabled television of a called party, the method comprising: receiving, by an internet protocol television gateway, a request to initiate a telephone call to a called party telephone number for a called party telephone, a set top box being associated with a device address that is mapped to the called party telephone number; retrieving, by the internet protocol television gateway, caller identification information associated with a calling party; recording the caller identification information in a call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway; wherein in an event the calling party is in a process of currently leaving a voicemail in a voicemail infrastructure associated with the internet protocol enabled television, the internet protocol television gateway permits a selectable option to display for the called party to listen to the calling party while the calling party is in the process of currently leaving the voicemail; in response to the called party initiating the selectable option, allowing via the internet protocol television gateway the called party to listen to the calling party while the calling party is in the process of currently leaving the voicemail; and storing in the call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway a decision of the called party to monitor the voicemail in the process of being left for the called party; wherein the call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway is configured to add an additional entry of whether the called party monitored the voicemail in the process of being left, whether the called party answered the telephone call while monitoring the voicemail in the process of being left, and times for which the called party monitored voicemails in a process of being left.