Patent ID: 8175080

Claim:
A method for generating communication requests via an internet protocol television gateway, the method comprising: communicating, by the internet protocol television gateway, with a preferences server to determine a set top box, having requested to receive calling party information, out of a plurality of set top boxes at a subscriber location; storing in a call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway a decision of a called party to monitor a voicemail in a 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 a 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; in response to a request to initiate a return call selection based on the call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway, generating a message to invoke return call service for the return call selection.