Patent ID: 7254219

Claim:
A method of managing a telephone call from a calling station to a called station having a telephone service, where the called station is connected to a data network comprising the steps of: forwarding the called station telephone service to an application server; responsive to a telephone call from a calling station, forwarding the telephone call to the application server regardless of a connection status of the called station; at the application server, obtaining from an Internet Access Server, an IP address relating to the called station, wherein the Internet Access Server is a different server from the application server; sending a screen viewable query to the called station via the data network requesting disposition of said telephone call, wherein the query includes a list of call disposition options for said telephone call, and wherein one of said list of call disposition options includes sending said telephone call to a voicemail system; receiving a decision on the disposition of said telephone call from the called station; performing an action according to the decision, wherein said action includes sending said telephone call to a voicemail system; and logging information related to the telephone call and the decision on the disposition of the telephone call, wherein the information is viewable via the data network.