Patent ID: 8588385

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an interface; communication logic operable to receive data representative of a communication request via the interface, the communication request comprising data representative of an initiator of the request; and an output device coupled to the communication logic; wherein the communication logic is responsive to the communication request to automatically acquire data representative of a current number of prior unanswered communication attempts while receiving the communication request from the initiator; wherein the communication logic is configured to forward data representative of the communication request, the data representative of an initiator of the request with the data representative of the current number of prior unanswered communication attempts from the initiator to the output device; wherein the output device simultaneously presents the communication request, the data representative of the initiator of the request and the data representative of the current number of prior unanswered communications from the initiator while receiving the communication request from the initiator; and, wherein the current number of prior unanswered communication attempts comprises a combination of an unanswered telephone call, an unanswered voice mail message, an instant message request, and an unanswered electronic mail message.