Systems, methods and computer products for logging of outgoing calls to an internet protocol television call log

• US 8,265,064 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2007
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: DeLorme, David, Cassanova, Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Nawaz, Asad M
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAMEL, JOEL A
• Application Number:
  US11/780,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20090022142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,880 Days
• Field of Search: 379/102.03, 379/32.01, 379/35, 379 671- 8828, 379/126, 379/201.01, 379/210.02, 379/210.03, 379/211.01, 379/212.01, 379/213.01, 370352-356, 725/32, 725/34
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer products for the logging of outgoing calls to an Internet Protocol Television call log. Exemplary embodiments include a method for logging outgoing communication requests related to an Internet-Protocol-enabled device, the method including receiving a request to initiate a communication request from an Internet Protocol-enabled device having an Internet-Protocol-enabled device address, mapping the Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a calling party to a calling party number, retrieving caller identification information associated with the called party and recording the caller identification information in a log associated with the Internet Protocol-enabled device.

Claims

1. 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.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising causing a displayable option to display on the internet protocol enabled television, wherein the displayable option allows the called party to take the telephone call as the called party listens to the calling party in the process of currently leaving the voicemail.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising communicating, by the internet protocol television gateway, with a preferences server to determine the set top box, having requested to receive calling party information, out of a plurality of set top boxes at a subscriber location.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising appending a call indication in the call log with the calling party.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device address includes a uniform resource locator.

6. A system for logging communication requests related to an internet protocol enabled television of a called party, the system comprising:

an internet protocol television gateway; and

a computer processing device of the internet protocol television gateway;

the internet protocol television gateway receives 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;

the internet protocol television gateway retrieves caller identification information associated with a calling party;

the internet protocol television gateway records the caller identification information in a call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway;

in an event the calling party is in a process of currently leaving a voicemail in a voicemail infrastructure associated with the internet protocol television gateway, the internet protocol television gateway permits a selectable option 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, the internet protocol television gateway allows the called party to listen to the calling party on the internet protocol enabled television while the calling party is in the process of currently leaving the voicemail; and

the internet protocol television gateway stores 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.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the internet protocol television gateway permits a displayable option that allows the called party to take the telephone call as the called party listens to the calling party in the process of currently leaving the voicemail.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the internet protocol television gateway appends a call indication in the call log with the calling party.

9. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the device address includes a uniform resource locator.

10. A computer program product for calls related to an internet protocol enabled television of a called party, the computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

receiving 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 caller identification information associated with a calling party;

recording the caller identification information in a call log stored on an internet protocol television gateway;

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, permitting a selectable option 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 the called party to listen to the calling party on the internet protocol enabled television 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.

11. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10 wherein the method further comprises permitting a displayable option that allows the called party to take the telephone call as the called party listens to the calling party in the process of currently leaving the voicemail.

12. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10 wherein the method further comprises appending a call indication in the call log with the calling party.

13. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10, wherein the device address includes a uniform resource locator.