Systems, methods and computer products for placing telephone calls via internet protocol television call logs

• US 8,175,080 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2007
• Issued: 05/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.), Cosmic Circuits Private Limited
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: DeLorme, David, Cassanova, Jeffrey, Hill, N. Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Jagannathan, Melanie
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAMEL, JOEL A
• Application Number:
  US11/780,746
• Publication Number:
  US 20090022141A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,754 Days
• Field of Search: 379/102.03, 379/32.01, 379/35, 379 671- 8828, 379/126, 379/142.16, 379/201.01, 379/210.02, 379/210.03, 379/211.01, 379/212.01, 379/213.01, 370352-356, 725/106, 455/413
• 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 placing phone calls via Internet Protocol Television call logs. Exemplary embodiments include a method for generating communication requests via 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 and sending a first communication request to a calling party communication device associated with the Internet Protocol-enabled device.

Claims

1. 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.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising retrieving called party caller identification information.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the internet protocol television gateway is connected to a service control point, is connected to a service node for placing and bridging telephone calls, and is connected to a media server for converting the voicemail of a calling party into a format for the set top box;

wherein the internet protocol television gateway is an interface between the service control point and an internet protocol television infrastructure;

wherein the internet protocol television gateway comprises a caller identification handler and an email handler; and

wherein the internet protocol television gateway is configured to track whether the telephone call is incoming and outgoing.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the set top box includes an internet address.

5. A system for generating communication requests via a television, the system comprising:

an internet protocol television gateway in communication with the television via a set top box; and

a computer processing device of the internet protocol television gateway;

wherein the internet protocol television gateway is configured to communicate 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;

wherein the internet protocol television gateway is configured to store 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; and

wherein in response to a request to initiate a return call selection based on the call log stored on the internet protocol television gateway, the internet protocol television gateway is configured to generate a message to invoke return call service for the return call selection.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the internet protocol television gateway is connected to a service control point, is connected to a service node for placing and bridging telephone calls, and is connected to a media server for converting the voicemail of a calling party into a format for the set top box;

wherein the internet protocol television gateway is an interface between the service control point and an internet protocol television infrastructure;

wherein the internet protocol television gateway comprises a caller identification handler and an email handler; and

wherein the internet protocol television gateway is configured to track whether a telephone call is incoming and outgoing.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the set top box includes an internet address.

8. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for providing communication requests of a television, the computer program product including instructions for causing an internet protocol television gateway to implement a method, the method comprising:

communicating 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; and

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;

wherein in response to a request to initiate a return call selection based on the call log stored on the internet protocol television message to invoke return call service for the return call selection.

9. The computer program product as claimed in claim 8 wherein the method further comprises retrieving called party caller identification information.

10. The computer program product as claimed in claim 8, wherein the set top box includes an internet address.