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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2006
Les Bruce, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey L. Brandt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Marc A. Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);
Mark B. Hubscher, San Antonio, TX (US);
Les Bruce, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey L. Brandt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Marc A. Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);
Mark B. Hubscher, San Antonio, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method is presented of providing voice communication, including receiving at a set-top box device a selection of a first contact, receiving data indicating that a first call has been placed to a phone associated with the first contact, and sending data to a display device coupled to the set-top box device indicating that the first call has been placed to the phone associated with the first contact. The method may further include sending data identifying the first contact and the user phone to a communication server of an Internet Protocol Television system, wherein the communication server places the first call to the phone associated with the first contact and routes the first call to the user phone.