System and method of providing voice communication

A method comprising:

• receiving contact selection data from a set-top box device at a communication server of an internet protocol television system, the contact selection data indicating a selection of a contact associated with a contact phone;
• receiving user phone selection data from the set-top box device at the communication server of the internet protocol television system, the user phone selection data indicating a selection of a user phone, wherein the user phone is to be used to place a call to the contact phone;
• receiving call placement indicator selection data from the set-top box device at the communication server of the internet protocol television system, the call placement indicator selection data requesting initiation of the call with respect to the contact phone and the user phone;
• placing the call to the contact phone associated with the contact and routing the call to the user phone;
• and
• sending call placement data to the set-top box device indicating that the call has been placed to the contact phone.

A set-top box device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory accessible to the processor, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to:
• receive a selection of a contact, the contact associated with a contact phone;
• receive a selection of a user phone, wherein the user phone is to be used to place a call to the contact phone;
• receive a selection of a call placement indicator to request initiation of the call with respect to the contact phone and the user phone;
• determine whether the call has been placed to the contact phone;
• and
• send display data to a display device coupled to the set-top box device, the display data indicating that the call has been placed to the contact phone associated with contact.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying instructions to manipulate a computing platform to:

• receive, at a set-top box device, a selection of a contact, the contact associated with a contact phone;
• receive, at the set-top box device, a selection of a user phone, wherein the user phone is to be used to place a call to the contact phone;
• receive, at the set-top box, a selection of a call placement indicator to request initiation of the call with respect to the contact phone and the user phone;
• determine whether the call has been placed to the contact phone;
• send display data to a display device coupled to the set-top box device, the display data indicating that the call has been placed to the contact phone, the display data further indicating that the call can be joined via the user phone.