SIP anchor points to populate common communication logs

A system, comprising:

• a communication network interface;
• a processor communicating via the communication network interface;
• wherein the processor executes a communication log application connected to a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communication session via a first anchor point, wherein the first anchor point is included in a signaling path of the communication session, and wherein the communication log application monitors communicant participation in the communication session and at least one of (i) provides information related to the communicants to a per-user centralized communication log, (ii) receives from the per-user centralized communication log information related to at least one of the communicants in the communication session;
• and (iii) receives notification that the information related to at least one of the communicants has been changed;
• and
• an anchor point server, wherein the anchor point server sequences the first anchor point in a signaling path of a first communication session which is leveraged by the communication log application to monitor communicants of the first communication session;
• communicants to the communication session comprise at least a first and a second user, the first anchor point being associated with the first user;
• wherein the processor sequences the first and second users into the communication session;
• and
• the communication log application leverages the first anchor point to monitor the communication session with respect to at least the first user.

A processor comprising:

• means for connecting a communication log application to a Session Initiation Protocol communication session via an anchor point, wherein the anchor point is included in a signaling path of the communication session;
• means for allowing the communication log application to monitor communicants in the communication session via the anchor point;
• and
• means for providing information related to the communicants in the communication session;
• and
• wherein the communicants to the communication session comprise at least a first and a second user, the anchor point associated with the first user is sequenced into the communication session, and the communication log application leverages the anchor point to monitor the communication session with respect to at least the first user.