Methods and apparatus for performing targeted lawful intercept in a system including content delivery networks

A communications system, the system comprising:

• a mediation device including:
• a receiver;
• a transmitter;
• and
• a first processor configured to operate the mediation device to:
• receive, at the mediation device which processes encrypted intercepted data, a first filtering rule, said first filtering rule being that intercepted content corresponding to a first content delivery network not be forwarded to a law enforcement device;
• receive, at the mediation device, a second filtering rule specifying that intercepted content corresponding to a second content delivery network and a first target be forwarded to the law enforcement device;
• and
• make, at the mediation device, a first intercepted encrypted traffic handling decision based on at least one of the first and second filtering rules.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions which when executed by a processor of a mediation device cause the mediation device to perform the steps of:

• receiving, at the mediation device which processes encrypted intercepted data, a first filtering rule, said first filtering rule being that intercepted content corresponding to a first content delivery network not be forwarded to a law enforcement device;
• receiving, at the mediation device, a second filtering rule specifying that intercepted content corresponding to a second content delivery network and a first target be forwarded to the law enforcement device;
• and
• making, at the mediation device, a first intercepted encrypted traffic handling decision based on at least one of the first and second filtering rules.