Method, apparatus and computer program product for authorizing recording of a message
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCarl Phillip Gusler, Rick Allen Hamilton II, Stephanie Elise Woods
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Abstract
In a method form of the invention, a method for authorizing recording of a telephone communication includes determining if permission has been granted to record a telephone communication in a telephone call. A communication in the telephone call is recorded by a message-recording apparatus for a first caller's telephone responsive to receiving permission for the recording from a second caller's telephone. A key is associated with the recording. The key authorizes transferring the recording to another message-recording apparatus.
Claims28
A method for authorizing recording of a telephone communication comprising the steps of:
- determining if permission has been granted to record a telephone communication in a telephone call;
- recording a communication in the telephone call, wherein the recording is by a message-recording apparatus for a first caller's telephone responsive to receiving permission for the recording from a second caller's telephone;
- and
- associating a key with the recording, wherein the key authorizes transferring the recording to another message-recording apparatus.
A message-recording apparatus for recording of a telephone communication comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory having instructions and being operable to communicate with the processor, wherein the processor is operable with the instructions to determine if permission has been granted to record a telephone communication in a telephone call, record the communication by a message-recording apparatus for a first caller's telephone responsive to receiving permission from a second caller's telephone, and associate a key with the recording, wherein the key authorizes transferring the recording to another message-recording apparatus.
A computer program product for authorizing recording of a telephone communication, the computer program product comprising:
- instructions for determining if permission has been granted to record a telephone communication in a telephone call,
- instructions for recording a communication in the telephone call, wherein the recording is by a message-recording apparatus for a first caller's telephone responsive to receiving permission for the recording from a second caller's telephone;
- and
- instructions for associating a key with the recording, wherein the key authorizes transferring the recording to another message-recording apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.