Wiretapping VoIP calls
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorWillard Somers
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program for assisting law enforcement surveillance of a telephone call in accordance with the requirements of is presented. The method includes, but is not limited to, the steps of: receiving an indication of a call that is placed with a pre-identified telephonic unit that uses an internet packet protocol for transmission, wherein the pre-identified telephonic unit has been selected for telephone call surveillance; converting the call into a converted call that is in analog form; and redirecting the converted call to an analog switching station that is capable of performing surveillance of the call.
Claims20
A method of assisting law enforcement surveillance of a telephone call, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a call that is placed with a pre-identified telephonic unit that uses an internet packet protocol for transmission, wherein the pre-identified telephonic unit has been selected for telephone call surveillance;
- converting the call into a converted call that is in analog form;
- and
- redirecting the converted call to an analog switching station that is capable of performing surveillance of the call.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a data bus coupled to the processor;
- and
- a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer-usable medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
- receiving an indication of a call that is placed with a pre-identified telephonic unit that uses an internet packet protocol for transmission, wherein the pre-identified telephonic unit has been selected for telephone call surveillance;
- converting the call into a converted call that is in analog form;
- and
- redirecting the converted call to an analog switching station that is capable of performing surveillance of the call.
A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
- receiving an indication of a call that is placed with a pre-identified telephonic unit that uses an internet packet protocol for transmission, wherein the pre-identified telephonic unit has been selected for telephone call surveillance;
- converting the call into a converted call that is in analog form;
- and
- redirecting the converted call to an analog switching station that is capable of performing surveillance of the call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.