Systems and methods for capture of electronic evidence

A system for capturing electronic evidence, comprising:

• means for deploying one or more agents to one or more sources of electronic evidence over a communications network, wherein the one or more deployed agents are undetectable by the one or more sources;
• means for transmitting one or more instructions to the one or more deployed agents to capture electronic evidence from at least one service control point, wherein the one or more deployed agents are inactive unless the one or more instructions are received;
• upon receipt of the one or more instructions by the one or more deployed agents from the at least of service control point, means for capturing electronic evidence from the one or more sources of electronic evidence;
• and
• means for monitoring the use of resources of the one or more sources by the one or more deployed agents.

A computer readable medium comprising software that, when executed by a computer, causes an electronic evidence management system to perform a method for capturing electronic evidence, the method comprising:

• deploying one or more agents to one or more sources of electronic evidence over a communications network, wherein the one or more deployed agents are undetectable by the one or more sources;
• transmitting one or more instructions to the one or more deployed agents to capture electronic evidence from at least one service control point, wherein the one or more deployed agents are inactive unless the one or more instructions are received;
• upon receipt of the one or more instructions by the one or more deployed agents from the at least of service control point, capturing electronic evidence from the one or more sources of electronic evidence;
• and
• monitoring the use of resources of the one or more sources by the one or more deployed agents.