US 2010/0150138 A1 · INTERCEPTING VOICE OVER IP COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER DATA COMMUNICATIONS

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for intercepting communications in an Internet Protocol (IP) network involve maintaining dialing profiles for respective subscribers to the IP network, each dialing profile including a username associated with the corresponding subscriber, and associating intercept information with the dialing profile of a subscriber whose communications are to be monitored. Intercept information will include determination information for determining whether to intercept a communication involving the subscriber, and destination information identifying a device to which intercepted communications involving the subscriber are to be sent. When the determination information meets intercept criteria communications are established with a media relay through which communications involving the subscriber will be conducted or are being conducted to cause the media relay to send a copy of the communications involving the subscriber to a mediation device specified by the destination information.

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Dependent claims

A method for intercepting communications in an Internet Protocol (IP) network system in which communications between a subscriber of said system and another party occur through a media relay to which said subscriber and said another party address their communications destined for each other and which relays said communications between said subscriber and said another party, the method comprising:

determining whether determination information associated with a subscriber dialing profile associated with said subscriber meets intercept criteria;
when said determination information meets said intercept criteria, causing the same media relay through which communications between said subscriber and said another party are relayed to produce a copy of said communications between said subscriber and said another party, while said same media relay relays communications between said subscriber and said another party;
and
causing said same media relay to send said copy to a mediation device identified by destination information associated with said subscriber dialing profile.

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An apparatus for intercepting communications in an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the apparatus comprising:

means for accessing dialing profiles associated with respective subscribers of the IP network, at least one of said dialing profiles being associated with a subscriber whose communications are to be monitored, the dialing profile of the subscriber whose communications are to be monitored including intercept information including determination information for determining whether to intercept a communication involving said subscriber, and destination information identifying a mediation device to which intercepted communications involving said subscriber are to be sent;
means for determining whether said determination information meets intercept criteria;
means for causing the same media relay through which communications between said subscriber and said another party are relayed to produce a copy of said communications between said subscriber and said another party, while said media relay relays communications between said subscriber and said another party;
means for communicating with said same media relay to cause said same media relay to send said copy of said communications to a mediation device specified by said destination information, when said determination information meets intercept criteria;
and
means for causing said same media relay to send said copy to a mediation device identified by said destination information associated with said subscriber dialing profile.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Intercepting voice over ip communications and other data communications

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Intercepting voice over ip communications and other data communications

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Abstract

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