Archival message content inspection for encrypted messaging systems and applications

A telecommunications network, the network comprising:

• an operator core network comprising an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core;
• an internal archiving platform coupled to the IMS core;
• and
• a message archive routing server coupled to the operator core network, wherein the message archive routing server executes operations to:
• obtain a message deposit request from the IMS core for transmitted message data, the transmitted message data representing encrypted message content sent through the IMS core from a message originator (MO) to at least one message target (MT);
• in response to the message deposit request, evaluate a subscriber profile associated with the transmitted message data;
• route a copy of the transmitted message data for deposit to the internal archiving platform based on a determination that the subscriber profile associated with the transmitted message data comprises an inspection indicator, wherein the internal archiving platform comprises an authorized endpoint for the transmitted message data;
• and
• wherein the internal archiving platform executes operations to:
• output message inspection data to the IMS core, the message inspection data based on a decryption of the encrypted message content by the internal archiving platform.

A method comprising:

• obtaining a message deposit request for transmitted message data, the transmitted message data representing encrypted message content sent through a messaging system network function from a message originator (MO) to at least one message target (MT);
• in response to the message deposit request, evaluating a subscriber profile associated with at least one message subscriber to determine when the subscriber profile includes an inspection indicator, the at least one message subscriber associated with the transmitted message data;
• routing a copy of the transmitted message data for deposit to an internal archiving platform based on a determination that the subscriber profile associated with the transmitted message data comprises an inspection indicator, wherein the internal archiving platform comprises an authorized endpoint for the transmitted message data;
• and
• transmitting message inspection data from the internal archiving platform to the messaging system network function, the message inspection data based on a decryption of the encrypted message content by the internal archiving platform.