System and method for recording telephonic communications

A method for recording a telephone call in progress between two or more parties in a central archiving facility upon demand by a party to the call, comprising the steps of:

• a) receiving a signal from involved in the telephone call seeking to invoke recordation of the telephone call in progress;
• b) receiving information regarding the identity of the party seeking to invoke recordation of the telephone call, wherein the party seeking to invoke recordation of the call is identified by a technique selected from the group consisting of speech recognition, caller ID, automatic number identification, dialed number indicating service,
• c) conducting a database query based upon the identity of the party seeking to invoke recordation to obtain information including delivery instructions and a delivery address;
• d) determining whether recordation of the telephone call by the central archiving facility is permitted based upon the identity of the party seeking to invoke recordation;
• e) commencing recordation of the telephone call in progress if recordation is permitted;
• f) monitoring the telephone call to detect the end of the call;
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• g) delivering the content of the telephone call to a delivery address based upon the delivery instructions obtained during the database query upon detecting that the telephone call has ended.

A method for recording a telephone call in progress between two or moreparties in a central archiving facility upon demand by a party to the call, comprising the steps of:

• a) receiving a signal from involved in the telephone call seeking to invoke recordation of the telephone call in progress;
• b) receiving information regarding the identity of the party seeking to invoke recordation of the telephone call, wherein the party seeking to invoke recordation of the call is identified by a technique selected from the group consisting of speech recognition, caller ID, automatic number identification, dialed number indicating service,
• d) determining whether recordation of the telephone call by the central archiving facility is permitted based upon the identity of the party seeking to invoke recordation;
• e) commencing recordation of the telephone call in progress if recordation is permitted;
• f) monitoring the telephone call to detect the end of the call;
• g) determining whether the content of the telephone call should be encrypted based upon information obtained during a database query;
• and
• h) delivering the content of the telephone call to a delivery address based upon delivery instructions obtained during the database query upon detecting that the telephone call has ended.