The method of claim 3 wherein the session to be monitored has a packet address which is one of an IP address of the packet source and the IP address of the packet destination.

The method of claim 3, wherein individual data packets are accepted by the filtering step if such data packets have an address which is associated in a database with a session to be monitored.

The method of claim 3 wherein the receiving step further comprises receiving data packets from a plurality of communication sessions.

The method of claim 3 further comprising the steps of: retrieving audio data, video data, or both audio data and video data contained in the data packets belonging to a specific communication session; restoring at least a portion of the communication session from the retrieved data; and displaying the at least a portion of the communication session. view more

The method of claim 13, including the additional step of including in a database information extracted from the accepted data packet including one or more from the group of a packet address, a time, a date, a channel, a dialed number, and a caller identification. view more

The method of claim 20, wherein the outputting step further comprises the step of producing any audio data included in the organized data packets as sound through an earphone or a loudspeaker.