System and method for recording telephone conversations
First Claim
1. A telephone system for recording a conversation, or signals, comprising:
- a conversation recording unit that records the conversation among a first party on a first telephone and a second party on a second telephone; and
an infrastructure unit that interconnects the first telephone and the second telephone, wherein the first telephone and the second telephone are a fixed telephone or a mobile telephone and the conversation recording unit is located within at least one of the infrastructure unit, the first telephone and the second telephone that is the mobile telephone, and an outside facility that is conferenced in to record the conversation.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for recording telephone conversations. In one embodiment, a telephone conversation between two or more parties is recorded and the recording of the conversation can be stopped without terminating or effecting the communication between the parties. Any of the parties to the conversation may request that the conversation be recorded or terminate the recording of that conversation. The party initiating the recording of the conversation may request the playback of the recorded conversation provided that party has playback service. If one of the parties requests that the conversation be recorded, then the non-recording parties (i.e., the one or more parties not requesting that the conversation be recorded) are notified that the conversation is being recorded if the applicable law at the location of the non-recording parties mandates that the non-recording parties be notified that the conversation is being recorded.
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58 Claims
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1. A telephone system for recording a conversation, or signals, comprising:
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a conversation recording unit that records the conversation among a first party on a first telephone and a second party on a second telephone; and
an infrastructure unit that interconnects the first telephone and the second telephone, wherein the first telephone and the second telephone are a fixed telephone or a mobile telephone and the conversation recording unit is located within at least one of the infrastructure unit, the first telephone and the second telephone that is the mobile telephone, and an outside facility that is conferenced in to record the conversation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A conversation recording unit, comprising:
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a conversation storage unit that stores a conversation among a first party on a first telephone and a second party on a second telephone; and
a processor, coupled to the conversation storage unit, that directs the conversation to the conversation storage unit for storage upon receiving a control signal to record the conversation. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58)
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39. A method for recording a conversation, comprising:
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establishing a connection among a first telephone and a second telephone; and
recording the conversation among a first party on the first telephone and a second party on the second telephone, wherein the first telephone and the second telephone are a fixed telephone or a mobile telephone and the recording occurs within at least one of an infrastructure unit, the first telephone and the second telephone that is the mobile telephone, and an outside facility that is conferenced in to record the conversation.
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56. A header of a recorded conversation, comprising:
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a unique serial number, and identities of a first telephone of a first party that initiated recording a conversation;
a second telephone of a second party that did not initiate recording the conversation; and
parties that are allowed to playback the recorded conversation.
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