VoIP security intelligence systems and methods

• US 20040260560A1
• Filed: 04/07/2004
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mspip LLC
• Original Assignee: Holloway J. Michael, Samuel R. Shiffman
• Inventors: Shiffman, Samuel R., Holloway, J. Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,027,841 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/273
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/64 Hybrid switching systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols

Abstract

Systems and methods provide security intelligence knowledge of network communications. Particularly, VoIP packetized data being communicated over the network, together with other types of data communications over the network, is monitored and detected. From the VoIP packetized data, select portions or streams of the VoIP packetized data are identified. The select packetized data is then matched to a fingerprint or other indicia that indicates that the data is suspect for security intelligence knowledge purposes. The matched data is translated for purposes of taking security precautions based on the content of the security intelligence knowledge so gleaned.

Claims

1. A system for obtaining security intelligence knowledge, comprising:

a packetized data detector; and

a voice recognizer attached to the packetized data detector.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an artificial intelligence controller, connected to the packetized data detector, for varying operations of the packetized data detector to obtain more desirable security intelligence knowledge.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an artificial intelligence controller, connected to the voice recognizer, for varying operations of the packetized data detector to obtain more desirable security intelligence knowledge.

4. A method for obtaining security intelligence knowledge of VoIP communications, comprising the steps of:

detecting a packetized VoIP data; and

recognizing an analog voice pattern of the packetized VoIP data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of:

monitoring a communications channel of packetized data streams, including the packetized VoIP data; and

identifying a suspect VoIP data of the packetized VoIP data.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of:

translating the suspect VoIP data to a representation of an analog voice signal.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

matching the suspect VoIP data to a fingerprint of a database;

analyzing the suspect VoIP data if the step of matching finds that the suspect VoIP data has significance compared to the fingerprint.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of:

gleaning a security intelligence knowledge from the suspect VoIP data; and

acting on the security intelligence knowledge.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of:

translating the suspect VoIP data to a representation of an analog voice signal.

10. The method claims 7, further comprising the step of:

varying at least one step of the method, according to results of at least one step of the method, to obtain better security intelligence knowledge.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of:

initiating a processing application based on the suspect VoIP data.

12. A system for obtaining security intelligence knowledge of a VoIP packetized data, comprising:

a packetized data detector for detecting select ones of the VoIP packetized data; and

a voice recognizer attached to the packetized data detector, for translating the VoIP packetize data to a representation of an analog voice signal.

13. A method for obtaining security intelligence knowledge of VoIP communications, comprising the steps of:

obtaining a select packetized VoIP data from a network of multiple types of communications; and

translating the select packetized VoIP data to a representation of an analog voice signal.