Method for controlling the statutory monitoring of telecommunication traffic

• US 6,418,208 B1
• Filed: 08/13/1999
• Issued: 07/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gemalto M2M GmbH (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Morgenroth, Andreas, Gundlach, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Tieu, Binh
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARNIE, REXFORD N
• Application Number:
  US09/374,896
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• Field of Search: 379/133, 379/134, 379/137, 379/138, 379/139, 379/113, 379/35, 379/34, 379/112, 379/112.01, 379/111
• US Class Current: 379/133
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/30 for supporting lawful interception, monitoring or retaining of communications or communication related information circuit switched telephony call monitoring H04M3/2281
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2281 Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

In order to control the statutory monitoring of telecommunication traffic, provision is made in a network component essential for this monitoring of a data base in which it is stored for subscribers to be monitored which communication-relevant data are to be transmitted to one or more relevant monitoring authorities. Monitoring profiles are also defined for the purpose of simplification.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a statutory monitoring of telecommunication traffic, which comprises:

defining relevant monitoring authorities for monitoring subscribers such that the relevant monitoring authorities are entities other than the subscribers to be monitored;

providing, in a network component, a data base storing information determining which communication-relevant data are to be transmitted to the relevant monitoring authorities for the subscribers to be monitored;

defining monitoring profiles stipulating in each case which of the communication-relevant data are to be transmitted to which relevant monitoring authority of the relevant monitoring authorities; and

storing, for a subscriber to be monitored, data selected from the group consisting of one of the monitoring profiles that is valid for different ones of the relevant monitoring authorities and a plurality of the monitoring profiles, each one of the plurality of the monitoring profiles applicable to at least one of the monitoring authorities.

2. The method according to claim 1, which comprises selecting the relevant monitoring authorities from the group consisting of law enforcement authorities and secret service authorities.