System and method for recording telephonic communications
First Claim
Patent Images
1. 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 call in progress;
b) receiving information regarding the identity of the party seeking to invoke recordation of the 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) determining whether recordation of the telephone call by the central archiving facility, is permitted based upon the identity of the party;
d) commencing recordation of the telephone call in progress if recordation is permitted; and
e) monitoring the telephone call to detect the end of the call.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for recording a telephone call upon demand by a party to the telephone call. The method includes the steps of receiving a request from a first party to record a telephone call between the first party and a second party, establishing a third-party connection with the first party and the second party, receiving the telephone call, and storing the content of the telephone call in memory for subsequent delivery or retrieval.
-
Citations
19 Claims
-
1. 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 call in progress;
b) receiving information regarding the identity of the party seeking to invoke recordation of the 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) determining whether recordation of the telephone call by the central archiving facility, is permitted based upon the identity of the party;
d) commencing recordation of the telephone call in progress if recordation is permitted; and
e) monitoring the telephone call to detect the end of the call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. 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; and
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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
-
-
16. 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. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
-
Specification