Message indexing and archiving

• US 7,330,536 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2004
• Issued: 02/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Claudatos, Christopher Hercules, Andruss, William Dale, Leetch, Bruce David, Porter, Jeffrey Keith
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier; Gerald
• Application Number:
  US10/884,477
• Publication Number:
  US 20050053207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,321 Days
• Field of Search: 370/259, 370/310, 379/87, 379/88.11, 379/88.17, 379/88.25, 379/68, 379/88.13, 379/112.01, 709/224, 455/410
• US Class Current: 379/68
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for archiving auditory communications is disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises receiving an auditory communication with keywords identified in the communication, storing the communication on a storage device, and associating the stored communication with data indicating at least one policy invoked by at least one of the identified keywords.

Claims

1. A method of archiving an auditory communication, comprising:

receiving an indication that one or more identified keywords are included in the auditory communication;

storing the auditory communication on a first storage device; and

associating the stored communication with stored data indicating at least one compliance policy invoked by at least one of the identified keywords;

wherein the compliance policy comprises a policy that prescribes a retention period for the auditory communication.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising associating the stored communication with data indicating the identified keywords.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising associating the stored communication with metadata indicating call transport information for the auditory communication.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, further comprising associating the stored communication with data indicating at least one policy invoked by the metadata.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, further comprising storing on a second storage device at least one of the group comprising:

data indicating the at least one policy invoked by at least one identified keyword;

data indicating the identified keywords;

metadata; and

data indicating at least one policy invoked by the metadata.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising associating the stored communication with a link to an auditory representation in the stored communication corresponding to one of the identified keywords.

7. A system for archiving an auditory communication, comprising a first storage device and configured to:

receive an indication that one or more identified keywords are included in the auditory communication;

store the auditory communication on the first storage device; and

associate the stored communication with stored data indicating at least one compliance policy invoked by at least one of the identified keywords;

wherein the compliance policy comprises a policy that prescribes a retention period for the auditory communication.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, further configured to associate the stored communication with data indicating the identified keywords.

9. The system as recited in claim 8, further configured to associate the stored communication with metadata indicating call transport information for the auditory communication.

10. The system as recited in claim 9, further configured to associate the stored communication with data indicating at least one policy invoked by the metadata.

11. A computer program product for archiving an auditory communication, comprising a tangible computer usable medium having machine readable code embodied therein for:

receiving an indication that one or more identified keywords are included in the auditory communication;

storing the auditory communication on a first storage device; and

associating the stored communication with stored data indicating at least one compliance policy invoked by at least one of the identified keywords;

wherein the compliance policy comprises a policy that prescribes a retention period for the auditory communication.

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 11, further comprising code for associating the stored communication with data indicating the identified keywords.

13. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, further comprising code for associating the stored communication with metadata indicating call transport information for the auditory communication.

14. The computer program product as recited in claim 13, further comprising code for associating the stored communication with data indicating at least one policy invoked by the metadata.