Electronic monitoring system and method

• US 8,582,776 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Issued: 11/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Park, Manho
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Kambiz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sanders, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US12/968,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• Field of Search: 380/277
• US Class Current: 380/277
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00
• 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

Abstract

An electronic monitoring system located in a second service area when an electronic monitoring target has moved from a first service area having a first authority to the second service area having a second authority starts electronic monitoring for the electronic monitoring target that has moved into the second service area, configures a temporary electronic monitoring authority based on the first authority and the second authority, and executes the electronic monitoring on the electronic monitoring target in the second service area according to the configured temporary electronic monitoring authority.

Claims

1. A method for performing electronic monitoring on an electronic monitoring target when the electronic monitoring target has moved from a first service area having a first authority to a second service area having a second authority by an electronic monitoring system located in the second service area, the method comprising:

receiving an electronic monitoring request on the electronic monitoring target;

executing, by way of one or more processors, the electronic monitoring on the electronic monitoring target in the second service area based on the first authority and the second authority responding to the electronic monitoring request, wherein the first authority and the second authority are different; and

transferring an electronic monitoring result corresponding to a portion that the first authority and the second authority agree with each other among all of all of electronic monitoring results acquired by executing the electronic monitoring to an external law enforcement agency system and temporarily storing an electronic monitoring result corresponding to a portion that the first authority and the second authority disagree with each other among the electronic monitoring results, when the first authority is different from the second authority.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

each of the first authority and the second authority includes at least one of electronic monitoring target information, electronic monitoring related information, electronic monitoring information, a service range of an electronic monitoring target, and a period of electronic monitoring,

the electronic monitoring target information includes at least one of the name, ID, registration number, telephone number, and address of the electronic monitoring target,

the electronic monitoring related information is information that is generated when the electronic monitoring target performs communication, and

the electronic monitoring information includes communication contents between the electronic monitoring target and other targets.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising configuring a temporary electronic monitoring authority including both of the first authority and the second authority,

wherein the executing the electronic monitoring executes the electronic monitoring on an electronic monitoring target in the second service area based on the temporary electronic monitoring authority.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein

the transferring the electronic monitoring result includes

transferring all of the electronic monitoring results to the law enforcement agency system when the first authority and the second authority are the same.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein

the transferring the electronic monitoring results includes

when authority on the electronic monitoring target is approved, transmitting the temporarily stored electronic monitoring result, and

when authority on the electronic monitoring target is not approved, deleting the temporarily stored electronic monitoring results.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein

the executing the electronic monitoring includes

confirming whether the electronic monitoring system located in the second service area can execute the direct electronic monitoring,

when it is confirmed that the electronic monitoring system cannot execute the direct electronic monitoring, transmitting contents of the communication on the electronic monitoring target to another electronic monitoring system that is located in a different service area from the second service area to transmit the electronic monitoring results to the law enforcement agency system through the another electronic monitoring system, and

directly executing the electronic monitoring for the electronic monitoring target when it is confirmed the electronic monitoring system can execute the direct electronic monitoring.

7. A method for allowing a first electronic monitoring system to execute electronic monitoring on an electronic monitoring target that exists in a first service area having a first authority to which the first electronic monitoring system belongs, the method comprising:

executing, by way of one or more processors, the electronic monitoring on an electronic monitoring target that exist in the first service area according to the corresponding electronic monitoring authority;

confirming whether the direct electronic monitoring is executed according to the electronic monitoring authority; and

when the direct electronic monitoring is impossible, transmitting contents of communication of the electronic monitoring target to a second electronic monitoring system that is located in a second service area having a second authority that is different from the first service area to transmit the electronic monitoring results to a external law enforcement agency system through the second electronic monitoring system,

wherein an electronic monitoring result corresponding to a portion that the first authority and the second authority agree with each other among all of electronic monitoring results acquired by executing the electronic monitoring are transmitted to the external law enforcement agency system when the first authority is different from the second authority.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

directly executing the electronic monitoring for the electronic monitoring target when the electronic monitoring is to be directly executed; and

directly transmitting a result of the execution of the electronic monitoring to the external law enforcement agency system.

9. An electronic monitoring method of an electronic monitoring system, comprising;

executing, by way of one or more processors, electronic monitoring on an electronic monitoring target in a second service area of the electronic monitoring system when the electronic monitoring target moves from a first service area having a first authority to the second service area having a second authority;

temporarily storing a portion that the first authority and the second authority disagree with each other among results of the electronic monitoring execution and transmitting a portion that the first authority and the second authority agree with each other among results of the electronic monitoring execution, when the first authority is different from the second authority; and

waiting for an authentication message for the execution of the electronic monitoring on the electronic monitoring target in the second service area,

wherein a first authority of the first service area and a second authority of the second service area are different.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting the temporarily stored result of the electronic monitoring execution when receiving a positive authentication message for the electronic monitoring execution.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

discarding the temporarily stored result of the electronic monitoring execution when receiving a negative authentication message for the electronic monitoring execution.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

discarding the temporarily stored result of the electronic monitoring execution when the authentication message is not received with a maximum delay period.