Checking for permission to record VoIP messages

• US 9,591,026 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2015
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Berstis, Viktors, Forlenza, Randolph M.
• Primary Examiner(s): King, Simon
• Application Number:
  US14/595,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20150128228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656

Abstract

Methods and arrangements to check for permission to record Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) messages and to respond to requests for permission are contemplated. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to check for permission to record VoIP messages and to respond to requests by transmitting an inquiry on permission to record a VoIP message of a participant in a VoIP call session comprising the VoIP message, receiving a response to the inquiry, determining by a processor whether the response to the inquiry grants permission to record the VoIP message, and recording the VoIP message based upon the response to the inquiry granting permission to record the VoIP message. Some embodiments may involve querying a participant in a VoIP call session comprising a VoIP message for permission to record the VoIP message through a user interface mechanism for checking for permission to record VoIP messages.

Claims

1. A method to generate responses to requests for permission to record VoIP messages, the method comprising:

a computer configured to conduct VoIP communication according to a protocol and formatting of the VoIP messages, receiving a request for permission of a participant in a VoIP call session to record a VoIP message;

the computer examining a preference of the participant on permission to record;

the computer determining that the preference of the participant is not applicable to the request;

the computer evaluating whether a rule grants a permission to record the VoIP message;

the computer generating, responsive to the rule evaluating affirmatively, a response to the request for permission to record the VoIP message, the response granting the permission to record the VoIP message;

the computer transmitting the response to the request for permission to record the VoIP message; and

the computer, retracting the permission as to a next VoIP message such that the permission to record the VoIP message does not apply to the next VoIP message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the computer receiving a second request for a second permission of the participant in the VoIP call session to record a set of all VoIP messages in the VoIP call session.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

the computer, responsive to the second request, generating a second response, wherein the second response grants the second permission, forming a granted second permission, the granted second permission applying to the set of all VoIP messages.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

the computer, responsive to the second request, generating a second response, wherein the second response grants the second permission, forming a granted second permission, the granted second permission applying to a subset of the set of all VoIP messages.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

the computer, responsive to the second request, generating a second response, wherein the second response grants the second permission, forming a granted second permission, the granted second permission applying to a specific VoIP message from the set of all VoIP messages.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

the computer, responsive to the second request, generating a second response, wherein the second response grants the second permission, forming a granted second permission, the granted second permission applying to a second VoIP message from the set of all VoIP messages wherein the second VoIP is specified by a time at which the second VoIP message was transmitted.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second response is transmitted after a subset of the set of all VoIP messages has been transmitted.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the computer receiving a second request for a second permission of the participant in the VoIP call session to record a second VoIP message in the VoIP call session;

the computer, responsive to the second request, retracting the permission.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the computer receiving a second request for a second permission of the participant in the VoIP call session to record a second VoIP message in the VoIP call session;

the computer, responsive to the second request, specifying that a third VoIP message is not to be recorded.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the computer, by the permission, allowing a set of VoIP messages to be recorded, the set of VoIP messages including the VoIP message;

the computer, after transmitting the response, retracting the permission as to a specified group of VoIP messages in the set of VoIP messages.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is embodied in a computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable storage devices and computer-readable program instructions which are stored on the one or more computer-readable storage devices and executed by one or more processors.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is embodied in a computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions which are stored on the one or more computer-readable storage devices for execution by the one or more processors via the one or more memories and executed by the one or more processors.

13. A computer program product to generate responses to requests for permission to record VoIP messages, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to configure a device to conduct VoIP communication according to a protocol and formatting of the VoIP messages, and to receive a request for permission of a participant in a VoIP call session to record a VoIP message;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to examine a preference of the participant on permission to record;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine that the preference of the participant is not applicable to the request;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to evaluate whether a rule grants a permission to record the VoIP message;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to generate, responsive to the rule evaluating affirmatively, a response to the request for permission to record the VoIP message, the response granting the permission to record the VoIP message;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to transmit the response to the request for permission to record the VoIP message; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to retract the permission as to a next VoIP message such that the permission to record the VoIP message does not apply to the next VoIP message.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive a second request for a second permission of the participant in the VoIP call session to record a set of all VoIP messages in the VoIP call session.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to generate, responsive to the second request, a second response, wherein the second response grants the second permission, forming a granted second permission, the granted second permission applying to the set of all VoIP messages.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to generate, responsive to the second request, a second response, wherein the second response grants the second permission, forming a granted second permission, the granted second permission applying to a subset of the set of all VoIP messages.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to generate, responsive to the second request, a second response, wherein the second response grants the second permission, forming a granted second permission, the granted second permission applying to a specific VoIP message from the set of all VoIP messages.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to generate, responsive to the second request, a second response, wherein the second response grants the second permission, forming a granted second permission, the granted second permission applying to a second VoIP message from the set of all VoIP messages wherein the second VoIP is specified by a time at which the second VoIP message was transmitted.

19. A computer system to generate responses to requests for permission to record VoIP messages, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to configure a device to conduct VoIP communication according to a protocol and formatting of the VoIP messages, and to receive a request for permission of a participant in a VoIP call session to record a VoIP message;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to examine a preference of the participant on permission to record;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to determine that the preference of the participant is not applicable to the request;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to evaluate whether a rule grants a permission to record the VoIP message;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to generate, responsive to the rule evaluating affirmatively, a response to the request for permission to record the VoIP message, the response granting the permission to record the VoIP message;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to transmit the response to the request for permission to record the VoIP message; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to retract the permission as to a next VoIP message such that the permission to record the VoIP message does not apply to the next VoIP message.