Patent ID: 11895161
Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method for routing of packets for lawful interception, the method comprising:
forwarding, by at least one session border controller (SBC), a plurality of media streams to a forwarding function implemented on a centralized node for a telecommunications network;
receiving, by the forwarding function, the plurality of media streams and forwarding each media stream to a respective lawful intercept mediation server for at least one country associated with the media stream;
sending, by the at least one SBC and with a first packet of a first media stream, a first direction indicator to the forwarding function, the first direction indicator specifying whether first packet is an inbound initial request or an outbound initial request; and
performing, by the forwarding function and in response to receiving the first packet, a destination lookup for the first media stream using the first direction indicator and sending a mediation server identifier for the first media stream to the at least one SBC, wherein the mediation server identifier identifies a first lawful intercept mediation server found by the destination lookup.