Patent ID: 9549071
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A method for causing Internet Protocol (IP) communications to be intercepted in an IP network system in which IP communications between a first party and a second party occur, the method comprising: receiving from a call controller a request to establish IP communications between the first and second parties; accessing a database of dialing profiles to locate a dialing profile associated with the first or second party, the dialing profile comprising intercept determination information and destination information for one of the first or second party that is to be monitored, the intercept determination information indicating whether an IP communication to or from the party to be monitored should be monitored and the destination information indicating where to send monitored communications; producing a routing message for receipt by the call controller and separate from any IP communications between the first party and the second party, the routing message providing routing information for routing the IP communications between the first and second party; and when the determination information meets an intercept criterion, causing the routing message to include at least a portion of the intercept determination information and the destination information.