Patent ID: 9674339
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer based method for configuring a telephonic device as a one-way recorded transmitter (mobile bug), the method comprising: receiving information in response to a connection request from the telephonic device to a virtual number, the information including a transmitting number corresponding to the telephonic device and the virtual number; identifying the telephonic device as the mobile bug in response to matching the transmitting number of the telephonic device with a transmitting number stored in association with the virtual number in a mapping table; transmitting instructions for connecting the mobile bug to the virtual number to permit monitoring of the mobile bug, wherein outgoing audio to the mobile bug is disabled; updating a monitoring interface to indicate the mobile bug as actively transmitting for a duration of the connection between the mobile bug and the virtual number; receiving audio collected by the mobile bug for the duration of the connection between the mobile bug and the virtual number; receiving situational data collected by the mobile bug for the duration of the connection between the mobile bug and the virtual number; and synchronizing the received audio with the situational data for presentation.