Patent ID: 7764670
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for monitoring communications in a packet switched network, the method comprising: initiating a communication between a network endpoint associated with a call mediator and at least a second network endpoint; recording, at the call mediator, information associated with the communication, wherein recording information associated with the communication comprises recording an alphanumeric termination cause code generated by the call mediator indicating a reason the communication was disconnected; upon termination of the communication, communicating, from the call mediator to an enterprise gatekeeper, the information associated with the communication; translating the alphanumeric termination cause code into a numeric termination cause code, wherein translating the alphanumeric termination cause code is performed by the enterprise gatekeeper; creating an authentication record containing information associated with the communication by parsing the information associated with the communication; communicating the authentication record from the enterprise gatekeeper to a remote authentication server; and creating a billing call record by parsing the authentication record.