Patent ID: 9143411
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by an apparatus of a network operator, a request to intercept one or more over-the-top (OTT) communications of an interception subject, the one or more OTT communications operating in a peer-to-peer communication mode without intermediation of one or more signaling protocols by the network operator; determining, by the apparatus, one or more identification signatures associated with the one or more OTT communications over a packet-based network; identifying signaling traffic associated with the one or more OTT communications based on the one or more identification signatures using one or more identification engines implemented in a path of OTT communication to and from the interception subject, wherein the one or more identification signatures are based, at least in part, on an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the interception subject and at least one of a communication service and a signaling protocol used in the communication service; and configuring the one or more identification engines to identify the one or more OTT communications by detecting that the interception subject starts the one or more OTT communications using the at least one of the communication service and the signaling protocol.