Patent ID: 8588109
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a lawful intercept request from a law enforcement agency; determining, by the computing device, a type of lawful intercept, of a plurality of types of lawful intercepts, based on the lawful intercept request, provisioning, by the computing device and when the determined type of lawful intercept is the packet data lawful intercept, a policy control and charging rules function (PCRF) and a packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW), via the PCRF, for the packet data lawful intercept; receiving, by the computing device and when the determined type of lawful intercept is the packet data lawful intercept, intercept related information (IRI) from the PCRF; receiving, by the computing device and when the determined type of lawful intercept is the packet data lawful intercept, intercepted packet data from the PGW; and providing, by the computing device and when the determined type of lawful intercept is the packet data lawful intercept, the intercepted packet data and the IRI to the law enforcement agency.