Patent ID: 6751297
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
An intelligent multimedia communications recording system used in conjunction with standard public centralized networks, the system comprising:a plurality of multimedia devices each device connected to one or more public networks and operable to transmit and/or receive communications from other multimedia devices, wherein said public networks are wireline or wireless networks; a plurality of predefined recorded numbers (PRNs), each PRN representing a respective identity of each member of a subset of the plurality of multimedia devices, wherein each PRN can correspond to either a sending device or a receiving device and is determined based upon PRN rules provided by a user; an access means for performing an identification of selected communications corresponding to said PRNs and channeling only the selected communications to an acquisition means, said identification being performed based on acquisition rules provided by said user; a recording means connected to said acquisition means for storing and archiving the channeled communications and placing them in a condition for either retrieval by, or distribution to, said user; a retrieval means connected to said recording means for providing access to said stored and/or archived communications; a distribution means connected to said recording means for delivering said recorded and/or archived communications to said user based on delivery rules provided by said user.