Patent ID: 6122665
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A system for managing a computer network-based telephone session over a computer network, the computer network being divided into a plurality of segments, the system comprising:(a) a network connector for connecting to the computer network and for receiving data packets from a single segment of the computer network;(b) a filtering unit for filtering said data packets from said single segment and for accepting said data packets substantially only if said data packets contain data selected from the group consisting of audio data and video data, such that said data packets form at least a part of the computer network-based telephone session and such that said data packets are selected data packets;(c) a management unit for receiving said selected data packets from said single segment and for storing said selected data packets, such that said selected data packets are stored data packets, wherein said management unit and said filtering unit form a local management unit for said single segment of the computer network, said local management unit analyzing said selected data packets if the computer network-based telephone session occurs within said single segment;(d) a storage medium for receiving and storing said stored data packets from said local management unit, such that at least a portion of the computer network-based telephone session is stored; and(e) a central management unit for controlling each local management unit, said central management unit controlling storage in said storage medium and said central management unit analyzing said selected data packets from the computer network-based telephone session if the computer network-based telephone session includes data packets transmitted on a plurality of segments of the computer network.