Patent ID: 6728338
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of controlling usage of Communications Content Channels between an end office serving switch and a Law Enforcement Agency premises, comprising the steps of:responsive to receipt of a call in said switch determining said call is to be content monitored; in response to determining that the call is to be content monitored, establishing a connection between said switch and said Law Enforcement Agency premises over a Communications Content Camel (CCC); in response to receipt of an indication from an Agent monitoring said call that it is not any longer necessary to receive the content of said call in said Law Enforcement Agency premises, making said CCC available for other calls; wherein said switching system is further responsive to another indication from an agent at said Law Enforcement Agency premises, that a connection to the said call should be re-established, establishing a connection for said call between said call and said law enforcement agency premises.