Patent ID: 7861088

Claim:
A processor-implemented method of recording a verifiable voice communication, comprising: connecting to a communication already in progress between a first participant and at least one additional participant by a verifying service provider; receiving authentication information from the first participant, wherein the received authentication information is of a type that is based on a subscription status of the first participant and includes first participant personal identification data chosen from a listing of identification data including at least one of biometrics data, passwords and auxiliary device data; authenticating the first participant based on the received authentication information; recording the voice communication between the first participant and the at least one additional participant to provide a recorded voice communication when the first participant is successfully authenticated; associating the identification data with the recorded voice communication; retrieving call number information associated with the communication from a switch through which the communication is routed; associating the call number information with the recorded voice communication; secure time-stamping by the processor the recorded voice communication at the verifying service provider to provide a verifiable recorded voice communication, wherein the secure time-stamping is tamper-proof; affixing by a public key infrastructure a digital signature to the recorded voice communication based on a unique key, the digital signature being provided by the first participant; archiving the secure time-stamped recorded voice communication; receiving a request for a copy of the verifiable archived recorded voice communication at the verifying service provider; providing the requested copy of the verifiable archived recorded voice communication; receiving a submission of the provided copy of the verifiable archived recorded voice communication, superficially as provided, at the verifying service provider; and verifying by the processor at the verifying service provider that the submission of the provided copy matches the verifiable archived recorded voice communication based on the time-stamping and the unique key.