Patent ID: 7660297

Claim:
System for forwarding and recording packet-based media in a network, the system comprising: a recording device to record Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) packets; at least one forwarder, configured to select, according to a predefined policy, at least one packet of media transmitted through at least one media source accessible to the forwarder, and to forward the selected packet of media to the recording device; and a forwarding manager separate from and communicating with the forwarder, using a predefined protocol, said communicating comprising receiving information relating to the forwarder and the at least one media source accessible to the forwarder and receiving a request for recording VoIP from an identified media source, and configured to provide a list containing at least one forwarder to a recording management unit, wherein said listed at least one forwarder is usable for forwarding the at least one packet of media from the identified media source according to said information, wherein the recording management unit is configured to select from said list a particular forwarder to forward VoIP packets from the identified media source to the recording device.