Patent ID: 6865604

Claim:
A method for monitoring data packets transmitted across a computer network in order to extract a computer network-based telephone session that has been performed through the computer network for display in response to a request, comprising the steps of: (a) analyzing data within the data packets that are transmitted on the computer network to select one or more data packets that contain audio data, video data, or audio and video data; (b) identifying data packets that are associated with one or more IP addresses representing sessions to be monitored; (c) storing the audio data, video data, or audio and video data contained in the identified data packets; (d) organizing the audio data, video data, or audio and video data contained in the identified data packets into a specific telephone session based at least in part on a computer network-based telephone session to which the data packets belong; and (e) outputting the audio data, the video data, or the audio and video data that is included in the organized data packets upon receipt of a signal representing the request of a user for the specific telephone session.