Patent ID: 8712021

Claim:
A method for retaining outgoing audio messages, the method comprising: initiating a voice call from a first device to a second device; transmitting data responsive to the initiated voice call from the first device to the second device through a data network; monitoring, by a secure device on the data network, the voice call to determine whether the voice call is accepted at a recording device corresponding to the second device; initiating recording of the data by the secure device, based on a request by the first device and when the voice call is accepted at the recording device of the second device, the recorded data being retained as an outgoing audio message that is stored at the secure device, and wherein the outgoing audio message is accessible by the first device; and optionally, providing the recorded data to at least one requesting device when the at least one requesting device requests for the recorded data and after the at least one requesting device clears an authentication process at the secure device.