Patent ID: 8379821

Claim:
A method of controlling recordation of a teleconference, comprising: receiving, at a centralized conferencing system over a first communication pathway from a first remote source used by a first teleconference participant, at least one first communication signal; receiving, at the centralized conferencing system over a second communication pathway from a second remote source disparate from the first remote source and used by a second teleconference participant, at least one second communication signal; receiving, at the centralized conferencing system over a third communication pathway from a third remote source disparate from the first remote source and the second remote source and used by a third teleconference participant, at least one third communication signal; receiving, at the centralized conferencing system, a request from one of the first teleconference participant, the second teleconference participant and the third teleconference participant, a request to disable recording of one of the received at least one first communication signal, at least one second communication signal, and at least one third communication signal, wherein multiple of the first teleconference participant, the second teleconference participant and the third teleconference participant are simultaneously authorized and enabled to request disabling of the at least one first communication signal, the at least one second communication signal, and the at least one third communication signal; in response to the request, disabling recordation of the received one of the at least one first communication signal, at least one second communication signal, and at least one third communication signal for which the request is received, and recording each of the received others of the at least one first communication signal, at least one second communication signal, and at least one third communication signal; and relaying, from the centralized conferencing system, a first output signal that comprises the at least one first communication signal, at least one second communication signal, and at least one third communication signal, including the received one of the at least one first communication signal, at least one second communication signal, and at least one third communication signal for which the request was received, to the first remote source, the second remote source and the third remote source, wherein the centralized conferencing system disables recording of the at least one first communication signal, at least one second communication signal and at least one third communication signal upon request of any of the first teleconference participant, the second teleconference participant and the third teleconference participant.