Patent ID: 8341535

Claim:
A method for providing distributed communication control, comprising: providing a communication user interface on a client device associated with a first individual, the communication user interface including a plurality of selectable communication control operations configured to provide control over communications of a plurality of users within an enterprise, the plurality of selectable communication control operations including for each user of the plurality of users a respective set of selectable communication control operations; receiving, from the first individual via the communication user interface, a selection of a record icon representing a communication control operation of recording a voice call that a second individual is currently conducting, the record icon selected from the plurality of selectable communication control operations for the second individual; reviewing permissions associated with the record icon received from the first individual to determine if the first individual is allowed to perform the selected communication control operation of recording a voice call that the second individual is currently conducting; if the first individual is allowed, performing via the client device the selected communication control operation of recording a voice call that the second individual is currently conducting; and if the first individual is not allowed, providing a denial indicator in response to receiving the selection of the record icon.