Patent ID: 8422507

Claim:
A method for intercepting communications in an Internet Protocol (IP) network system in which communications between a subscriber of the system and another party occur through a media relay to which the subscriber and the another party address their communications destined for each other and which relays the communications between the subscriber and the another party, the method comprising: determining whether determination information associated with a subscriber dialing profile associated with the subscriber meets intercept criteria; producing a routing message for routing communications involving the subscriber through components of the IP network, after determining whether the determination information meets the intercept criteria, the routing message being separate from any message sent between the subscriber and the another party; when the determination information meets the intercept criteria: including at least some of the determination information and destination information associated with the subscriber dialing profile in the routing message; and in response to the routing message, causing the same media relay through which communications between the subscriber and the another party are relayed to produce a copy of the communications between the subscriber and the another party, while the same media relay relays communications between the subscriber and the another party; and in response to the routing message, causing the same media relay to send the copy to a mediation device identified by destination information.