Patent ID: 8625577

Claim:
A method for recording audio information of a subscriber during a call in a communication network, comprising: establishing the call between an endpoint device of the subscriber and an endpoint device of a call party, wherein the call comprises the audio information of the subscriber and audio information of the call party, wherein the call is established by a border element of the communication network, wherein the communication network comprises a service provider infrastructure; receiving, by the border element, a first signal from the endpoint device of the subscriber to record the call, wherein the first signal is a first predefined voice command; diverting, by the border element, a call media path in a direction from the endpoint device of the subscriber toward the communication network to a recording element within the communication network in response to receiving the first signal; and recording, by the recording element within the communication network, only the audio information of the subscriber during the call while preventing the endpoint device of the call party from receiving the audio information of the subscriber, wherein the endpoint device of the subscriber continues to receive the audio information of the call party on the call during the recording, wherein the recording element is distinct from the endpoint device of the subscriber and from the endpoint device of the call party, wherein the recording element is an interactive voice response system, wherein the recording comprises: storing the audio information from the subscriber by the recording element; receiving a second signal from the endpoint device of the subscriber to stop recording the call, wherein the second signal is a second predefined voice command; and reverting the call media path back to an original call media path.