Patent ID: 7813481

Claim:
A system for recording a conversation between a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal, said system comprising: a communication network; a first communication terminal in communication with said communication network; a second communication terminal in communication with said first communication terminal through said communication network, whereby said user of said first communication terminal and said user of said second communication terminal can have a conversation; and a remote notification and recording platform bridged on to said conversation that: provides an audible recording start notification to said first communication terminal and said second communication terminal indicating that recording of the conversation is about to be initiated; initiates recording of said conversation; sends a call leg restriction command to said first communication terminal and to said second communication terminal following initiating recording of the conversation by the recording device which prevents said first communication terminal and said second communication terminal from establishing other call legs while the recording is active; terminates recording of said conversation in response to receiving a terminate recording request from said first communication terminal; provides an audible recording stop notification to said first communication terminal and said second communication terminal indicating that recording of the conversation has terminated; offers the users of said first communication terminal and said second communication terminal an opportunity, via DTMF dialing, to enter their numbers to receive an electronic notification that recording of the conversation has initiated; sends an electronic recording start notification to those parties that entered numbers that recording of the conversation has initiated, said initiate notification including an indication of the date and time that the recording was initiated; and sends an electronic recording stop notification to those parties that entered numbers that recording of the conversation has terminated, said terminate notification including an indication of the date and time that the recording was terminated.