Patent ID: 8031645

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor for receiving data exchanged between a terminal and a wireless communication network in a session, the received data including more than one of a plurality of data types; and a storage unit coupled to the processor and for selectively archiving the data exchanged in the session based on an associated data type of the received data, wherein the processor receives from the terminal a request for a portion of the data archived for the session, the requested data corresponding to less than all of the archived data for the session, and wherein the storage unit provides the requested portion of the archived data, wherein the processor receives the request to archive a specific type of data among multiple types of data exchanged in the session, and wherein the storage unit archives the specific type of data for the session, wherein the terminal communicates with at least one other terminal in the session, wherein the processor receives authorization for archival from the terminal but not from the at least one other terminal, and wherein the storage unit archives data of the terminal for the session and not data of the at least one other terminal.