Patent ID: 7047296

Claim:
A method for selectively dedicating resources for recording data exchanged between entities attached to a network including at least one agent in an enterprise, a user, and a server connected to the agent and the user, the method comprising the steps of: selecting at least one interconnection point among interconnection points in the network including one or more points between the user and the server, between the server and a data distributor connected to the user and the agent, and between the agent and the server for recording the exchanged data based on an at least one objective for recording data; dedicating recording resources to the selected interconnection point for recording the exchanged data; wherein the interconnection points between the user and the server and between the agent and the server each include one or more passive taps from which the exchanged data can be recorded, and the interconnection point between the server and the data distributor includes one or more active taps from which the exchanged data can be recorded; wherein the selecting of at least one of the interconnection points includes the selection of one or more active or passive taps; wherein an active tap is configured to determine whether an exchange should be recorded.