Patent ID: 8553854

Claim:
A method comprising: a media-analysis platform receiving at least one packet from a bearer element, wherein the at least one packet comprises media data, the media data comprising voice data, representing a copy of at least part of a real-time media session, wherein the bearer element is configured to (i) initially send to the media-analysis platform a copy of each of a plurality of real-time media sessions, each such media session comprising voice communication, that traverse the bearer element and (ii) stop sending a copy of a particular such session to the media-analysis platform in response to receiving an instruction from the media-analysis platform; responsive to receiving the at least one packet, the media-analysis platform comparing the voice data to at least one voice-data profile maintained by the media-analysis platform, wherein each such profile is associated with a target of surveillance; the media-analysis platform determining whether the voice data matches any of the at least one voice-data profile; and if the media-analysis platform determines that the voice data does not match any of the at least one voice-data profile, the media-analysis platform responsively sending an instruction to the bearer element to stop sending the copy of the media session to the media-analysis platform.