Patent ID: 8130772

Claim:
An electronic communications recording system comprising: a packet data network (PDN) configured to support a PDN protocol; at least one gateway comprising at least one gateway input port which is connectable to a respective one of at least one communications carrier carrying data relating to a plurality of communications events according to a respective synchronous carrier protocol type; and at least one PDN port connected to the PDN; the gateway being configured to translate data at said at least one input port from the respective carrier protocol type to PDN data in the PDN protocol; at least a first communications event processor connected to the PDN and a second communications event processor connected to the PDN, wherein the first communications event processor is configured to receive as addressed destination translated PDN data associated with a predetermined first set of said at least one gateway port and wherein the second communications event processor is configured to receive as addressed destination translated PDN data associated with a predetermined second set of said at least one gateway port; at least one of the first communications event processor and the second communications event processor being configured to process the received PDN data and to extract from the received PDN data, communications event data relating to at least one communications event; and a data storage device connected to the PDN for storing the extracted communications event data.