Patent ID: 7738384

Claim:
A system for intercepting audio transmissions, the system comprising: a media gateway, wherein the media gateway is communicably coupled to a soft switch and an acquisition facility; a first processor associated with the soft switch; a first computer readable medium associated with the soft switch, wherein the first computer readable medium includes instructions executable by the processor to: receive a transmission originating from a first communicator, wherein the transmission indicates a second communicator; and direct the transmission to the acquisition facility via the media gateway, wherein the transmission to the acquisition facility is obscured from the second communicator, wherein the media gateway is a randomly selected media gateway, wherein the transmission to the acquisition facility is obscured from the second communicator at least in part through random selection of the media gateway; a second processor associated with the media gateway; and a second computer readable medium associated with the media gateway, wherein the second computer readable medium includes instructions executable by the second processor to: direct the transmission from the media gateway to the acquisition facility; and direct the transmission from the media gateway to the second communicator.