Patent ID: 8566443

Claim:
A system for obtaining and storing information transmitted over a network, the network comprising a first network location configured to transmit information to a second network location, the system comprising: an intermediary network location logically situated between the first network location and the second network location, the intermediary location configured to: receive a first transmission from the first network location, terminate the first transmission at the intermediary network, generate a second transmission including at least a portion of the content of the first transmission received from the first network location, send the second transmission to the second network location, receive a third transmission from the second network location, terminate the third transmission at the intermediary network, generate a fourth transmission including at least a portion of the content of the third transmission received from the second network location, send the fourth transmission to the first network location; wherein the intermediary network location is further configured to store the transmissions received from both the first network location and the second network location into a logical memory location; and wherein the intermediary network location is further configured to: monitor a list of network locations; compare the second network location to the list of network locations monitored by the intermediary network location; and forward the transmission from the first network location to the second network location without modifying, tracking or storing the transmission when the second network location is not on the list of network locations monitored by the intermediary network location.