System and method for ex post facto preserving a recorded conversation
US7058163B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/301
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
For use with an automated call placement system (ACP) having a switching service unit (SSU), a call monitoring unit capable of monitoring a selected one of lines coupled to the switching service unit and a method of making a recording of a conversation occurring on a selected one of lines coupled to the switching service unit. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) an analog or digital recorder, coupled to the call monitoring unit, that monitors a call carried on the selected one of the lines and creates a recording of the call on a storage medium associated therewith, the storage medium being of finite capacity thereby causing the recording to be subject to eventual overwriting and (2) a recorder controller, coupled to the recorder, that audibly reproduces the call to a user in real time and allows the user to preserve the recording to delay or prevent the overwriting.
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