(12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT)
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`(43) International Publication Date
`2 May 2002 (02-05-2002)
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`PCT
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`(10) International Publication Number
`WO 02/35307 A2
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`(51) International Patent Classification7:
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`G06F
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`(21) International Application Number:
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`PCT/FIOl/00920
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`(22) International Filing Date: 23 October 2001 (23.10.2001)
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`(25) Filing Language:
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`(26) Publication Language:
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`English
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`English
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`(30) Priority Data:
`20002329
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`24 October 2000 (24.10.2000)
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`(71) Applicant and
`(72) Inventor: VAANANEN, Mikko [PI/PI]; Laivanvarusta—
`jankatu 7B 13, FIN—00140 Helsinki (PI).
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`(54) Title: VOICE RECORDING METHOD AND MEANS
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`(57) Abstract: The invention relates to a packet voice recording method and
`means. In particular the invention relates to a method for a packet switched
`voice recording with which telephone calls can be recorded and stored in a logi—
`cal and consistent way. A packet switched voice recording method, comprising
`at least one subscriber terminal and the telephony network and/or the Internet is
`characterised by the steps of, beginning telephone conversation (100), record—
`ing conversation to a data file in packet switched format (110), signing said
`data file with identifying information (120), stopping telephone conversation
`(120), stopping recording and closing data file (140). Recordings may be done
`on a server or on the subscriber terminal itself. Packet switched compatibility
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`The invention relates to a packet switched voice recording method and means. In
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`particular the invention relates to a method for a packet switched voice recording with
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`which telephone calls can be recorded and stored in a logical and consistent way.
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`Prior art applications of recording telephone conversations are network oriented. The
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`prior art is best illustrated in patent publications JP07283873A2, “Conversation
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`Recording Service Method in Mobile Communication” and USOS995824, “Cellular
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`Phone Voice Recorder.” In both ofthese applications the recording ofthe voice signal
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`is done by the network by a circuit switched connection. and recorded to a voice
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`storage device.
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`The prior art has several disadvantages. A circuit switched connection is required for
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`the recording. The network must be compatible with the recording signal of the
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`mobile station. The mobile station must be compatible to implement the recording.
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`Both ofthese disadvantages result to the prior art being incompatible with existing
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`and future packet switched communication methods and means.
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`The purpose ofthe invention is to remove the aforementioned disadvantages. The
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`purpose of the invention is to introduce a method and means with which telephone
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`conversations may be recorded in packet switched format. Recordings may be done on
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`a server or on the subscriber terminal itself. Packet switched compatibility is thus
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`ensured. In addition. a semipacket switched method and arrangement is introduced,
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`which utilizes a smartcard or a SIM to establish the primary recording connection.
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`Most or all ofthe aforementioned advantages ofthe invention are preferably
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`implemented with a special exemplary embodiment ofthe invention, in which a
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`telephone conversation is began from a subscriber terminal. The subscriber terminal
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`may be a mobile station or a computer equipped with either a circuit switched or a
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`packet switched telephony connection or both. A telephone conversation is begun and
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`a packet switched recorder on the terminal device. like an MP3— or WAV~player will
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`duration, or other relevant information obtainable from the settings of the subscriber
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`terminal or from the user himself. The data file will subsequently be stored to a
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`directory on the memory/storage space of the subscriber terminal. Alternatively, the
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`data file may be automatically transmitted to a predefined address on the Internet or in
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`the telephony network. In some cases the data file may be stored both on the
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`subscriber terminal and be also transmitted to a predefined address on the Internet or
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`in the telephony network.
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`A packet switched voice recording method in accordance with the invention,
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`comprising at least one subscriber terminal and the telephony network and/or the
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`open Internet connection,
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`file data file to a database on the basis of the identifying information at the server
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`comprising at least one subscriber terminal and the telephony network and/or the
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`A packet switched voice recording means in accordance with the invention,
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`comprising at least one audio/video devices, audio/video drivers and/or audio/video
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`player, storage means, packet switched connection and/0r telephony network
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`connection, is further characterised in that the audio/video player is arranged to record
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`conversations and/or conferences conducted through the telephony network and/or
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`packet switched connection with at least one third party to data files in packet
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`network, at least one mobile station, at least one server and at least one SIM, and is
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`characterised in that, the said SIM comprises a computer program that establishes
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`voice group call service between the caller at least one recipient and at least one server
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`in order to record the conversation to the server.
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`The invention further relates to a voice recording method, comprising the telephony
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`network, at least one mobile station, at least one server and at least one SIM, and is
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`—the said SIM comprises a computer program that establishes a phone call the server,
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`—the server listens in on at least one connection and records the conversation.
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`In the following the invention will be described in greater detail with reference to
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`exemplary embodiments in accordance with the accompanying drawings, in which
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`Figure 1 presents a basic method in accordance with the invention as a flow diagram,
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`Figure 2 presents a more developed method in accordance with the invention as a flow
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`Figure 4 presents a more developed bi—directional method in accordance with the
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`invention as a flow diagram,
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`Figure 5 presents a more developed method restricted to the telephony network in
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`accordance with the invention as a flow diagram,
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`Figure 6 presents a server oriented method in accordance with the invention as a flow
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`diagram,
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`Figure 7 presents a subscriber terminal in accordance with the inventive method.
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`Some preferable embodiments may also be described in the dependent claims.
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`In phase 100 of the figure 1 a telephone conversation is begun. The call is typically
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`placed from a mobile station or a computer with audio devices. In some preferable
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`embodiments the subscriber terminal is a PC computer, Apple Macintosh computer, a
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`PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a UMTS—, GSM—, WAP—, Teldesic—, Inmarsat~,
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`Iridium—, GPRS~, CDMA—. and/or WCDMA mobile station. Typically in some
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`Epoc operating system. In many preferable embodiments several default facilities of
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`the operating system are used to realise the inventive method. In some preferable
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`embodiments, the telephone conversation is conducted either through a packet
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`switched network, like an IP (Internet Protocol)— network or through the normal
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`telephony network. The telephone conversation may be a video conference, a simple
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`voice call, or both in some preferable embodiments.
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`In phase 110 the recording of the conversation is begun. The audio/video conversation
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`is recorded in packet switched format. In some preferable embodiments, the recording
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`is initiated from the subscriber terminal by pressing a button, a combination of
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`buttons, once or several times. The recording can also be initiated before the
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`conversation is begun in some preferable embodiments. The recording is done
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`typically by a digital media player, like an MP3~ player and/or WAV— (Windows
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`Wave)— player. The digital media player records the conversation, or parts of it, to a
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`data file. In one preferable embodiment, where the subscriber terminal runs the Epoc
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`operating system, Epoc Voice Notes is used to record the telephone conversation. In
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`one preferable embodiment where the subscriber terminal runs the MS Windows or
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`NT, Windows Sound Recorded is used to record the telephone conversation. In some
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`preferable embodiments the user may stop the recording during the telephone
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`conversation. In some preferable embodiments it is also possible to restart the
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`recording, in which case the recording may be continued to the original data file, or a
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`new data file may be allocated for the new recording, or in some embodiments both
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`things are done.
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`In phase 120 the data file is named or signed with identifying information related to
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`the conversation. In some preferable embodiments, the user may name the data file if
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`he so chooses. In some preferable embodiments it is also possible to sign and/or name
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`the data file with the time of the conversation, date of the conversation, the telephone
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`number or IP-address of the third party and/or multiparty. the name of the caller, the
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`telephone number ofthe caller or the subscriber terminal, duration ofthe
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`conversation, the name ofthe third party and/or third multiparty. In some preferable
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`embodiments it is possible to associate the digital ID ofthe caller or the third party
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`with the data file. The third party may transmit his digital ID to the caller for inclusion
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`to the data file in some preferable embodiments. Different identifying information
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`may bear different priority in some preferable embodiments. In some preferable
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`embodiments it is possible to group and file data files to directories on the basis of the
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`identifying information. In some preferable embodiments the data files are organized
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`to an order of priority within a directory on the basis of, e.g. alphabetical order, time
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`and date, duration or other identifying information or data file properties.
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`In phase 130 the telephone conversation is terminated. After this, the recording is
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`stopped and the data file is closed in phase 140. In some preferable embodiments this
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`data file may be reopened, and telephone conversations may be added to the data file.
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`In one exemplary embodiment all the conversations with a certain third party are
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`order.
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`In many preferable embodiments the recording can be started and stopped before,
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`during or after a call. For example, the recording of some short patches of dictation,
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`like driving instructions or the like is a favourable embodiment.
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`permuted in accordance with the invention.
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`In figure 2 the phases 200, 210, 220, 230 and 240 are essentially corresponding to the
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`phases 100, l 10, 120, 130 and 140 of method 10. After the data file has been recorded
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`an Internet connection is opened from the subscriber terminal. A copy of the data file
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`is transmitted to a predefined address on the Internet in phase 260. In some preferable
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`embodiments FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or email is used to transmit/upload the data
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`file to a predefined address on the Internet. In one exemplary embodiment. data files
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`are transmitted to a data storage server at the corporate headquarters automatically
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`when the employees make and record calls from their subscriber terminals. In phase
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`data files are filed to a database at the server or at some further remote location on the
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`basis ofthe identifying information.
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`In a certain inventive embodiment new recordings are queried by FTP, PING, SMS or
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`other means. If new recordings are found, these recordings are downloaded from the
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`subscriber terminal to the server automatically. To do this, an Internet connection can
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`be set up by a method described in my patent application FIZOOO785, in some
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`250, 260, 270 is permuted in accordance with the invention.
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`In figure 3 the database containing the recording is realised on the subscriber terminal.
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`has enough storage space. In phase 300 a telephone conversation is begun and
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`recording to a data file is begun in phase 310. The data file is associated with
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`identifying information, like a name and/or file properties in phase 320. Telephone
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`conversation is stopped in phase 330, and the recording is stopped and the data file is
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`closed in phase 340. In phase 350 of the method the data file is filed to a database on
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`the basis of the identifying information. The database in accordance with the invention
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`is typically on the hard drive, CD—ROM and/or disk drive of the subscriber terminal or
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`on some other storage means associated with the subscriber terminal.
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`In many preferable embodiments the sequence of the steps 300, 310, 320, 330, 340,
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`350 is permuted in accordance with the invention.
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`In figure 4 the telephone conversation is began in phase 400. Permission for recording
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`the telephone conversation is requested in phase 410. This may be done by an
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`exchange of words between the caller and the third party. However, in one preferable
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`embodiment permission for recording the telephone call is asked automatically by an
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`SMS—, FTP—, DTMF—, Ping or Caller ID signal. or a like signal. For example in one
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`answered by the third party will be recorded. This will give an indication to the third
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`party to record the conversation also to his records, or to ask for a copy of the
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`conversation later. If permission is granted similar phases 420, 430, 440, 450. 460 to
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`the phases 310, 320, 330, 340, 350 of method 30 will follow. lfpermission is not
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`granted the conversation may be terminated or continued unrecorded. Any
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`chronological permutation of the phases 400, 410, 420, 430. 440. 450, 460 is in
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`accordance with the invention.
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`Figure 5 presents a method where the recordings are stored to a server in the telephony
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`network. In phase 500 telephone conversation is begun. Conversation recording is
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`begun in phase 510. The data file of the recording is associated with identifying
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`information in phase 520. The telephone conversation is terminated in phase 530. In
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`phase 540 the conversation has been recorded to the data file. In phase 550 a
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`telephony connection is established to a network server. In one preferable embodiment
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`this is a data connection abiding to the UMTS—, GSM—, WAP—, Teldesic—, Inmarsat—,
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`Iridium—, GPRS—, CDMA—, and/or WCDMA standards. In phase 560 the data file is
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`transmitted to the network server. In one preferable embodiment, the network server is
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`associated with the base stations of mobile subscriber terminals. In phase 561 the data
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`file is filed to a database on the network server on the basis of the identifying
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`information. The data file may later be retrieved from the server in phase 5 70.
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`In some preferable embodiments the data files may be accessed and listened to by
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`telephone by calling a certain number, like the number of the answering machine or
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`the number of the voicemail box.
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`In many preferable embodiments the sequence ofthe steps 500, 510, 520, 530, 540.
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`550, 560, 561, 570 is permuted in accordance with the invention.
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`Figure 6 presents a method where the recording takes place at the server. In phase 600
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`a telephone conversation is begun. A communications connection is opened to a
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`server in phase 610. The server may be either in the telephony network or on the
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`operating system, the server is realised with or in association with the Serial-Comms
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`server, Telephony sewer, Sockets server and/or the Comms database server. In phase
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`620 begin recording the telephone conversation in packet switched format to a data
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`file. In phase 630 the data file is signed with identifying information. The identifying
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`information may be associated with the filename, directory or directory name, or with
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`the properties of the file or directory. In phase 640 the telephone conversation is
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`ended. Recording is stopped and the data file is closed in phase 650. In this method no
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`copies of the recording are formed to the subscriber terminal itself.
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`With all of the embodiments it is also possible to convert the recordings to text by
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`speech recognition software and devices. The recording may thus further be stored as
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`text and distributed with emails, text files, and SMS messages in accordance with the
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`Figure 7 presents a certain preferable embodiment of the subscriber terminal 700 in
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`accordance with the invention. In some preferable embodiments the subscriber
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`terminal is a PC computer, Apple Macintosh computer, a PDA (Personal Digital
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`Assistant) or a UMTS—, GSM—, WAP—, Teldesic—, Inmarsat—, lridium—, GPRS-,
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`CDMA—, and/or WCDMA mobile station. Typically in some preferable embodiments,
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`the subscriber terminal is a device using either the Microsoft Windows, Windows NT,
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`Windows CE, Windows Pocket PC, GEOS, Palm OS or the Epoc operating system.
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`The subscriber terminal 700 may form a real time, audio and/or video
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`communications connection to a third party by either using a telephony network
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`connection 710, which is typically circuit switched in some embodiments, but not by
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`necessity, or by using a packet switched connection, which is typically an IP—network
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`connection 720.
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`Audio and/or video drivers 740 usually control the use ofthe connections 710, 720 in
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`some preferable embodiments. The audio/video player 730, which typically records
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`the telephone conversation is typically an MP3- player like RealPlayer or Sonique or
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`WAV— player like Windows Sound Recorder or Epoc Voice Notes or the like. In one
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`preferable embodiment the player 730 is arranged to record both audio and video. The
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`The inventive subscriber terminal 700 may be arranged to store the recorded data files
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`to the storage means 760, which is typically a hard drive, C D—ROM, a disk drive, or
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`any other electromagnetic or optic storage means. The recorded data files are typically
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`grouped on the storage means on the basis of their identifying information. In some
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`preferable embodiments there is a default directory “My Phone Calls” or the like, to
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`which the recorded data files are grouped and named on the basis of the time of the
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`conversation, date of the conversation, the telephone number or TIP—address of the third
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`party and/or multiparty, the name of the caller, the telephone number of the caller or
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`the subscriber terminal, duration of the conversation, the name of the third party
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`and/or third multiparty. In some preferable embodiments, some of the identifying
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`information is extracted from the subscriber terminal itself. For example, the time and
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`duration may be extracted from the system clock, like the date as well. The names of
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`third parties or multiparties may be extracted from the default electronic phone book
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`or contact manager of the subscriber terminal, or the operating system of the said
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`subscriber terminal. Telephone numbers and IP—addresses may be obtained from the
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`network, the call manager software of the operating system or the default contact
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`manager. The default file manager can be used to sort the data files to their respective
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`directories in some embodiments. The file manager may also be used when a
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`recording is continued to an existing data file in a certain embodiment of the
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`invention.
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`In a certain advantageous embodiment the user does not enter any filenames to the
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`recorded data files. All recording, naming and grouping to directories is done by one
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`press of a button or a combination of buttons. The subscriber terminal may have a
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`separate REC button to do this, or it may simply have a shortcut key for this function
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`which can be entered from the keypad or keyboard of the subscriber terminal 700. The
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`server 770, or a predefined address on the Internet 780 automatically. Either
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`connection 710, 720 or both can be used to transmit the data file. In some preferable
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`embodiments the recorded data files are deleted from the storage means after they
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`have been successfully transmitted.
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`In some preferable embodiments the storage means 760 is realised on a network server
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`switched format to the network server 770 and/or Internet address 780. The said
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`BUS of the subscriber terminal is realised so that the audio/Video player 730 and/or
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`the audio video drivers 740 are arranged to be connected to both the audio/Video
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`connection 710.
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`In one semipacket switched voice recording method in accordance with the invention,
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`a primary connection can be either packet switched or circuit switched. This
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`embodiment of the invention is especially preferable in SIM (Subscriber Identity
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`Module) equipped GSM, GPRS, CDMA, UMTS or the like mobile stations. In this
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`embodiment, the SIM Application Toolkit (SAT) is used to realize a program on the
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`SIM card that intercepts a dialed phone number. When the user wants the call to be
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`recorded, he either presses a dedicated key, or gives a dedicated indication that
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`recording is desired. Alternatively, a separate menu, for example “Secure Phone Call”,
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`or “Recorded Phone Call” may be chosen from the mobile station menu. Once
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`recording is indicated, the SAT establishes a connection to a server that starts listening
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`on the line and establishes a forward connection to the recipient. In practice this is
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`often done by the SAT and SIM establishing a phone call to the server and relaying
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`The server then keeps the connection live, but dials the recipient number. The server
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`may show the caller’s caller ID or “Recorded Call” or the like to the recipient, in order
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`to show that the call about to be negaged in will be recorded. In some alternative
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`embodiments the SAT and SIM establish VGCS (Voice Group Call Service) call,
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`where one additional party to the caller and the recipient is the server that records the
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`conversation. In some embodiments the server files the recorded conversations to data
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`files and associates many or some attributes to the said files, such as time, date, phone
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`numbers of parties etc. The server may be a part of a voicemail system, or it may
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`forward the files to voicemail system, VPN, corporate voicemail system, Internet,
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`The invention has been explained above with reference to the aforementioned
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`embodiments and several commercial and industrial advantages have been
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`demonstrated. The method in accordance with the invention can be realised without
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`necessarily intervening with the telephony network infrastructure. Recordings can be
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`done on the subscriber terminal, and data files of packet switched format result to
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`guarantee further compatibility.
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`The invention has been explained above with reference to the aforementioned
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`embodiments. However, it is clear that the invention is not only restricted to these
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`embodiments, but comprises all possible embodiments within the spirit and scope of
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`the inventive thought and the following patent claims.
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`1. A packet switched voice recording method, comprising at least one subscriber
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`terminal and the telephony network and/or the Internet, characterised by the steps of,
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`begin telephone conversation (100),
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`begin recording conversation to a data file in packet switched format (1 10),
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`sign said data file with identifying information (120),
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`stop telephone conversation (130),
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`stop recording and close data file (140).
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`2. A packet switched voice recording method, comprising at least one subscriber
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`terminal and the telephony network and/or the Internet, characterised by the steps of,
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`begin telephone conversation (200),
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`begin recording conversation to a data file in packet switched format (210),
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`sign said data file with identifying information (220),
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`stop telephone conversation (23 0),
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`stop recording and close data file (240),
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`open Internet connection (250),
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`transmit data file to a predefined address on the Internet (260),
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`file data file to a database on the basis of the identifying information at the server
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`associated with the said address (270).
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`3. A packet switched voice recording method, comprising at least one subscriber
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`begin telephone conversation (600),
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`open communications connection to a server (610),
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`begin recording telephone conversation in packet switched format to a data file on
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`sign said data file with identifying information (630).
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`stop telephone conversation (640),
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`4. A method as claimed in claims 1, 2 and/or 3, characterised in that, at least one of
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`the said subscriber terminals is a PC computer, Apple Macintosh computer, a PDA
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`(Personal Digital Assistant) and/or a UMTS—, GSM~, WAP—, Teldesic—, lnmarsat—,
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`Iridium—, GPRS—, CDMA~, and/or WCDMA mobile station.
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`5. A method as claimed in claims 1, 2 and/or 3, characterised in that, at least one of
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`the said subscriber terminals comprises a Microsoft Windows, Windows NT,
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`Windows CE, OS/2, Windows Pocket PC, GEOS, Palm OS and/0r Epoc operating
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`system and/or a MP3— player and/or a WAV— player.
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`6. A method as claimed in claims 1, 2 and/or 3, characterised in that, the identifying
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`information comprises the time of the conversation, date of the conversation, the
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`telephone number or lP—address of the third party and/or multiparty, the name of the
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`caller, the telephone number of the caller or the subscriber terminal, duration of the
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`conversation and/or the name of the third party and/or third multiparty.
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`7. A method as claimed in claims 1, 2 and/or 3, characterised in that, the said data
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`file is stored to a hard drive, CD—ROM and/or a disk drive on at least one subscriber
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`terminal and/or at least one network server on the Internet and/or in the telephony
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`network.
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`8. A method as claimed in claims 1, 2 and/or 3, characterised in that, identifying
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`information may be extracted from the operating system, from the operating system
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`settings, from other applications on the subscriber terminal, from the Internet and/or
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`the telephony network and/or from the user.
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`9. A method as claimed in claims 1, 2 and/or 3, characterised in that, other software
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`applications and/or facilities provided by the operating system of the subscriber
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`terminal or other means are used to group the recorded data files to directories, and to
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`10. A method as claimed in claims 1, 2 and/or 3, characterised in that, the said
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`methods or any part of them is executed with a shortcut key or at least one press of a
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`button from the said subscriber terminal during, before or after a conversation.
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`1 1. A method as claimed in claims 1, 2 and/or 3, characterised in that, the temporal
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`or other order ofthe phases 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250,
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`260, 270, 600, 610, 620, 630, 640 and/or 650 may be permuted.
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`12. A packet switched voice recording means, comprising at least one audio/video
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`devices (750), audio/video drivers (740) and/or audio/video player (730), storage
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`means (760), packet switched connection (710) and/or telephony network connection
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`(720), characterised in that, the audio/video player (730) is arranged to record
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`conversations and/or conferences conducted through the telephony connection (720)
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`and/or packet switched connection (710) with at least one third party to data files in
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`packet switched format.
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`13. A packet swit