Voip-Pal.com said Tuesday that its Lawful Intercept technology...
Voip-Pal.com said Tuesday that its Lawful Intercept technology -- U.S. Patent No. 8,422,507 -- is the first patented method for intercepting VoIP communications. Voip-Pal said it applied for its Lawful Intercept patent in 2007, two years before Microsoft filed a…
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patent for technology with the same name. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) rejected Microsoft’s patent application in 2011, and issued Voip-Pal a patent in April. There are forecast to be 410 million VoIP subscribers by 2015, meaning “traditional wiretapping by law enforcement agencies is being rendered obsolete in that it is not effective in VoIP communications interception,” Voip-Pal said in a news release. Since Lawful Intercept is the “first patented technology of its kind,” it “stands alone as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies around the world,” the company said (http://bit.ly/19qSiXj).