A system and method of analyzing communications between a calling party
and a called party is disclosed. In an embodiment of a method of the
present invention, the method includes receiving a communication at a
service provider network, recording the communication, analyzing a voice
content portion of the recorded communication to determine if the voice
content portion contains a keyword stored in a database, and forwarding
the recorded communication to a law enforcement agency if the keyword is
detected in the voice content portion. In an embodiment of a system of
the present invention, the system includes a buffer memory for receiving
a recorded communication from a service provider network and a content
analysis system coupled to the buffer memory. The content analysis system
analyzes a voice content portion of the recorded communication to
determine if the voice content portion contains a keyword stored in a
database and the system forwards the recorded communication to a law
enforcement agency if the keyword is detected in the voice content
portion.