SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-STREAM RECORDING

1 . A method for multi-stream recording, comprising:

receiving an indication that a communication session is initiated, the communication session including communications data, the communications data being received at a communications device at an extension;

sending a request for at least a portion of the communications data; and

receiving, at a recording device associated with the extension, at least a portion of the requested data, the at least a portion of the requested data being received as a copy of the communications data.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications data includes at least one of the following: audio data, video data, image data, and content data.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recording device is located at a remote location from the a communications device participating in the communications session.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the copy of the communications data is modified prior to receiving the requested data.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising recording at least a portion of the received data.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein a backup copy of the requested data is recorded.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the requested data is received as Real Time Protocol (RTP) data.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending an indicator to receive only control data associated with the communication session.

9 . A system for multi-stream recording, comprising:

a first communications device configured to participate in a communications session;

a second communications device configured to participate in the communications session with the first communications device on an extension; and

a shadow device, operably separate from the second communications device, the shadow device configured to record at least a portion of the communications session on the extension.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the communications session includes at least one of the following: audio data, video data, image data, and content data.

11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the copy of the communications session is modified prior to receiving the requested data.

12 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the copy of the communications session is received as Real Time Protocol (RTP) data.

13 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the shadow device includes a sending component configured to send an indicator to receive only control data associated with the communication.

14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the system is embodied in a computer readable medium.

15 . A computer readable medium for multi-stream recording, comprising:

sending logic configured to send a request for at least a portion of the communications data, the communications data being received at a communications device on a channel; and

receiving logic configured to receive, at a recording device associated with the channel, at least a portion of the requested data, the at least a portion of the requested data being received as a copy of the communications data.

16 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the communications data includes at least one of the following: audio data, video data, image data, and content data.

17 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the copy of the communications data is modified prior to receiving the requested data.

18 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising recording logic configured to record at least a portion of the received data.

19 . The computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein a backup copy of the requested data is recorded at a remote location.

20 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the requested data is received as Real Time Protocol (RTP) data.

21 . A method for selective multi-stream recording, comprising:

receiving an indication that a communications session is initiated on a first extension at a first location, wherein the first extension receives a first copy of the communications session;

associating a second extension with the first extension;

determining whether to record the communications session from the first extension on the second extension at a second location; and

in response to determining to record the communications session on the second extension at the second location, receiving a second copy of the communications session on the second extension at the second location.

22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the first copy of the communications data is an original version of the communications session.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the second copy of the communications data is a version derived from the original version of the communications session.

24 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising determining whether a recording device on the second extension at the second location has failed and, in response to determining that the recording device on the second extension at the second location has failed, receiving a copy of the communications session on a third extension.

25 . The method of claim 21 , wherein determining whether to record the communications session on the second extension at the second location includes determining whether network bandwidth constraints indicate more efficient use of network resources by recording on the second extension at the second location.

26 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising determining whether to modify the second copy and, in response to determining to modify the second copy, sending an indication to send at least a portion of the second copy to a third location for modification.