Flow through call control
Methods, systems, and devices are provided that propose interlacing an RTP communication with a tag that is used to identify the RTP communication within a continuous group or stream of many other RTP communications and other call control communications. The tags can be used for post processing of the RTP communication, thereby obviating the need for real-time processing of the RTP communication. This helps reduce latency in systems that are trying to control the RTP stream for various reasons. Furthermore, temporal relationships between RTP communications and other associated data streams becomes much easier to manage.
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a first communication as a part of a media stream;
analyzing the first communication to determine attributes of the first communication;
assigning the first communication a first unique identifier;
receiving a second communication as part of the media stream, wherein the second communication is received immediately after the first communication;
analyzing the second communication to determine attributes of the second communication;
assigning the second communication a second unique identifier different from the first unique identifier;
storing the first and second unique identifiers such that the attributes of the first and second communications are available to be identified in the future;
causing the first and second communications to be recorded in a continuous segment of memory;
receiving a third communication as part of the media stream wherein the third communication is received immediately after the second communication;
analyzing the third communication to determine attributes of the third communication;
assigning the third communication a third unique identifier different from the first and second unique identifiers; and
storing the third and the second unique identifiers, wherein each of the first, second, and third communications comprise a set of packets that were transmitted by a first communication device, wherein the set of packets belonging to the first and second communications were transmitted to a second communication device and wherein the set of packets belonging to the third communication was transmitted to a third communication device and not the second communication device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second unique identifiers and the first and second communications are stored in a common data store.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein attributes of the first communication comprise one or more of communication type, length in bytes, time stamp information, and decoding information.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein attributes of the second communication comprise one or more of communication type, length in bytes, time stamp information, and decoding information.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second communication comprises real-time media stream transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device and wherein the first communication comprises call control signals.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after the first communication has been stored, receiving a request to process the first communication;
retrieving the attributes of the first communication by referencing the first unique identifier;
determining from the attributes a proper method of decoding the first communication;
decoding the first communication; and
processing the first communication in accordance with the received request.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the request to process the first communication comprises a request to replay the recorded version of the first communication.
8. A communication device, comprising:
a recording agent adapted to receive a first communication as a part of a media stream, analyze the first communication to determine attributes of the first communication, assign the first communication a first unique identifier, receive a second communication as part of the media stream, wherein the second communication is received immediately after the first communication, analyze the second communication to determine attributes of the second communication, assign the second communication a second unique identifier different from the first unique identifier, store the first and second unique identifiers such that the attributes of the first and second communications are available to identified in the future, and cause the first and second communications to be recorded in a continuous segment of memory, wherein
the recording agent is further adapted to receive a third communication as part of the media stream, wherein the third communication is received immediately after the second communication, analyze the third communication to determine attributes of the third communication, assign the third communication a third unique identifier different from the first and second unique identifiers, and store the third and the second unique identifiers, wherein
the recording agent is further adapted to apply a set of filter rules to the third communication, based on the application of the set of filter rules, determine that a portion of the third communication is not of interest, and cause a remaining portion of the third communication to be recorded in the continuous segment of memory immediately after the second communication, wherein the remaining portion of the third communication does not include the portion of the third communication determined not to be of interest, and wherein
each of the first, second, and third communications comprise a set of packets that were transmitted by a first communication device, wherein the set of packets belonging to the first and second communications were transmitted to a second communication device and wherein the set of packets belonging to the third communication was transmitted to a third communication device and not the second communication device.
9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the first and second unique identifiers and the first and second communications are stored in a common data store that does not reside on the communication device.
10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the attributes of the first communication and the attributes of the second communication comprise one or more of communication type, length of the communication in bytes, time stamp information, and decoding information.
11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the second communication comprises real-time media stream transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device and wherein the first communication comprises call control signals.
12. The device of claim 8 , wherein, after the first communication has been stored, the recording agent is further adapted to receive a request to process the first communication, retrieve the attributes of the first communication by referencing the first unique identifier, determine from the attributes a proper method of decoding the first communication, decode the first communication, and process the first communication in accordance with the received request.
13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the request to process the first communication comprises a request to replay the recorded version of the first communication.