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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2000
Erwin Perry Comer, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
William Henry Ruppert, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Pamela Tam Carmony, Tempe, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Authorized intercepts of communications in a satellite communications system ( ) are performed, according to which a law enforcement agency (LEA) can request the intercept of communications to and/or from subscriber units (SUs). In one embodiment, an LEA intercept request causes an intercept order for a particular target SU ( , FIG. ) to be transmitted to one or more satellites ( , FIG. ), where the intercept order is stored in an intercept table ( ). Any communications traffic involving the target SU results in an intercept by a satellite, which routes a copy of the intercepted communications to the requesting LEA, either directly or via an associated intercept facility ( , FIG. ).