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Inbound calls to intelligent controlled-environment facility resident media and/or communications devices

  • US 10,270,906 B1
  • Filed: 06/28/2018
  • Issued: 04/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inbound call system providing sponsors of inmate media and/or communications devices priority inbound calling, the system comprising:

  • one or more sponsored inmate media and/or communications devices, each having a unique address identifier;

    an inbound inmate call server configured to;

    host inbound calling accounts established by non-inmates, including inbound calling accounts of non-inmate sponsors of sponsored inmate media and/or communications devices;

    associate the address identifier of each sponsored inmate media and/or communications device with a particular non-inmate sponsor;

    receive inbound calls to sponsored inmate media and/or communications devices;

    route the inbound calls to an authenticating server;

    the authenticating server configured to;

    authenticate that a calling party is associated with the address identifier of an inmate media and/or communications device the party is calling;

    determine that the calling party is a sponsor of the inmate media and/or communications device the party is calling; and

    the inbound inmate call server further configured to;

    interrupt an ongoing call, and/or other activity, taking place on the sponsored inmate media and/or communications device the party is calling; and

    connect the inbound call of the party with the sponsored inmate media and/or communications device.

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