Systems and methods for message delivery in a controlled environment facility
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting a message between a nonresident and a resident of a controlled environment facility, said method comprising:
- associating an identifier with a message, wherein the content of said message is created by said resident after said associating; and
debiting a financial account for providing a service in association with said message, wherein said financial account is associated with said message using said identifier.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for sending and receiving a message between a nonresident and a resident of a controlled environment facility that associates an identifier to the message, wherein the resident does not associate the identifier to resident created messages. The identifier my take the form of a barcode printed directly onto the message form or printed onto a detachable sticker that is affixed to the message form. Embodiments may allow the searching of a message for prohibited words, phrases, or ideas and notifying a relevant authority to the existence of such prohibited content. Embodiments may also allow a nonresident to select a delivery medium that is incompatible with the format of a message created by a resident by converting the resident created message to a message format compatible with the delivery medium.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting a message between a nonresident and a resident of a controlled environment facility, said method comprising:
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associating an identifier with a message, wherein the content of said message is created by said resident after said associating; and debiting a financial account for providing a service in association with said message, wherein said financial account is associated with said message using said identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for transmitting a message between a nonresident and a resident of a controlled environment facility, said method comprising:
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receiving a message, wherein said message is in a first form of communication that is not receivable by a resident; notifying said resident of said message using a second form of communication that is receivable by said resident; and delivering said message to said resident in a third form of communication that is receivable by said resident. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for transmitting a message between a nonresident and a resident of a controlled environment facility, said method comprising:
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receiving a message in a first form of communication that is not receivable by a resident; delivering said message to said resident in a second form of communication that is receivable by said resident; delivering an identifier with said message in said second form; and associating said identifier with a response to said message. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for transmitting a message between a nonresident and a resident of a facility, said system comprising:
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a message input module for receiving a message; wherein said input module associates an identifier with a nonresident created message after said nonresident created message has been created; and wherein the content of a resident created message is created before said input module associates an identifier with said resident created message; and a financial module for debiting a financial account for providing a service in association with said message, wherein said financial account is associated with said message using said identifier. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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