SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF INMATE PHONE RECORDINGS
First Claim
1. A method of automatically distributing a recording of a phone call to at least one interested party, the phone call being placed by a calling party through an institutional phone system to a destination number, the method comprising:
- associating one or more forwarding criteria with each of one or more interested parties;
establishing the phone call from the calling party to the destination number through the institutional phone system;
recording the phone call; and
if the phone call satisfies one or more forwarding criteria associated with one or more interested parties, automatically distributing the recording of the phone call to the at least one interested party associated with the satisfied one or more forwarding criteria.
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Abstract
A method of automatically distributing phone call recordings to interested parties generally includes associating one or more forwarding criteria with each of one or more interested parties, establishing a phone call from a calling party to a destination number through an institutional phone system, recording the phone call, and, if the phone call satisfies one or more forwarding criteria associated with one or more interested parties, automatically distributing the recording of the phone call to the at least one interested party associated with the satisfied one or more forwarding criteria. Distribution may be by e-mail, by uploading the recording to a website that interested parties (and preferably only interested parties) can access, by queuing the recordings for export to physical media, and/or through a voice mail system. Calls may be selected for distribution based on the caller, the called party, conversation content, call time, or any other suitable criteria.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of automatically distributing a recording of a phone call to at least one interested party, the phone call being placed by a calling party through an institutional phone system to a destination number, the method comprising:
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associating one or more forwarding criteria with each of one or more interested parties; establishing the phone call from the calling party to the destination number through the institutional phone system; recording the phone call; and if the phone call satisfies one or more forwarding criteria associated with one or more interested parties, automatically distributing the recording of the phone call to the at least one interested party associated with the satisfied one or more forwarding criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of automatically distributing a phone call recording to one or more interested parties, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of recipient records in a recipients database, each recipient record including identity information for at least one recipient, forwarding criterion to specify the conditions for determining which recordings will be forwarded, and at least one delivery criterion to specify the delivery medium for forwarding recordings; establishing a telephonic connection between a calling party and a called party; recording a conversation between the calling party and the called party; identifying one or more recipient records whose forwarding criterion are met by information associated with the conversation; and distributing the recording of the conversation to the at least one recipient included therein according to the at least one delivery criterion associated with the at least one recipient. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for automatically distributing a recorded phone conversation to one or more interested parties, the system comprising:
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at least one telephone device; a recipients database, the recipients database including a plurality of recipient records, each recipient record including identity information for at least one recipient, forwarding criterion to specify the conditions for determining which recordings will be forwarded, and at least one delivery criterion to specify the delivery medium for forwarding recordings; and a call recording distribution processor that identifies one or more recipient records whose forwarding criterion are met by information associated with the recording and distributes the recording to the at least one recipient identified therein according to the at least one delivery medium associated with the at least one recipient. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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