Unauthorized Call Activity Detection And Prevention Systems And Methods For A Voice Over Internet Protocol Environment

• US 20110110367A1
• Filed: 01/14/2011
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Securus Technologies Incorporated (Securus Special Investments LLC)
• Original Assignee: Securus Technologies Incorporated (Securus Special Investments LLC)
• Inventors: Polozola, Michelle L., Hogg, John S. JR., Rae, Robert L.
• Application Number:
  US13/006,861
• Publication Number:
  US 20110110367A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/16 with lock-out or secrecy provision in party-line systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2281 Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

Embodiments connect a call in which at least one party is a VoIP call party and monitoring resulting VoIP signals for unauthorized call activity, such as three-way call activity. The monitoring may include monitoring the call for suspend and/or resume events to detect the unauthorized call activity, the suspend and resume events may be generated by a telephone system and passed into a VoIP system associated with the VoIP call party. The monitoring may be carried out by an agent disposed between a VoIP gateway and the VoIP call party or by the VoIP gateway itself.

Claims

1. A method for providing call processing in a prison facility, comprising:

receiving a request to place a call from a terminal accessed by a calling party in the prison facility;

connecting the call to a called party outside the controlled-environment facility via a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway between the terminal and a phone network; and

detecting three-way call activity in the call by monitoring VoIP signals transmitted between the VoIP gateway and the terminal.