TELECOMMUNICATION CALL MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEM WITH VOICEPRINT VERIFICATION
First Claim
1. A telecommunications system for providing telecommunications services to residents of controlled-environment facilities, the system comprising:
- a first facility system located within a first facility, the first facility system including;
a plurality of communication devices;
a switchboard device communicatively coupled with the plurality of communication devices, and configured to route calls to and from the plurality of communication devices; and
a work station communicatively coupled to the switchboard device;
a central site server located remotely from the first facility system; and
a network connected between the central site server and the first facility.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a secure telephone call management system for authenticating users of a telephone system in an institutional facility. Authentication of the users is accomplished by using a personal identification number, preferably in conjunction with speaker independent voice recognition and speaker dependent voice identification. When a user first enters the system, the user speaks his or her name which is used as a sample voice print. During each subsequent use of the system, the user is required to speak his or her name. Voice identification software is used to verify that the provided speech matches the sample voice print. The secure system includes accounting software to limit access based on funds in a user'"'"'s account or other related limitations. Management software implements widespread or local changes to the system and can modify or set any number of user account parameters.
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20 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system for providing telecommunications services to residents of controlled-environment facilities, the system comprising:
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a first facility system located within a first facility, the first facility system including; a plurality of communication devices; a switchboard device communicatively coupled with the plurality of communication devices, and configured to route calls to and from the plurality of communication devices; and a work station communicatively coupled to the switchboard device; a central site server located remotely from the first facility system; and a network connected between the central site server and the first facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for monitoring a telephone call involving a resident of a controlled environment facility, the method comprising:
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monitoring a status of a telephone call being routed through a switchboard device; storing detailed information of the telephone call in a database; displaying the status to a user; receiving an instruction from the user to access the telephone call; determining whether the telephone call is ongoing or complete; and providing the user with audio of the telephone call based on the determining. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for monitoring a plurality of telephone calls, the system comprising:
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a plurality of first telephones distributed within a first controlled-environment facility; a plurality of second telephones distributed within a second controlled-environment facility; a central calling server configured to receive a first communication from a first telephone of the plurality of first telephones and a second communication from a second telephone of the plurality of second telephones, the central calling server including; a router configured to receive status information relating to the first communication and the second communication; and a monitoring terminal configured to provide the status information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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