Centralized voice over IP recording and retrieval method and apparatus
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. An audio recording system, comprising:
- a first telephone instrument located at a first location within a prison environment and configured for communications with a second telephone instrument located at a second location remote from said first location;
an analog to digital converter at said first location, having an input and an output, said first telephone instrument coupled to said input of said analog to digital converter; and
a data storage device located at a third location physically remote from said first location and said second location, said data storage device coupled to said output of said analog to digital converter, whereby conversation data from conversations conducted by way of said first telephone instrument may be recorded and stored at said third location physically remote from said first location and said second location.
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Abstract
The present subject matter is directed to an apparatus and methodology for recording, at a central data center, telephone conversations originating from remote locations. The present subject matter has particular utility to the penal (corrections) environment in that it discloses a methodology for recording and storing voice and related data at a central data center remote from either the origination or destination locations of a telephone call placed by an inmate in a prison or other facility. The disclosed technology permits storage of both voice and call related data at a remote facility in such a manner that the data is searchably accessible by authorized personnel at other remote locations by way of network or Internet connection to the central data center.
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27 Claims
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1. An audio recording system, comprising:
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a first telephone instrument located at a first location within a prison environment and configured for communications with a second telephone instrument located at a second location remote from said first location; an analog to digital converter at said first location, having an input and an output, said first telephone instrument coupled to said input of said analog to digital converter; and a data storage device located at a third location physically remote from said first location and said second location, said data storage device coupled to said output of said analog to digital converter, whereby conversation data from conversations conducted by way of said first telephone instrument may be recorded and stored at said third location physically remote from said first location and said second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An audio monitoring and recording system, comprising:
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a first telephone instrument located at a first location within a prison environment and configured for communications with a second telephone instrument located at a second location; an analog to digital converter at said first location having an analog input and a digital output, said first telephone instrument coupled to said input of said analog to digital converter; a storage device located at a third location physically remote from said first location and said second location coupled to said output of said analog to digital converter, said storage device being configured to store recorded conversation data files corresponding to said digital output of said analog to digital converter; a streaming converter coupled to said storage device; and a workstation coupled to said streaming converter, whereby audio originating from said telephone instrument may be monitored at said workstation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An audio retrieval system, comprising:
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a storage device configured to store data files corresponding to recorded conversations conducted between a first telephone instrument at a first location within a prison environment and a second telephone instrument at a second location, said storage device being located at a third location remote from both said first and second locations; a streaming converter coupled to said storage device; and a workstation remotely located at a fourth location remote from each of said first, second, and third locations coupled to said streaming converter, whereby audible reproductions of said recorded conversations may be monitored at said workstation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A specialized phone system for use in relation to a prison environment, having an audio recording system, comprising:
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a first telephone instrument located at a first location situated within a prison facility and configured for communications with a second telephone instrument located at a second location remote from said first location; an analog to digital converter at said first location, having an input and an output, said first telephone instrument coupled to said input of said analog to digital converter; and a data storage device located at a third location comprising a defined central data center physically remote from both said first location and said second location, said data storage device coupled to said output of said analog to digital converter, whereby inmate conversation data from inmate conversations conducted by way of said first telephone instrument may be recorded and stored at said central data center physically remote from said prison facility. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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