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Remote web-based visitation system for prisons

  • US 9,094,569 B1
  • Filed: 02/01/2012
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing endpoint control free, inmate-initiated, web-based audio/video visitation between an inmate and a single previously registered visitor, the steps comprising:

  • a) providing at least one terminal configured exclusively for audio/video inmate visitation disposed in an incarnation facility, said at least one audio/video terminal being operatively connected to a web-based audio/video visitation system;

    b) registering an inmate housed in said incarceration facility and providing log-in information to said inmate allowing said inmate to access said web-based audio/video visitation system using said at least one audio/video terminal;

    c) registering at least one visitor authorized to receive an inmate-originated audio/video visit from said registered inmate;

    d) providing said at least one registered visitor with log-in information allowing him/her to remotely access said web-based audio/video visitation system;

    e) initiating an audio/video visit by said registered inmate at said at least one audio/video terminal at said registered inmate'"'"'s convenience to one of said at least one registered visitor without pre-scheduling and without any other human intervention, said initiating step comprising selecting a name of a pre-approved visitor from a list of one or more names displayed at said audio/video terminal; and

    f) after successfully completing said initiating step (e), conducting an audio/video visit between said registered inmate and said one of said at least one registered visitor.

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