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Communications system for residents of secure facility

  • US 9,231,954 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for originating an electronic communication, said system comprising:

  • a terminal located inside a secure facility, wherein the terminal generates the electronic communication and further comprises an interactive audio/video platform;

    a processing center comprising;

    a database for storing data to verify that a resident of the secure facility who originates the electronic communication is authorized to communicate with an intended recipient of the electronic communication, wherein the database stores rehabilitation milestone information established by the secure facility; and

    a processor that receives the data from the database, and to use the data to verify that the resident is authorized to communicate with the intended recipient, wherein the processor generates an electronic message automatically in response to the rehabilitation milestone information; and

    wherein the processing center converts the electronic message from an electronic messaging format to and from a different format suitable for delivery to and from a terminal located inside the secure facility, and wherein the terminal is used by a resident of the secure facility and others confined within the secure facility, and wherein the processing center verifies that the resident of the secure facility is authorized to communicate with the intended recipient; and

    wherein the system pushes the electronic communication to the intended recipient only after verifying that the resident is authorized to communicate with the intended recipient.

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