Method and apparatus for providing secured per-call adminstration, management, and control of communications between a secured party and a remote party
First Claim
1. A secured party audio and audio/video communication system providing secured per-call administration, management and control, comprising:
- a secured party device in possession solely of a secured party positioned in a secured environment where the secured party device is not accessible to any person other than the secured party, the secured party device being exclusive to a particular secured party among a plurality of secured parties in the secured environment and being only communicatively connectable to a secured local wireless communications system providing secured party communications only to a secured connection management system, the secured party device having a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a wireless communication interface and no other communication interface for selective connection only to the local secured wireless communication system, a secured party device user interface having a screen including a keypad, a video camera, a microphone, and an audio device;
the local secured wireless communication system having a first interface for communicatively coupling to the wireless communication interface of the secured party device and a second interface for communicative coupling only to the secured communication management system, the local secured wireless system configured to enable audio and audio/video communications only between the secured party device and the first interface and preventing any communication between the secured party device of the particular secured party and any other communication device;
the secured connection management system having a processor and a non-transitory memory that includes a database and having web-hosted based communications interfaces that are operatively and communicatively connected via a network to the local secured wireless communication system and to one or more remote communication devices, the secured connection management system configured as the only system component for controlling, administering, and managing the establishment of the audio or audio/video secured party communication between the secured party device and a particular one of the one or more remote communication devices that is pre-registered to a particular one of one or more authorized visitors of the particular secured party, the secured connection management system configured with computer executable instructions stored in the non-transitory memory for;
storing in the database information related to the particular secured party, the secured party device, the local secured wireless communication system, and the one or more pre-registered remotely located communication devices to which communication to the secured party device of the particular secured party is limited, and a predetermined connection parameter for the secured party communication between the particular secured party and the particular authorized visitor;
receiving a request from either user interface of the secured party device or from the particular remote communication device to establish the secured party communication therebetween in real time responsive to the receipt of the request;
verifying an authority to establish the secured party communication in real time upon receipt of the received request;
in response to a successful verifying, establishing in real time after the successful verifying the requested secured party communication as a web-hosted communication between the user interface of the secured party device and only the particular remote communication device responsive to the stored database information for the particular secured party; and
controlling the established secured party communication as a function of the stored predetermined connection parameter.
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Abstract
A secured party audio and audio/video communication system and method providing administration, management and control that includes a portable secured communication device in possession solely of a secured party positioned in a secured environment, the portable secured communication device being exclusive to the secured party and communicatively connectable only to a secured connection management system, in a secured connection management system hosting a secured communication device interface, hosting a remote communication device interface, storing in the database information related to the secured party, the portable secured communication system, and the external party, at least one of which includes a predetermined connection parameter, creating the selective communication between the portable secured communication device and only the remote communication device response to the stored database information and controlling a duration of the communication as a function of the predetermined connection parameter as stored in the database.
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1. A secured party audio and audio/video communication system providing secured per-call administration, management and control, comprising:
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a secured party device in possession solely of a secured party positioned in a secured environment where the secured party device is not accessible to any person other than the secured party, the secured party device being exclusive to a particular secured party among a plurality of secured parties in the secured environment and being only communicatively connectable to a secured local wireless communications system providing secured party communications only to a secured connection management system, the secured party device having a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a wireless communication interface and no other communication interface for selective connection only to the local secured wireless communication system, a secured party device user interface having a screen including a keypad, a video camera, a microphone, and an audio device; the local secured wireless communication system having a first interface for communicatively coupling to the wireless communication interface of the secured party device and a second interface for communicative coupling only to the secured communication management system, the local secured wireless system configured to enable audio and audio/video communications only between the secured party device and the first interface and preventing any communication between the secured party device of the particular secured party and any other communication device; the secured connection management system having a processor and a non-transitory memory that includes a database and having web-hosted based communications interfaces that are operatively and communicatively connected via a network to the local secured wireless communication system and to one or more remote communication devices, the secured connection management system configured as the only system component for controlling, administering, and managing the establishment of the audio or audio/video secured party communication between the secured party device and a particular one of the one or more remote communication devices that is pre-registered to a particular one of one or more authorized visitors of the particular secured party, the secured connection management system configured with computer executable instructions stored in the non-transitory memory for; storing in the database information related to the particular secured party, the secured party device, the local secured wireless communication system, and the one or more pre-registered remotely located communication devices to which communication to the secured party device of the particular secured party is limited, and a predetermined connection parameter for the secured party communication between the particular secured party and the particular authorized visitor; receiving a request from either user interface of the secured party device or from the particular remote communication device to establish the secured party communication therebetween in real time responsive to the receipt of the request; verifying an authority to establish the secured party communication in real time upon receipt of the received request; in response to a successful verifying, establishing in real time after the successful verifying the requested secured party communication as a web-hosted communication between the user interface of the secured party device and only the particular remote communication device responsive to the stored database information for the particular secured party; and controlling the established secured party communication as a function of the stored predetermined connection parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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9. A method of providing a secured party per-call audio and audio/video communication in real time responsive to a received request, the steps comprising:
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a. in a local secured wireless communication system located in a secured environment having a plurality of secured parties, with each party having a secured party device for wirelessly communicating solely with the local secured wireless communication system, the local secured wireless communication system having a first interface for communicatively coupling to a wireless communication interface of each secured party device and a second interface for communicative coupling only to a secured communication management system over a network, and being configured for establishing a wireless web-based communication with each of the plurality of secured party devices over the first interface to only the secured wireless communication system and with no other communication device or system; establishing over the second interface the secured party communication between a particular secured party device and a particular pre-registered visitor via the secured connection management system; preventing any communication through the local secured wireless communication device of a particular secured party device to another secured party device of the plurality of secured party associated with another one of the secured parties; b. in a secured connection management system having a processor and a non-transitory memory that includes a database and having web-hosted communications interfaces that are operatively and communicatively connected to the local secured wireless communication system and to one or more remote communication devices that are pre-registered to the particular pre-registered visitor of the particular secured party, the secured management system configured as the only system component for controlling, administering, and managing the establishment of the secured party communication to a particular secured party device with computer executable instructions for; hosting a secured party device web-based interface providing secured and selective access to the particular secured communication device; hosting a remote communication device web-based interface providing selective access to the registered remote communication device that is remotely positioned external to the secured environment; storing in the database information related to the particular secured party, the secured party device, the local secured wireless communication system, and the one or more pre-registered remotely located communication devices to which communication to the secured party device of the particular secured party is limited, and a predetermined connection parameter for the secured party communication between the particular secured party and the particular authorized visitor; receiving a request from either user interface of the secured party device or from the particular remote communication device to establish the secured party communication therebetween in real time responsive to the receipt of the request; verifying an authority to establish the secured party communication in real time upon receipt of the received request; in response to a successful verifying, establishing in real time after the successful verifying the requested secured party communication as a web-hosted communication between the user interface of the secured party device and only the particular remote communication device responsive to the stored database information for the particular secured party; and controlling the established secured party communication as a function of the stored predetermined connection parameter. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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