Telecommunication call management and monitoring system with voiceprint verification

• US 10,721,351 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2017
• Issued: 07/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Global Tel-Link Corporation
• Original Assignee: Global Tel-Link Corporation
• Inventors: Hodge, Stephen Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Hemant S
• Application Number:
  US15/667,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20170331947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• Field of Search: 379 35- 52, 379 671- 8828, 37920101
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• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
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• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/20 : with means for interrupting existing connections; with means for breaking-in on conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 : Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2281 : Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls
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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.

Claims

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 associated with the controlled-environment facilities located remotely from the first facility system, the central site server configured to;

receive a storage parameters message from the first facility, the storage parameters message including a facility identifier and a storage duration;

receive call details relating to the calls routed to and from the plurality of communication devices, the call details including call audio, date and time, call duration, call result, and at least one call participant identification; and

store the received call details in association with the received facility identifier and for a period of time as defined by the storage duration of the received storage parameters message; and

a network connected between the central site server and the first facility.

2. The telecommunications system of claim 1, wherein the switchboard device is configured to monitor a status of each of the plurality of communication devices.

3. The telecommunications system of claim 2, wherein the switchboard device is configured to output the statuses of the plurality of communication devices to the work station.

4. The telecommunications system of claim 3, wherein the work station is configured to display the status of each of the plurality of communication devices to a user of the work station.

5. The telecommunications system of claim 4, further comprising a database that stores detailed information relating to each communication passing through the switchboard device,

wherein the work station displays the statuses in a user interface, and

wherein the user interface is configured to display the detailed information of a particular communication in response to the user selecting a status corresponding to the particular communication.

6. The telecommunications system of claim 5, wherein the detailed information includes a live audio stream or an audio recording of the particular communication.

7. The telecommunications system of claim 6, wherein the user interface is configured to display playback controls for allowing the user to control playback of the live audio stream or audio recording.

8. A method for monitoring a telephone call involving a resident of a controlled environment facility, the method comprising:

monitoring a status of a telephone call being routed through a switchboard device;

receiving a storage parameters message from the controlled-environment facility, the storage parameters message including a facility identifier and a storage duration;

storing the received storage duration from the controlled environment facility in association with the received facility identifier;

storing detailed information of the telephone call in a database of a central site server associated with the controlled environment facility for a period of time defined by the storage duration and in association with the received facility identifier of the received storage parameters message, the detailed information including call audio, date and time, call duration, call result, and at least one call participant identification;

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.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the status includes a station identification that identifies a communication device being used by the resident.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the displayed status is associated with a visual representation of the telephone call, and

wherein the visual representation of the telephone call is selectable by the user.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising, in response to the user selecting the visual representation of the telephone call, retrieving the detailed information of the telephone call from the database, and displaying the detailed information to the user.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing the user with control of the telephone call.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the control of the telephone call includes an ability for the user to communicate with a participant of the telephone call.

14. A system for monitoring a plurality of telephone calls, the system comprising:

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 associated with the first and second controlled-environment facilities configured to receive a first storage parameters message from the first controlled-environment facility, a second storage parameters message from the second controlled-environment facility, 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, each of the first storage parameters message and the second storage parameters message including a facility identifier and a storage duration, the central calling server including;

a router configured to receive status information relating to the first communication and the second communication;

a monitoring terminal configured to provide the status information to a user; and

a database that logs and stores details relating to the first communication in association with a facility identifier of the first facility for a first period of time defined by the first storage duration and logs and stores details relating to the second communication in association with a facility identifier of the second facility for a second period of time defined by the second storage duration, the details relating to the first communication and the details relating to the second communication each including call audio, date and time, call duration, call result, and at least one call participant identification.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the monitoring terminal is configured to provide the status information to the user initially at a first level of detail, and

wherein the monitoring terminal is configured to provide the status information to the user at a second level of detail in response to the user making a request for the second level of detail.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the monitoring terminal is configured to display the status information in association with a visual representation of the first communication.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the status information includes a participant identifier.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the participant is a party to one of the first communication or the second communication and is a resident of one of the first controlled-environment facility or the second controlled-environment facility.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the first level of detail includes a subset of available status information, and wherein the second level of detail includes all available status information.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the request for the second level of detail is performed by the user selecting the first level of detail or the visual representation of the first communication.