# US 10,484,815 B1 · Managing communications based upon location information associated with electronic files exchanged during the communications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,815 B1 - Document ID: US10484815B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/806,536 - Filed: 2017-11-08 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-08 - Assignees: Securus Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Securus Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Matthew R. Smith - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484815B1 ## CPC - H04M 3/2281: {Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls} - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04L 63/107: {wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals} - H04L 63/306: {intercepting packet switched data communications, e.g. Web, Internet or IMS communications} - H04M 3/38: Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections (queuing arrangements H04Q3/64) - H04M 3/42357: {where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Systems and methods for managing communications based upon location information associated with electronic files exchanged during the communications are described. In some embodiments, a method may include intercepting an electronic file exchanged during an electronic communication; identifying location information representative of a physical location where the electronic file was created or edited; and applying, based upon the location information, a selected one of a plurality of processing rules to at least one of: the electronic communication or the electronic file. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: intercepting an electronic file transmitted by a communication device during an electronic communication between a first person and a second person; identifying a physical location where the electronic file was created or edited, wherein the physical location of the electronic file is determined based on a geographic location associated with the electronic file during the creation or editing of the electronic file; applying a selected one of a plurality of processing rules to at least one of: the electronic communication or the electronic file, wherein the processing rules comprise one or more geographic restrictions on a location of the first person or the second person; and detecting a violation of the one or more geographic restrictions based on a determination that the physical location associated with the intercepted file violates a geographic restriction on the location of the first person or the second person, wherein the violation of the geographic restrictions is detected based on a projected trajectory of the communication device during the communication. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic communication is a voice, video, or text communication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic file is a picture, a movie, an audio file, or a document. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the physical location where the electronic file was created or edited is different from a current physical location of the communication device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the physical location where the electronic file was created or edited includes at least one of: latitude, longitude, city, or state. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the processing rule in response to an identification of a party to the electronic communication. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: selecting the processing rule in response to the physical location where the electronic file was created or edited indicating the violation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein applying the selected processing rule to the electronic communication includes monitoring or recording the communication. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein applying the selected processing rule to the electronic file includes storing a copy of the electronic file. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first person is an inmate of a correctional facility and the second person is a non-resident of the correctional facility. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: selecting the processing rule in response to the physical location where the electronic file was created or edited matching a location-of-interest associated with the inmate and stored in a correctional facility database. ### Claim 12 A computer system, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the computer system to: intercept an electronic file transmitted by a communication device during an electronic communication between a first person and a second person; identify a physical location where the electronic file was created or edited, wherein the physical location of the electronic file is determined based on a geographic location associated with the electronic file during the creation or editing of the electronic file; apply-a selected one of a plurality of processing rules to at least one of: the electronic communication or the electronic file, wherein the processing rules comprise one or more geographic restrictions on a location of the first person or the second person; and detect a violation of the one or more geographic restrictions based on a determination that the physical location associated with the intercepted file violates a geographic restriction on the location of the first person or the second person, wherein the violation of the geographic restrictions is detected based on a projected trajectory of the communication device during the communication. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The computer system of claim 12, wherein the physical location where the electronic file was created or edited is different from a current physical location of the communication device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The computer system of claim 12, wherein the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the computer system to: select the processing rule in response to the physical location where the electronic file was created or edited indicating the violation. ### Claim 15 A hardware memory device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor, cause a computer system to: intercept an image file transmitted by a communication device during a text communication between a first person and a second person; identify a physical location where the image file was created or edited, wherein the physical location of the electronic file is determined based on a geographic location associated with the electronic file during the creation or editing of the electronic file; apply a selected one of a plurality of processing rules to at least one of: the text communication or the image file, wherein the processing rules comprise one or more geographic restrictions on a location of the first person or the second person; and detect a violation of the one or more geographic restrictions based on a determination that the physical location associated with the intercepted file violates a geographic restriction on the location of the first person or the second person, wherein the violation of the geographic restrictions is detected based on a projected trajectory of the communication device during the communication. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The hardware memory device of claim 15, wherein the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the computer system to: select the processing rule in response to the physical location where the image file was created or edited matching a location-of-interest associated with the first person or the second person. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The hardware memory device of claim 16, wherein the location of interest includes the location of a correctional facility in which at least one of the first person and the second person are inmates. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The hardware memory device of claim 17, wherein the location of interest includes a location pre-designated as being subject to investigation.