US 10,819,704 B2 · System and method for authenticating called parties of individuals within a controlled environment

Abstract

A method and system are described for enhancing the security of calls made by a member of a controlled environment to an outside party, particularly when the outside party communicates via a cellular phone. An application is provided for the cellular device, which must communicate and register with a calling platform of the controlled environment. Certain elements of personal verification data are obtained by the user of the cellular device and stored at the calling platform for later reference. Calls from the inmate to the cellular device cause the calling platform to issue a notification to the user via the application. The user verifies his/her identity using the application, after which the call can be connected. As a further security measure, certain conditions can be required and periodically checked during the call to ensure the user remains verified.

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Dependent claims

A call processing platform for processing telecommunications of a controlled environment, comprising:

a source database that stores a list of reputable sources;
one or more circuits and/or processors configured to:
set up a user account, the setup including:
communicating with an application running on a mobile device associated with a user;
handshaking with the application;
receiving an image of a personal physical printed document of the user via the application;
extracting first personal verification information printed on the personal physical printed document from the image using optical character recognition;
extracting second personal verification information printed on the personal physical printed document from the image using optical character recognition;
determining a source of the personal physical document based on the extracted second personal verification information;
comparing the determined source to the list of reputable sources stored in the source database;
and
registering the user, based on the comparing, by storing the first personal verification information included in the image in association with an identifier of the mobile device.

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A call processing platform for processing telecommunications of a controlled environment, the call processing platform comprising:

a source database that stores a list of reputable sources;
one or more processors and/or circuits configured to:
communicate with an application running on a mobile device associated with a user;
handshake with the application;
receive an image of a personal physical printed document from the application;
extract first personal information printed on the personal physical printed document from the image using optical character recognition;
extract second personal verification information printed on the personal physical printed document from the image using optical character recognition;
determine a source of the personal physical document based on the extracted second personal verification information;
compare the determined source to the list of reputable sources stored in the source database;
verify the extracted personal information based on information stored in a second database;
and
issue a multi-character acceptance code to the user following the verification.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for authenticating called parties of individuals within a controlled environment

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System and method for authenticating called parties of individuals within a controlled environment

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