Dynamic controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device user interfaces

A method for providing a controlled-environment facility resident user interface on controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media devices, the method comprising:

• running a controlled-environment facility resident user interface on top of, or as part of, an operating system of a controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device;
• requesting and accepting, by the controlled-environment facility resident user interface, identification information from a controlled-environment facility resident operating the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device;
• verifying, by the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device, the identification information;
• presenting, by the controlled-environment facility resident user interface, on the screen of the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device, icons to launch application programs available for use by the controlled-environment facility resident operating the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device, dynamically arranging the icons on the screen of the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device in accordance with criteria selected or defined by the controlled-environment facility housing the controlled-environment facility resident or a controlled-environment facility vendor, in compliance with rules and regulations of the controlled-environment facility housing the controlled-environment facility resident as applicable with respect to the controlled-environment facility resident;
• wherein the criteria selected or defined by the controlled-environment facility housing the controlled-environment facility resident or the controlled-environment facility vendor comprises arranging the icons on the screen of the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device in an order with the icons for application programs having the greatest bandwidth availability at the time presented first or with the icons for application programs providing the most revenue to the respective one of the controlled-environment facility housing the controlled-environment facility resident or the controlled-environment facility vendor presented first.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device, cause the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device to:

• run a controlled-environment facility resident user interface on top of, or as part of, an operating system of the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device;
• request and accept identification information from a controlled-environment facility resident operating the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device;
• verify the identification information;
• present icons to launch application programs available for use by the controlled-environment facility resident on a screen of the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device;
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• dynamically arrange the icons on the screen of the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device in accordance with criteria selected or defined by the controlled-environment facility housing the controlled-environment facility resident or a controlled-environment facility vendor, in compliance with rules and regulations of the controlled-environment facility housing the controlled-environment facility resident as applicable with respect to the controlled-environment facility resident;
• wherein the criteria selected or defined by the controlled-environment facility housing the controlled-environment facility resident or the controlled-environment facility vendor comprises arranging the icons on the screen of the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device in an order with the icons for application programs having the greatest bandwidth availability at the time presented first or with the icons for application programs providing the most revenue to the respective one of the controlled-environment facility housing the controlled-environment facility resident or the controlled-environment facility vendor presented first.