Secure exchange of digital content
AssigneeSecurus Technologies, Inc.
InventorRyan Jacob Shapiro
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Abstract
The invention includes delivering and monitoring digital content distributed to correctional facility inmates, giving supervisory authorities the ability to screen the incoming digital content. Digital content can include email, and stored and steamed video content, and can be scanned for keywords by supervisory authorities before delivery to an inmate. A computer kiosk can be used by inmates to view and record digital video content. A portable player is provided to inmates which can be used to play, and in some embodiments record, digital content. The player is issued to a particular inmate, and can only be used with respect to that particular inmate's digital content. The kiosk, and in some embodiments, the player, can be used to shop for items available at a store, for example a commissary.
Claims20
A touchscreen kiosk configured to provide inmates of a controlled-environment facility with access to content stored by a content system, wherein the kiosk is configured to:
- identify a first inmate using the kiosk based on inputs provided by the first inmate, wherein the inputs comprise an inmate identifier provided by the first inmate;
- determine a coupling of a first personal portable inmate device to the kiosk;
- receive a unique inmate identifier from the first personal portable inmate device, wherein the unique inmate identifier is permanently encoded in a memory of the first personal portable inmate device;
- determine when the inputs provided by the first inmate match the unique inmate identifier received from the first personal portable inmate device;
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- when the inputs provided by the first inmate do not match the unique inmate identifier received from the first personal portable inmate device, lock the first personal portable inmate device.
A system configured to provide an inmate of a controlled-environment facility with access to content stored by a content system, the system comprises:
- a touchscreen kiosk configured to:
- identify a first inmate using the kiosk based on inputs provided by the first inmate, wherein the inputs comprise an inmate identifier provided by the first inmate;
- detect a coupling of a first personal portable inmate device to a kiosk;
- determine when the inputs provided by the first inmate match a unique inmate identifier received from the first personal portable inmate device;
- when the inputs provided by the first inmate do not match the unique inmate identifier received from the first personal portable inmate device, lock the first personal portable inmate device;
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- the first personal portable inmate device identified by a unique machine identifier, wherein the first personal portable inmate device is configured to:
- couple to the kiosk;
- transmit the unique inmate identifier to the kiosk via the coupling, wherein the transmitted unique inmate identifier is permanently encoded in a memory of the first personal portable inmate device.
A method for providing an inmate of a controlled-environment facility with access to content stored by a content system, the method comprises:
- identifying a first inmate using a touchscreen kiosk based on inputs provided by the first inmate, the inputs comprising an inmate identifier provided by the first inmate;
- detecting a coupling of a first personal portable inmate device to a kiosk, wherein the first personal portable inmate device is identified by a unique machine identifier;
- detecting a unique inmate identifier transmitted from the first personal portable inmate device to the kiosk via the coupling, wherein the transmitted unique inmate identifier is permanently encoded in a memory of the first personal portable inmate device;
- determining when the inputs provided by the first inmate match a unique inmate identifier received from the first personal portable inmate device;
- and
- when the inputs provided by the first inmate do not match the unique inmate identifier received from the first personal portable inmate device, locking the first personal portable inmate device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.