Authentication and control of incoming communication
AssigneeGlobal Tel*Link Corporation
InventorStephen Lee Hodge
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Abstract
An incoming communication processing system and method is disclosed for providing communication and data services to residents of a controlled facility. Specifically, the incoming communication processing system allows outside parties to initiate communications to residents of a controlled facility. The incoming communication processing system may work in conjunction with or separately from an outgoing communication processing system. Many restrictions and safeguards may be implemented within the incoming communication system in order to prevent improper use.
Claims17
A method for authenticating an incoming communication, comprising:
- receiving the incoming communication that includes information of a resident of a facility;
- determining a plurality of identifications of the incoming communication that include a time period of day, a communication type, and geographic information outside of the facility;
- determining that a combination of at least two identifications of the plurality of identifications matches restriction data of an incoming communication system, wherein the restriction data indicate rules for blocking the incoming communication;
- blocking the incoming communication to the resident of the facility in response to the determining;
- and
- synchronizing the restriction data of the incoming communication system with restriction data of an outgoing communication system to generate synchronized restriction data, wherein the outgoing communication system is independent of the incoming communication system.
An incoming communication processing system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
- receive an incoming communication that includes information of a resident of a facility;
- determine a plurality of identifications of the incoming communication that include a time period of day, a communication type, and geographic information outside of the facility;
- determine that a combination of at least two identifications of the plurality of identifications matches restriction data of the incoming communication processing system;
- block the incoming communication to the resident of the facility in response to the determining;
- and
- synchronize the restriction data of the incoming communication processing system with restriction data of an outgoing communication system to generate synchronized restriction data, wherein the outgoing communication system is independent of the incoming communication processing system.
A non-transitory computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an incoming communication that includes information of a resident of a facility;
- determining a plurality of identifications of the incoming communication that include a time period of day, a communication type, and geographic information outside of the facility;
- determining that a combination of at least two identifications of the plurality of identifications matches restriction data of an incoming communication system;
- blocking the incoming communication to the resident of the facility in response to the determining;
- and
- synchronizing the restriction data of the incoming communication system with restriction data of an outgoing communication system to generate synchronized restriction data, wherein the outgoing communication system is independent of the incoming communication system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.