Communications system for residents of secure facility
AssigneeIntelmate LLC
InventorsRichard Torgersrud, James D. Alessio, John S. Yamasaki, Nicolas Garcia, Devon B. Lindsey
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Abstract
A system and a method are provide for two-way communications, automated request handling, and push notifications, via SMS, MMS, IM, email, and other electronic messaging systems, between (1) residents confined to a secure facility, such as a jail or a prison, and (2) persons located outside the secure facility who have friendly or family relationships with the confined residents.
Claims2
A method of accepting responses to multiple different queries originating from a single mobile telephone number or SMS short code and pertaining to a resident of a secure facility, said method comprising:
- transmitting messages to the resident of the secure facility using the single mobile telephone number or SMS short code, and causing each message to prompt a response;
- generating a unique set of numbers, characters, keywords, or methods, and causing the unique set to remain effective for the resident only for a predetermined period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.