Providing Remote Visitation and Other Services to Non-Residents of Controlled-Environment Facilities via Display Devices
AssigneeSecurus Technologies, Inc.
InventorAdam C. Edwards
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing remote visitation and other services to non-residents of controlled-environment facilities via display devices. In some embodiments, a method may include performing, by one or more computer systems, receiving a command to initiate a remote visitation session between a resident and a non-resident of a controlled-environment facility, and enabling the non-resident's participation in the remote visitation session, wherein the non-resident participates in the remote visitation session using a display device selected from the group consisting of: a display device set, a projector, and a monitor.
Claims20
A system for providing visitation services to residents of a controlled-environment facility, the system comprising:
- a video visitation device configured to allow a resident of the controlled-environment facility to issue a request for a video visitation session with a non-resident of the controlled-environment facility;
- a visitation scheduling system operable to receive the request for the visitation video session between the resident and the non-resident and further operable to determine whether the requested video visitation session is available to the resident based upon a schedule of the resident and a schedule of the controlled-environment facility;
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- a visitation system operable to interoperate with a streaming plug-in used by the non-resident and the video visitation device of the resident, wherein the non-resident accesses the streaming plug-in via a television display device, and wherein the visitation system provides a user interface that allows the resident and non-resident to participate in the video visitation session, and wherein the non-resident operates the user interface via the streaming plug-in, and wherein the resident operates the user interface via the video visitation device.
A method for providing visitation services to residents of a controlled-environment facility, the method comprising:
- receiving a request from a video visitation device used by a resident of the controlled-environment facility for a video visitation session with a non-resident of the controlled-environment facility;
- determining whether the requested video visitation session is available to the resident based upon a schedule of the resident and a schedule of the controlled-environment facility;
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- providing a user interface that allows the resident and non-resident to participate in the video visitation session, wherein the user interface is operated by the non-resident via a streaming plug-in that is accessed by the resident via a television display device, and wherein the user interface is operated by the resident via the video visitation device.
A computer-readable storage device having program instructions stored thereon for providing visitation services to residents of a controlled-environment facility, upon execution by a one or more processors, the program instructions cause the one or more processors to:
- receive a request from a video visitation device used by a resident of the controlled-environment facility for a video visitation session with a non-resident of the controlled-environment facility;
- determine whether the requested video visitation session is available to the resident based upon a schedule of the resident and a schedule of the controlled-environment facility;
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- provide a user interface that allows the resident and non-resident to participate in the video visitation session, wherein the user interface is operated by the non-resident via a streaming plug-in that is accessed by the resident via a television display device, and wherein the user interface is operated by the resident via the video visitation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.