Controlled Environment Media and Communication System
AssigneeGlobal Tel*Link Corporation
InventorStephen L. HODGE
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Abstract
The Controlled Environment Media And Communication System delivers communications services to residents of controlled facilities using a common network architecture. Some of the communications capabilities of the Controlled Environment Media And Communication System include media distribution, video visitation, intra-facility messaging, and other such communications services.
Claims20
A media distribution system for distributing media and facilitating video visitation within a secured facility, the media distribution system being available to a resident of the secured facility, the media distribution system comprising:
- a media distribution server configured to receive media from a media source and make media available on a network;
- a video visitation server configured to conduct video visitation sessions between a first video visitation endpoint and a second video visitation endpoint, at least one of the first and second video visitation endpoints having connectivity to the network;
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- an access kiosk placed within a residential unit of a secured facility and accessible by the resident, the access kiosk configured to:
- communicate with the video visitation server over the network to participate in video visitation sessions with one or more other video visitation endpoints;
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- receive media from the media distribution server over the network and playback the media for consumption.
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A media distribution system for distributing media to a resident of a secured facility, the media distribution system comprising:
- a media distribution server configured to receive media from a media source and make media available on a network;
- a media playback device associated with the resident and configured to provide an interface through which the resident can communicate with the media distribution server, and to playback media received from the media distribution server;
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- a network configured to provide communicative connectivity between the media playback device and the media distribution server.
A media distribution system for distributing media to a resident of a secured facility, the media distribution system comprising:
- a network;
- a media distribution server configured to:
- receive a plurality of media items from at least one media source;
- generate a catalog of the received plurality of media items;
- make the received plurality of media items and the catalog accessible on the network;
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- a media playback device associated with the resident configured to:
- provide the resident with an interface by which the resident accesses the media distribution server and views the catalog;
- receive a selected media item from the media distribution server based on a selection of the resident;
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- playback the received selected media item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.