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 method for transmitting emergency communications within a media distribution and communications system in a secured facility, the method comprising:
- receiving an emergency signal from an administrative terminal, the emergency signal indicative of an emergency within the secured facility;
- transmitting the emergency signal and a wake signal from the administrative terminal to a communications device that is in a standby state;
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- in response to receiving the emergency signal and the wake signal, waking the communications device from a standby state to an operational state and displaying an emergency notification on the media consumption device indicative of the received emergency signal.
A method for transmitting emergency communications within a media distribution and communications system in a secured facility, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a controlled facility, a message, an emergency flag, and a recipient designation from a user, and to package the message, the emergency flag, and the recipient designation into a message package;
- transmit the message package to a central server;
- determining destination addresses based on the recipient designation;
- generating an emergency signal;
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- transmitting the message and the emergency signal to the destination addresses.
A method for distributing an emergency notification to residents of a controlled environment facility, the method comprising:
- receiving a message package from a user of an administrative terminal, the message including an emergency flag;
- authenticating an identity of the user based on information included in the message;
- transmitting the message to a plurality of inmate devices based on the authentication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.