Telecommunications technology
AssigneeT. W. Vending, Inc.
InventorSam Bengston
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Abstract
An inmate telecommunications system, apparatus and method. The system enables muting of the incoming audio of one of the call parties of a cell being monitored. A phone switch isolates the non-muted call channel and sends the audio to the monitoring individual.
Claims10
A secure facility telecommunications system comprising a monitored phone, an outside telecommunication line, an audio monitoring station communicatively connectible to the monitored phone and the outside telecommunication line, and means to mute an audio channel which the audio monitoring station receives from the phone to be monitored or an external phone connected to the outside telecommunication line.
A secure jail facility telecommunications system that permits muting of incoming audio of one of the call parties between an inmate and an outside party to avoid efforts to disrupt conversation monitoring, comprising
- a. a monitored inmate phone,
- b. a VOIP outside telecommunication line,
- c. an audio monitoring station communicatively connectible to the monitored phone and the outside telecommunication line, the audio monitoring station is adapted to be used by an authorized jail officer, and
- d. means to mute an audio channel which the audio monitoring station receives from the phone to be monitored or an external phone connected to the outside telecommunication line, wherein the means to mute includes an phone switch located externally with respect to the secure facility and contains call channel isolation logic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.