Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inbound calls to intelligent controlled-environment facility resident media and/or communications devices
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Application No.: US15583751Application Date: 2017-05-01
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Publication No.: US10063692B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Luke Keiser , Scott Passe , Krishna Balantrapu , Alexander Noland
- Applicant: Securus Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Carrollton
- Assignee: Securus Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Securus Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Carrollton
- Agency: Fogarty LLP
- Main IPC: H04M15/00
- IPC: H04M15/00 ; H04M3/22 ; H04M3/436 ; H04M3/42 ; H04W12/06 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
An inbound call connection request may be received from a non-resident, directed to a controlled-environment facility resident and/or the resident's device. A determination may be made that a calling account of the resident does not have sufficient funds to pay for the inbound call, whereupon a message may be provided to the non-resident offering billing options, including at least a wireless carrier billing option, to complete the call connection. The call may be connected with the resident device in response to a determination a calling account of the inmate has sufficient funds to pay for the call or acceptance of one of the payment methods by the non-resident, along with authentication that the non-resident is associated with an address identifier (AID) of the resident device, and verification that the resident operating the device is associated with the AID of the device.
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