Patents
US 12250187 B2: System and method for inmate notification and training in a controlled environment facility
- Granted
- 2025-03-11
- Filed
- 2022-11-17 application 17989394
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A messaging system for relaying messages to groups of inmates located in one or more controlled-environment facilities. The system receives a message from a user and a recipient designation identifying those inmates designated for receiving the message. The system performs a content check of the message or requests administrator authorization of the message, and then packages the message in a format designated by the facility. The packaged message includes the message itself, and also recipient information and other delivery information. The message may be packaged uniquely according to facility specifications. At the facility, the received message is unpacked. Recipients are identified from the recipient designation in the message, and delivery methods are retrieved for each of the intended recipients. Delivery of the message is then carried out, at a time designated in the message, according to the retrieved delivery methods.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250311.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Tel*Link Corporation 325 patents | US company or organization | Reston, VA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Lee Hodge | Krugerville, TX | 309 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L51/212 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q50/26 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HODGE, STEPHEN L. signed 2017-04-26 | GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION RESTON, VA | 70035/773 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-08-07 | Security interest Security interest Patent security agreement | GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION signed 2024-08-06 DSI-ITI, INC. signed 2024-08-06 VALUE-ADDED COMMUNICATIONS, INC. signed 2024-08-06 TOUCHPAY HOLDINGS, LLC signed 2024-08-06 RENOVO SOFTWARE, INC. signed 2024-08-06 INTELMATE LLC signed 2024-08-06 3V TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED signed 2024-08-06 | TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT DALLAS, TX | 68510/764 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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