Patents
US 12299177 B2: Wearable devices in a controlled environment
- Granted
- 2025-05-13
- Filed
- 2023-12-08 application 18534053
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A wearable device and method for operating the wearable device in a controlled environment customizes a dynamic user interface on the wearable device to display or prevent the display of applications on the wearable device based at least in part on a determined location of the wearable device within the controlled environment. The dynamic user interface can include a physical or virtual keyboard. The wearable device is lockable such that it may only be removed when in a location where removal is permissible after expiration of a locking timer or receive of an unlocking administrative command. The wearable device can also monitor information regarding at least one of the inmate of the wearable device, such as biometric information, and the physical environment in which the wearable device is located, such as ambient audio and/or video.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250513.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F21/629 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61B | Diagnosis; surgery; identification | A61B5/117 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L63/102 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04W | Wireless communication networks | H04W12/08 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HODGE, STEPHEN L. signed 2017-03-22 | GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION RESTON, VA | 70690/707 | 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 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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