US 11,914,742 B1
Electronic briefcases for inmate documents
John Vincent Townsend, III, Kernersville, NC (US); Timothy Edwin Pabon, Greensboro, NC (US); Rick Allen Lubbehusen, Winston Salem, NC (US); and Eugene B. Joswick, III, Marietta, GA (US)
Assigned to CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Greensboro, NC (US)
Filed by CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Greensboro, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,301.
Application 17/474,301 is a continuation of application No. 17/149,966, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,151,278.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,759, filed on Jan. 16, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 21/6227 (2013.01) [G06F 16/1774 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2145 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2147 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a processor:
generating a scan comprising one or more images of a postal mail item intended for an inmate of a confinement institution;
receiving an approval of the scan from an administrator, wherein the scan is flagged for investigator review;
based on the approval, storing the scan in a redacted form at a storage location on an electronic storage device;
providing a first user interface comprising a first representation corresponding to the scan at the storage location, wherein the first user interface is accessible by the inmate and comprises representations that are selectable to access items of a first collection of items associated with the inmate, wherein the first representation on the first user interface indicates that the postal mail item has been received and scanned, and provides access to view an unredacted portion of the scan while withholding access to view a redacted portion of the scan;
providing a second user interface comprising a second representation corresponding to the scan at the first storage location, wherein the second user interface is accessible by a reviewer other than the inmate and comprises representations that are selectable to access items of a second collection of items for review, the second collection of items for review corresponding to items associated with multiple inmates, wherein the second user interface provides access to view the redacted portion of the scan; and
receiving a clearance from the investigator via the second user interface, the clearance indicating that the redacted portion of the scan is cleared for inmate access; and
based on the clearance, un-redacting the redacted portion of the scan to enable access via the first representation on the first user interface.