US 12,265,572 B2
Controlled environment secure media streaming system
Stephen Lee Hodge, Aubrey, TX (US)
Assigned to Global Tel*Link Corporation, Reston, VA (US)
Filed by Global Tel*Link Corporation, Reston, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,218.
Application 17/707,218 is a continuation of application No. 16/737,053, filed on Jan. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,294,948.
Application 16/737,053 is a continuation of application No. 15/663,507, filed on Jul. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,565,247, issued on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377114 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/12 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); H04L 65/1059 (2022.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 16/435 (2019.01) [G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/121 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01); H04L 65/1059 (2013.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.05); H04N 7/147 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multimedia distribution server for providing multimedia content to inmates of a controlled environment facility, comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate with a wireless communication device assigned to an inmate and an external server;
a memory that stores an inmate profile associated with the inmate; and
one or more processors configured to:
receive a request for a unit of content from the wireless communication device assigned to the inmate;
determining whether the requested unit of content is available at the external server;
receive the unit of content from the external server in response to determining that the requested unit of content is available at the external server, or from a cloud service in response to determining that the requested unit of content is unavailable at the external server;
analyze the unit of content for restricted content based on the inmate profile, the analyzing including first analyzing the unit of content based on facility-level content restrictions associated with the controlled environment facility, and second analyzing the unit of content based on device-level content restrictions associated with the wireless communication device;
determine, based on the inmate profile, whether a current time of day is within a time period during which new content is permitted to be transferred to the wireless communication device assigned to the inmate;
distribute or withhold the unit of content based on the analyzing and the determining;
generate a usage information report comprising information to identify content transmitted to the wireless communication device and the assigned inmate; and
transmit the usage information report to the external server,
wherein the facility-level content restrictions are applied to all inmates of the controlled environment facility, and
wherein the device-level content restrictions are applied only to the wireless communication device assigned to the inmate,
wherein the restricted content includes at least one of physical violence and breaking out of prison.