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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2021
Confinement Telephony Technology, Llc, Greensboro, NC (US);
John Vincent Townsend, III, Kernersville, NC (US);
Rick Allen Lubbehusen, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Jeffrey Adam Livaudais, Summerfield, NC (US);
Timothy Edwin Pabon, Greensboro, NC (US);
Johnnie Richard Tayloe, Rural Hall, NC (US);
Confinement Telephony Technology, LLC, Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
Implementations disclosed herein provide a charging station configured to attach to or be positioned adjacent to a wall in a confinement institution and to simultaneously charge multiple tablets, mobile phones, laptops, or other portable electronic devices. In some implementations, the charging station is configured with protective sides that may help protect inserted electronic devices from damage. The charging and use of the electronic devices within the confinement institution may be automatically managed based connections at the charging stations, communications with the electronic devices, audio, images, or video of the electronic devices or users captured cameras on the charging station or the electronic devices, and/or information provided by the users.