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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2024
Confinement Telephony Technology, Llc, Greensboro, NC (US);
Rick Allen Lubbehusen, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John Vincent Townsend, Iii, Kernersville, NC (US);
Timothy Edwin Pabon, Greensboro, NC (US);
Shannon Neil Simpson, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
Some implementations enable an inmate communication session without requiring a call be accepted. An inmate initiates a request that is sent to a non-inmate. The request may request that the non-inmate participate in a future communication session. The non-inmate at some point (potentially long after receiving the request), responds to the request by providing input on their device. A scheduling device, in accordance with receiving a response from the second device in response to the request, schedules the communication session at a future time and notifies the inmate and non-inmate of scheduling of the communication session. At the future time, the scheduling device triggers creation of a virtual conference room. In response to a first message from an inmate device, the inmate device is joined to the virtual conference and, in response to a second message from a non-inmate device, the non-inmate device is joined to the virtual conference.