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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12500996 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2023

Inmate initiated video visitation system

Applicant:

Homewav, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventor:

Gary James Humphries, Virginia Beach, VA (US);

Assignee:

HomeWav, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorney:

Armstrong Teasdale, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Quoc D Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/1076 (2022.01); H04L 65/1096 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/38 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2024.01); H04M 15/08 (2006.01); H04M 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1076 (2013.01); H04L 65/1096 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04M 3/2218 (2013.01); H04M 3/2281 (2013.01); H04M 3/38 (2013.01); H04M 7/00 (2013.01); H04M 7/006 (2013.01); H04M 15/08 (2013.01); H04M 15/09 (2013.01); H04M 17/20 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04M 2201/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer implemented system includes an audio/video visitation services computer system and a database having registered inmate and visitor data. A computer device is accessible to a registered inmate and is configured to accept a selection of a registered visitor for an inmate-initiated electronic visitation session to be conducted through the audio/video visitation services computer system at the convenience of the uniquely identified registered inmate and the selected registered visitor without pre-scheduling and without any other human intervention. The system is configured to notify the selected registered visitor and automatically establish the visitation session if the selected registered visitor accepts.

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