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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Securus Technologies, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Matthew Richard Smith, McKinney, TX (US);
Russell Wayne Roberts, Colleyville, TX (US);
Ligit Koodarathil Mathew, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Securus Technologies, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Providing video mail to and from residents of controlled-environment facilities may include presenting a resident or non-resident a user interface and receiving a selection to send video mail. Whereupon, the user may be offered a selection to either upload a video or image or to capture a video or image. A selection by the user is accepted and in response to a selection to upload a video or image file, the user may be presented a file selection interface to enter a video or image filename and/or browse for a video or image file. In response to a selection to capture a video or image, the user may be presented a video or image capture interface for capturing the video or image, such as by using a camera of the host device. The selected or recorded video or image may then be uploaded and presented to the recipient for viewing.