Patent ID: 11871073
Assignee: GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method for providing a video visitation session to an inmate of a controlled environment facility, the method comprising:
receiving video visitation transmissions associated with the video visitation session from one of an inmate device associated with the inmate or an outside device associated with an outside party;
receiving a confidentiality flag that identifies whether the video visitation session is confidential or non-confidential, wherein the confidentiality flag is based on the inmate device;
routing the video visitation transmissions between the inmate device and the outside device through a monitoring system for recording, storing, and reviewing the video visitation transmission in response to the confidentiality flag identifying the video visitation session as non-confidential; and
bypassing the monitoring system in response to the confidentiality flag identifying the video visitation session as confidential.