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

Claim 0:
1. A communications platform for providing a video visitation session to an inmate of a controlled environment facility, the communications platform comprising:
a transceiver;
a memory that stores recording data associated with the video visitation session;
a router configured to route video visitation transmissions associated with the video visitation session between a communications device associated with the inmate and an outside network via the transceiver;
a monitoring subsystem configured to record, store and review the video visitation session; and
one or more processors configured to:
receive a confidentiality flag that identifies whether the video visitation session is confidential, wherein the confidentiality flag is based on the communications device;
in response to the confidentiality flag indicating that the video visitation session is not confidential, causing the video visitation transmissions to pass through the monitoring subsystem for recording and analysis; and
in response to the confidentiality flag indicating that the video visitation session is confidential, causing the video visitation transmissions to bypass the monitoring subsystem.