Patent ID: 9516030
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of accepting responses to multiple different queries originating from a single mobile telephone number or SMS short code and pertaining to a resident of a secure facility, said method comprising: generating an electronic message from a person outside a detention environment to a resident of the detention environment via a communications module and transmitting messages to the resident of the secure facility using the single mobile telephone number or SMS short code, and causing each message to prompt a response; generating a unique set of numbers, characters, keywords, or methods, via a processing center and causing the unique set to remain effective for the resident only for a predetermined period of time, and converting the electronic message from an electronic messaging format to and from a different format suitable for delivery to and from a terminal located inside the detention environment, and wherein the terminal is used by the resident of the detention environment and others confined within the detention environment and subsequently verifying that the resident of the detention environment is authorized to communicate with the person outside the detention environment, the processing center further comprising a database and a processor, the database storing rehabilitation milestone information established by the detention environment, and the processor generating a message automatically in response to the rehabilitation milestone information; and subsequently, a transmission module transmitting the electronic message to the terminal located in the detention environment, wherein the terminal further comprises an interactive audio/video platform.