Patent ID: 9444574
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04K,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An inmate telephone system incorporating a cellular telephone detection system for detecting unauthorized cellular telephone usage within predetermined zones within a facility, comprising: an inmate telephone call processing system; a first cellular telephone transmission detector having a first zone of detection and configured to produce a first detection signal upon detection of a cellular telephone transmission within the first zone of detection without providing telecommunications services, the first detection signal indicating that the first cellular telephone transmission was detected within the first zone of detection, the first detection signal including information as to location of the first cellular telephone transmission detector; a second cellular telephone transmission detector having a second zone of detection and configured to produce a second detection signal upon detection of the cellular telephone transmission within the second zone of detection without providing telecommunications services, the second detection signal indicating that the second cellular telephone transmission was detected within the second zone of detection, the second detection signal including information as to location of the second cellular telephone transmission detector; and a cellular telephone detector processor having an interface device coupled to each of the first and second cellular telephone transmission detectors, the cellular telephone detector processor configured to: wherein the notification message includes an identification of the detected cellular telephone transmission, a date and time of the detected cellular telephone transmission, and location information identifying the first zone of detection and the second zone of detection, wherein the notification message is in a format selected from a group comprising of email messages, telephonic voice messages, text messages, and information records, wherein the first cellular detector can adjust the range of the first zone.