Patent ID: 9591048
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A communications system for a detention environment, said system comprising: terminals for generating and receiving audio signals, said terminals being located within the detention environment, for use by detained residents of the detention environment; a monitoring device that provides continuous monitoring throughout the duration of a communication of voice biometrics verification and quality of voice; an evaluation device for evaluating communications signals corresponding to the audio signal, and generating an output signal upon detection of an event from the communication signal, the evaluation device being capable of detecting each of the following events: (1) speech of a predetermined language, (2) a participant being flagged as a subject of interest that is detected by voice biometrics verification, and (3) use of a video conferencing system or a peer-to-peer audio system; and a gateway device for receiving the output signal from the evaluation device, and for changing one or more codecs applied to the audio signals, such that the gateway device changes the one or more codecs to a higher quality codec in response to the event indicated by the output signal.