Patent ID: 9614955
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for monitoring use of a wireless communication device in a prison facility, the system comprising one or more circuits configured to: receive authorization information from the wireless communication device via a private network of the prison facility; validate the wireless communication device for use with the private network based on the received authorization information; receive a request for a communication from the wireless communication device following a successful validation of the wireless communication device; perform the requested communication with the wireless communication device after an initial authentication of a user of the wireless communication device is performed; perform an action to the requested communication in response to failing a continued authentication of the user of the wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device performs continued authentication that uses authentication information from the user that is provided continuously or at a given authentication interval; and receive sensed environment information from the wireless communication device via the private network, wherein the sensed environment information is associated with monitoring activities of one or more inmates of the prison facility, wherein the sensed environment information is separate from the requested communication, and wherein the wireless communication device includes at least one sensor to provide the sensed environment information.