Patent ID: 9692718
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A computer based method for establishing messaging communications between an inmate and a contact, the method comprising: receiving a request associated with an inmate for an inmate number, the inmate permitted access to a device of a correctional institution for engaging in the messaging communications; provisioning, in response to the request for the inmate number, a virtual number and configuring the virtual number as the inmate number for receiving and transmitting messaging communications associated with the inmate; analyzing, in response to receiving a message, recipient and sender information associated with the message to identify whether the message is a first message between the inmate and the contact, the sender and recipient information comprising the inmate number and a transmitting number associated with a device of the contact; transmitting, in response to identifying the message as a first message between the inmate and the contact, notification information to the device of the contact, the notification information providing instructions for the contact to consent to monitoring of messaging communications with the inmate; receiving an indication the contact consents to the monitoring of the messaging communications with the inmate; transmitting the message for delivery to one of the device of the contact and the device of the correctional institution based on the recipient and sender information associated with the message and the indication of the consent of the contact; receiving image data corresponding to activities of the inmate while accessing the device for engaging in the messaging communications; and generating a record of the activities of the inmate in a database by associating the image data with one or more messages viewed or composed by the inmate on the device.