Patent ID: 9674338
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless communication device for use in a prison facility, the wireless communication device comprising one or more circuits configured to: perform an initial authentication of an inmate user of the wireless communication device; permit bidirectional wireless communication with the wireless communication device that is initiated by the inmate user after the initial authentication of the inmate user; limit the bidirectional wireless communication to a wireless network of the prison facility; perform, at least in part, a continued authentication of the inmate user using authentication information provided by the inmate user, wherein the authentication information from the inmate user for the continued authentication is provided continuously or at a given authentication interval; in response to failing the continued authentication of the inmate user, perform one of: cause the wireless communication device to enter a lock-down mode, terminate the bidirectional wireless communication, or suspend the bidirectional wireless communication; and receive sensed environment information from at least one sensor in the wireless communication device for re-transmission via the wireless network, the one or more circuits configured to provide the received sensed environment information to a monitoring station associated with the prison facility to allow the wireless communication device to be located by administration personnel of the prison facility.