Patent ID: 8478234

Claim:
A system for controlling, monitoring, and recording of wireless telecommunications services associated with penal institutions, comprising: a processor; a memory; and an application that, when executed on the processor, receives a first transmission from a first telephone number, the first transmission requesting a voice communication session with a portable electronic device associated with a penal institution, analyzes a first file containing a listing of at least one telephone number authorized to originate voice communication sessions with the portable electronic device, analyzes a second file describing authorized days and time periods for the portable electronic device to engage in voice communication sessions originated by the first telephone number, determines, based on the analysis of the first file and the second file, that the portable electronic device is authorized to engage in the voice communication session requested in the first transmission, originates a second transmission to the portable electronic device, and connects the first transmission with the second transmission, wherein the application monitors, records, and analyzes voice communication sessions engaged in by the portable electronic device, wherein the portable electronic device is in possession of a detainee of the penal institution, and wherein the portable electronic device receives transmissions solely from the application.