Systems and methods for product ordering and delivery for inmates

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12586123-B2
Application number	US-202217876246-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2022
Priority date	Apr 20, 2017
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system that includes an order processing subsystem and a delivery processing subsystem comprising at least one database and one or more processors. The one or more processors of the delivery processing subsystem is configured to receive a request for a user to access the delivery processing subsystem and a scanning device, authenticate the user by verifying the request with user credentials stored in the at least one database, provide the user with access to the delivery processing subsystem and the scanning device, receive scanned data from the scanning device, retrieve package data regarding a package for an inmate based on the scanned data from the scanning device, and generate, based on the package data, a route in the correctional facility for delivery of the package to the inmate in the correctional facility, wherein the route does not include an identity of the inmate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system for product ordering and delivery services for an inmate in a correctional facility, the system comprising:
a profile subsystem that stores an inmate profile of the inmate; and an order processing subsystem comprising one or more processors configured to:
receive a list of available products for ordering by the inmate;
generate a catalog of available products that excludes products from among the list of available products that are prohibited by the correctional facility;
provide the inmate with access to the catalog of available products;
receive data regarding an order for the inmate for one or more products selected from the catalog of available products;
generate an order number for the order of the inmate;
assign a unique tag code to the order number that contains information regarding contents of a package and an identity of the inmate;
print a label for a package containing the order, wherein the label is readable by a computer without the order number to conceal the identity of the inmate and the contents of the package using the unique tag code;
affix the printed label with the unique tag code to the package;
conduct an electronic review of the contents of the package, wherein the package does not include the order number or any information discernable to a human; and
generating a map comprising a route within the correctional facility for a person delivering the package, the route having locations marked thereon representative of a delivery destination associated with the package, wherein identity information of the inmate receiving the package is not revealed to the person delivering the package.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the unique tag code is an RFID tag or a quick response (QR) code.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the unique tag code is generated by encoding the order number and the data regarding the order of the inmate.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the label is not readable by a human.

5 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising generating instructions for packaging and delivery of the order of the inmate in another package without the order number.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the catalog is made available to the inmate through a website.

7 . A method for providing product ordering services to an inmate of a correctional facility, the method comprising:
storing an inmate profile of the inmate; receiving a list of available products for ordering by the inmate; generating a catalog of available products that excludes products from among the list of available products that are prohibited by the correctional facility; providing the inmate with access to the catalog of available products; receiving data regarding an order for the inmate for one or more products selected from the catalog of available products; generating an order number for the order of the inmate; assigning a unique tag code to the order number that contains information regarding contents of a package and an identity of the inmate; printing a label for a package containing the order, wherein the label is readable by a computer without the order number to conceal the identity of the inmate and the contents of the package using the unique tag code; affixing the printed label with the unique tag code to the package; conducting an electronic review of the contents of the package, wherein the package does not include the order number or any information discernable to a human; and generating a map comprising a route within the correctional facility for a person delivering the package, the route having locations marked thereon representative of a delivery destination associated with the package, wherein identity information of the inmate receiving the package is not revealed to the person delivering the package.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the unique tag code is an RFID tag or a quick response (QR) code.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the unique tag code is generated by encoding the order number and the data regarding the order of the inmate.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the label is not readable by a human.

11 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising generating instructions for packaging and delivery of the order for the inmate in another package without the order.

12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the catalog is made available to the inmate through a website.

13 . A method for providing product ordering services to an inmate of a correction facility, comprising:
storing an inmate profile of the inmate; receiving a list of available products for ordering by the inmate; generating a catalog of available products based on the received list of available products, the generating including:
comparing each product of the list of available products to restrictions associated with the correctional facility;
removing each product of the list of available products that is restricted by the correctional facility;
comparing each remaining product of the list of available products to inmate restrictions associated with the inmate; and
removing each product of the remaining products that is restricted by the inmate restrictions;
receiving an order from the inmate for one or more products included in the catalog of available products;
generating an order number from the order of the inmate;
assigning a unique tag code to the order number that contains information regarding contents of a package and an identity of the inmate;
printing a label for a package containing the order, wherein the label is readable by a computer without the order number to conceal the identity of the inmate and the contents of the package using and that includes the unique tag code; affixing the printed label with the unique tag code to the package; conducting an electronic review of the contents of the package, wherein the package does not include the order number or any information discernable to a human; and generating a map comprising a route within the correctional facility for a person delivering the package, the route having locations marked thereon representative of a delivery destination associated with the package, wherein identity information of the inmate receiving the package is not revealed to the person delivering the package.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the inmate restrictions are stored within the inmate profile.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the inmate restrictions are based off a behavioral or criminal history of the inmate.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the label is generated based on an encoded order number.

17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the label is further generated based on encoded identification information of the inmate.

18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the label does not contain any information discernable to a human so as to conceal the identity of the inmate and the contents of the package by use of the unique tag code.

Assignees

• Global Telstarlink Corp

Inventors

• Hodge Stephen Lee

Classifications

• G06Q10/0832

  Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods · CPC title

• G06Q50/26

  Government or public services (business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40) · CPC title

• G06K7/10237

  the reader and the record carrier being capable of selectively switching between reader and record carrier appearance, e.g. in near field communication [NFC] devices where the NFC device may function as an RFID reader or as an RFID tag · CPC title

• G06Q10/087

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title

• G06Q30/0635 Primary

  replenishment orders; recurring orders · CPC title