Contraband wireless communications device identification in controlled-environment facilities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9854087-B1
Application number	US-201514848752-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 9, 2015
Priority date	Sep 9, 2015
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

Systems and methods for identification of a controlled-environment facility resident in possession of a contraband communications device capture or otherwise accept managed access data and/or contraband communications device assessment data for contraband communications devices operating in the controlled-environment facility. Controlled-environment facility resident call data for each resident of the controlled-environment facility is gathered from the controlled-environment facility resident communications system. Correlations in the managed access data and/or assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data are analyzed to identify each resident of the controlled-environment facility in possession of a contraband communications device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for identification of a controlled-environment facility resident in possession of a contraband wireless communications device, the method comprising:
capturing wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data for contraband wireless communications devices operating in the controlled-environment facility, by at least one of a wireless managed access system and a contraband wireless communications device assessment system;
gathering, by a controlled-environment facility resident communications system, controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data for each resident of the controlled-environment facility; and
identifying correlations in the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data, thereby identifying each resident of the controlled-environment facility in possession of a contraband wireless communications device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein captured wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data comprises telephone numbers called or text messaged by the contraband wireless communications devices operating in the controlled-environment facility.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein gathered controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data comprises telephone numbers called or text messaged by each resident, via the controlled-environment facility resident communications system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
captured wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data for the contraband wireless communications devices operating in the controlled-environment facility comprises telephone numbers called or text messaged by the contraband wireless communications devices operating in the controlled-environment facility;
gathered controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data comprises telephone numbers called or text messaged by each resident, via the controlled-environment facility resident communications system; and
identifying correlations in the data comprises identifying one or more residents who called or text messaged a same number via the controlled-environment facility resident communications system that appears in the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data for contraband wireless communications devices operating in the controlled-environment facility to identify each resident of the controlled-environment facility in possession of a contraband wireless communications device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying correlations in the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data comprises identifying correlations between the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data of a plurality of residents and the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data of a single contraband wireless communications device operating in the controlled-environment facility, thereby identifying each of a plurality of residents of the controlled-environment facility using the single contraband wireless communications device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying correlations in the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data further comprises determining a threshold volume of calls to one or more telephone numbers called or text messaged by contraband wireless communications devices operating in the controlled-environment facility to establish a high probability that a particular resident of the controlled-environment facility who had called the one or more numbers via the controlled-environment facility resident communications system, is in possession of a contraband wireless communications device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying correlations in the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data further comprises determining multiple phone numbers called or text messaged by a contraband wireless communications device correlate with a single resident of the controlled-environment facility.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying correlations in the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data further comprises determining a number of residents who have called or text messaged captured numbers.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying correlations in the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data further comprises identifying correlations in numbers called or messaged by contraband wireless communications devices by the device international mobile station equipment identity (IMEI) or mobile equipment identifier (MEID) with one or more residents who called or messaged a same number via the controlled-environment facility resident communications system.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying correlations in the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data further comprises detecting when a resident has ceased to use or has greatly reduced use of the controlled-environment facility resident communications system to place calls.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying each resident of the controlled-environment facility in possession of a contraband wireless communications device further comprises correlating a housing unit a resident is located in with contraband wireless communications device location data from the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising observing timing of identified correlated communications for determining if a contraband wireless communications device used for the correlated communications is being used by more than one resident at different times.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising observing call volume after a last identified correlated communication by a contraband wireless communications device used for the correlated communication to determine a resident that last had possession of a particular contraband wireless communications device.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising correlating captured keywords from text messages sent by contraband wireless communications devices with resident data from the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data to identifying each resident of the controlled-environment facility in possession of a contraband wireless communications device.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying correlations in the wireless managed access data and/or contraband wireless communications device assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data, further comprises correlating captured bi

Assignees

• Securus Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Solid Kelly S
• Baker Mark

Classifications

• H04M15/61

  based on the service used · CPC title

• H04M3/2218

  Call detail recording · CPC title

• H04L43/04

  Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04M15/41

  Billing record details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure of call data record [CDR] · CPC title