Systems and methods for acquiring, accessing, and analyzing investigative information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9990683-B2
Application number	US-201615135199-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2016
Priority date	Apr 29, 2002
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods which provide availability of information on a network wide basis, with the network or information technology (IT) fabric spanning a wide range of institutions and other sources of information, including correctional facilities, without regard to which jurisdiction the source of information belongs, e.g. police, courts, federal investigation agencies, public databases etcetera. Embodiments provide an electronic based capability to identify useful information and for locating, collecting, compiling, aggregating, distilling, and/or reporting robust data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An investigative information system comprising:
a communication services module operable to provide a direct telephonic communication between a resident of a controlled environment facility and a non-resident, wherein one of the resident and the non-resident is a dialing party to the direct telephonic communication, and the other of the resident and the non-resident is a dialed party to the direct telephonic communication; and
an investigative tools module in communication with the communication services module operable to:
identify that the direct telephonic communication is between the resident and the non-resident,
provide, via a user interface on a communication device, an indication that the direct telephonic communication is ongoing, responsive to identifying the direct telephonic communication is between the resident and the non-resident, and
allow an investigator, via the communication device, to connect to and monitor the direct telephonic communication in a muted state while the direct telephonic communication is ongoing, wherein during the muted state, all interference from the investigator, the communication device, and a combination thereof is prohibited from entering the direct telephonic communication.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the investigative tools module further comprises a word search module configured to implement speech to text analysis to identify particular words within the direct telephonic communication and place event identifiers in association therewith, wherein responsive to identifying one or more of the particular words within the direct telephonic communication, the investigative tools module is configured to enable connection of the investigator to the direct telephonic communication.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the investigative tools module comprises an event detection module configured to identify a particular event being initiated with respect to the direct telephonic communication and to place event identifiers in association therewith.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the investigative tools module further allows the investigator to control one or more aspects of the direct telephonic communication.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more aspects comprises termination of the direct telephonic communication.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more aspects comprises muting at least one party of the direct telephonic communication.

7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more aspects comprises the investigator barging into the direct telephonic communication.

8. An investigative information system, comprising:
an information portal operable to provide a user interface;
an investigative tools module in communication with information portal, the investigative tools module operable to:
display, via the user interface, an indication of an on-going telephone call between a first party and a second party, wherein the first party is a resident of a correctional facility;
display, via the user interface, identifying information of the first party to the on-going telephone call;
display, via the user interface, identifying information of the correctional facility;
display, via the user interface, a telephone number associated with the on-going telephone call and the second party;
display a map of a location associated with the telephone number;
enable an audio connection to the on-going telephone call at the information portal, wherein no audio interference is input to the on-going telephone call from the information portal while the information portal is in a muted state;
enable terminating the on-going telephone call; and
enable transferring to another communication device an audio connection to the on-going telephone call, wherein no audio interference is input to the on-going telephone call from the other communication device while the other communication device is in a muted state.

9. An investigative information system, comprising:
an information portal operable to provide a user interface;
an investigative tools module in communication with information portal, the investigative tools module operable to:
receive a recorded telephone call from a database, wherein the recorded telephone call is a recording of a telephone call between a first party and a second party, wherein the first party is a resident of a correctional facility;
display, via the user interface, a waveform of the recorded telephone call;
display, via the user interface, an indication of a detected three-way call attempt in the recorded telephone call, wherein the detected three-way call attempt is automatically detected by a call processing system;
display, via the user interface, identifying information of the first party;
display, via the user interface, identifying information of the correctional facility;
display, via the user interface, a telephone number associated with the telephone call and the second party;
play the recorded telephone call, wherein a graphical play button and a graphical pause button configured to cause the recorded telephone call to be played and paused, respectively, are displayed via the user interface;
create, based on user input, a textual bookmark of an event of interest in the recorded telephone call;
create, based on additional user input, a textual note relating to the recorded telephone call; and
cause the textual bookmark and the textual note to be stored in association with the recorded telephone call in the database.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the investigative tools module is further operable to, while the investigator is connected to the direct telephonic communication in the muted state, place one or more event identifiers in association with a recording of the direct telephonic communication in response to one or more signal inputs input to the communication device by the investigator, each of the one or more signal inputs being associated with an event of interest, each of the one or more event identifiers being a bookmark representing a different event of interest.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more signal inputs are dual-tone multi-frequency signal inputs.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more signal inputs are out of band signal inputs.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the investigative tools module is further operable to, while not in the muted state, filter the one or more signal inputs from entering the direct telephonic communication while the direct telephonic communication is ongoing.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the investigative tools module provides the user interface configured to display a dashboard including a timeline of the direct telephonic communication to the investigator, the timeline including the one or more event identifiers associated with the direct telephonic communication and configured to scroll as the direct telephonic communication progresses.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the dashboard is further configured to include graphically represented buttons enabling the investigator to control presentation of the recording of the direct telephonic communication, while monitoring the direct telephonic communication.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein at least one event of interest comprises a presence of a threat in the direct telephonic communication.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein at least one event of interest comprises a presence of a keyword in the direct telephonic communication.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein at le

Assignees

• Securus Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Sidler James S
• Viola John J
• Polozola Michelle L

Classifications

• H04L63/302

  gathering intelligence information for situation awareness or reconnaissance · CPC title

• H04L12/1831

  Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status · CPC title

• H04L12/1827

  Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation · CPC title

• G10L15/1822

  Parsing for meaning understanding · CPC title

• G10L15/04

  Segmentation; Word boundary detection · CPC title