Securus Technologies Receives Approval from United States Patent Office for Industry Leading 151 Patents with 93 Pending
DALLAS, TX July 26, 2016/PRNewswire/ — Securus Technologies, a leading provider of civil and criminal justice technology solutions for public safety, investigation, corrections and monitoring, announced today that the United States Patent Office issued 2 new Securus patents in June/July, 2016, granted 36 patents in the last 3 years, and Securus has filed 90 new patent applications in the last 3 years. “We received word from the United States Patent Office that we were issued 2 new patents in July, 2016,” said Richard A. (“Rick”) Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Securus Technologies, Inc. “That increases our total patent portfolio to 247, the largest in our industry by far.”Patent Number | Title | Description |
99,380,082 | Remote Multi-Party and/or Event-Driven communication for Residents of Controlled Environment Facilities | The technology generally involves systems and methods for allowing controlled-environment facility residents (such as Incarcerated Individuals) to participate in important events outside of the controlled-environment facility via the broadcast of a live video feed. For example, an Incarcerated Individual would be able to “attend” a loved-one’s birthday party, graduation, wedding, or funeral via the broadcast of the live video feed. |
9,386,146 | Multi-Party Conversation Analyzer and Logger | The technology takes advantage of advances in signal processing and data mining to enable improved investigation of criminal networks. For example, by monitoring for known voice characteristics on phone calls made by prisoners, the technology is directed at detecting potential imposters or identity scams in prisons. |
About Securus Technologies
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, an Aventiv Technologies company, serving more than 3,450 public safety, law enforcement and corrections agencies and over 1,200,000 incarcerated individuals across North America, Securus Technologies is committed to serve and connect by providing emergency response, incident management, public information, investigation, biometric analysis, communication, information management, incarcerated individual self-service, and monitoring products and services in order to make our world a safer place to live. Securus Technologies connecting what matters®. For more information, please visit SecurusTechnologies.tech.