US 11,816,598 B1
Transportation scheduling for controlled-environment facility residents
John Wange, Dallas, TX (US); Dionisia Ray, Dallas, TX (US); Connor Pickens, Little Elm, TX (US); and Sean North, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to Securus Technologies, LLC, Carrollton, TX (US)
Filed by Securus Technologies, LLC, Carrollton, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/132,991.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1093 (2013.01) [G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06Q 20/22 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for scheduling and provisioning transportation by a correctional facility incarcerated individual, the system comprising:
an incarcerated individual communication and/or media device adapted for use by a correctional facility currently incarcerated individual, within the correctional facility, under control of a correctional facility communication processing system configured to block access to transportation provider computer systems by currently incarcerated individuals, the correctional facility comprising a prison or jail incarcerating the incarcerated individual, the incarcerated individual communication and/or media device comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory configured to store program instructions executable by the at least one processor, the program instructions executable by the at least one processors to cause the incarcerated individual communication and/or media device to:
request and accept identification information from the incarcerated individual operating the incarcerated individual communication and/or media device;
verify the identification information;
present a correctional facility transportation interface for use by the incarcerated individual;
accept input or selection of a date and time from the incarcerated individual for pick-up of a party and a destination of the party;
interface, under the control of the correctional facility communication processing system bypassing the access block to transportation provider computer systems, with a transportation provider computer system and schedule the pick-up of the party at the input or selected date and time for transportation to the destination; and
pay, under the control of the correctional facility communication processing system, for the transportation from one or more correctional facility trust accounts maintained by the correctional facility to the benefit of the incarcerated individual.