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`inventors:
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`Stephen 1... Hodge
`Anthony Bambocci
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`This disclosure relates to dynamic detection of bed availability within a controlled
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`environment and generating bed itineraries that combine requests from transportation
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`agencies and corrections agencies based on the detected bed availabilities within the
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`controlled environment.
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`Background
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`Many correction agencies have a need to find available short—terni bed space for
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`inmates. Different inmates have different criteria that are required for incarceration such as
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`security requirements and; correction agencies must locate correctional facilities that not only
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`have available beds but
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`that can also meet
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`the security requirements or other criteria
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`associated with the particular inmate. Currently, correction agencies can only individually
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`contact various correctional facilities and, request if there are beds available for rent or short"
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`term use by the correction agency and that meet the criteria associated with the inmate. Time
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`is wasted calling individual correctional facilities and, to ensure that the security criteria
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`associated with an inmate can he met by the correctional facility which is necessary to ensure
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`the safety of the inmates and the public.
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`The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and form a part of the
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`specification,
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`illustrate embodiments of the present disclosure and? together with the
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`description, further serve to explain the principles of the disclosure and to enable a person
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`slrilled in the pertinent art to rnake and use the ernbodirn ents.
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`illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary inmate bed location system,
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`according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
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`MG. 2 illustrates an exemplary central server for use in the exemplary inmate bed
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`location system of FlG. 1, according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
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`FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary bed inventory tracking system for
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`use in the exemplary inmate bed location system of FlG. l, according to embodiments of the
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`present disclosure.
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`FIG. 4 illustrates a flowchart diagram of an exemplary method for generating a bed
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`inventory update for use with the exemplary bed inventory tracking system of HQ. 3,
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`according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
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`FIG. 5 illustrates a flowchart diagram of an exemplary method for generating bed
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`candidates in the exemplary inmate bed location system of Flt}. l, according to embodiments
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`of the present disclosure.
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`Flt}. 6 illustrates a flowchart diagram of an exemplary method for filtering bed
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`candidates by the exemplary central server of FIG. 2, according to embodiments of the
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`present disclosure.
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`FIG. 7 illustrates a flowchart diagram of an exemplary method for generating a
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`transportation itinerary in the exemplary inmate bed location system of FlG. l, according to
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`embodiments of the present disclosure
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`FIG. 8 illustrates a block diagram of a general purpose computer that may he used to
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`perform various aspects of the present disclosure.
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`The present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying
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`drawings in the drawings, like reference numbers indicate identical or tunctionally similar
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`elements. Additionally, the left most digit(s) of a reference number identities the drawing in
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`which the reference number first appears.
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`The highly inetlicient method of the prior art requires numerous calls and does not
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`provide any guarantees that the correction agency will be able to locate available bed space
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`for its inmates. Accordingly; there is a need to provide a centralized system for providing
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`updated bed availability information and connecting appropriate correctional facilities to
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`correction agencies based on the criteria of the particular inmate. Moreover, the centralized
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`system should also be able to connect correctional facilities and correction agencies to
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`transportation agencies to coordinate the transport of inmates. What is needed is a system
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`that can connect disparate networks of correctional facilities to the needs of correction
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`agencies in an efficient manner.
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`The following Detailed Description refers to accompanying drawings to illustrate
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`exemplary embodiments consistent with the disclosure. References
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`Description to "one exemplary embodiment," "an exemplary embodiment,"
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`exemplary embodiment,“ etc.
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`the exemplary embodiment described may
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`include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every exemplary embodiment
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`may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such
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`phrases are not necessarily referring to the same exemplary embodiment. Further, when a
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`particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an exemplary
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`embodiment, it is within the knowledge of those skilled in the relevant art(s) to affect such
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`feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other exemplary embodiments whether
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`or not explicitly described.
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`The exemplary embodiments described herein are provided for illustrative purposes,
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`and are not limiting. ()ther' exemplary embodiments are possible, and modifications may be
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`made to the exemplary embodiments within the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Therefore,
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`the Detailed Description is not meant to limit the disclosure. Rather,
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`the scope of the
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`disclosure is defined only in accordance with the following claims and their equivalents.
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`Embodiments may be implemented in hardware (cg, circuits), firmware, software, or
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`any combination thereof. Embodiments may also be implemented as instructions stored on a
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`machineareadable medium, which may be read and executed by one or more processor's. A
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`machine—readable medium may include any mechanism for
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`storing or
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`transmitting
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`information in a form readable by a machine (eg, a computing device). For example, a
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`machine-readable medium may include read only memory (Milli/l); random access memory
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`(Rikki), magnetic disk storage media; optical
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`storage media;
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`flash memory devices;
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`electrical, optical, acoustical or other forms of propagated signals (eg, carrier waves,
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`infrared signals, digital signals, etc), and others. Further, firmware, software, routines,
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`instructions may be described herein as performing certain actions. However, it should be
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`appreciated that such descriptions are merely for convenience and that such actions in fact
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`result from computing devices, processors, controllers, or other devices executing the
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`firmware, software, routines, instructions, etc. Further, any ofthe implementation variations
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`may be carried out by a general purpose computer, as described below.
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`For purposes of this discussion, any reference.
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`to the term “module" shall be.
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`understood to include at least one of software, firmware, and hardware (such as one or more
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`circuit, microchip, or' device, or any combination thereof), and any combination, thereof. in
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`addition,
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`it will be understood that each module may include one, or more than one,
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`component within an actual device, and each component that forms a part of the described
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`module may tunction either cooperatively or independently of any other component forming
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`a part of the module. Conversely, multiple modules described, herein may represent a single
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`component within an actual device, Further, components within a module may be in a single
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`device or distributed among multiple devices in a wired or wireless manner.
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`The following Detailed Description of the exemplary embodiments will so fully
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`reveal the general nature of the disclosure that others can, by applying knowledge of those
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`skilled in relevant art(s), readily modify and/or customize for various applications such
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`exemplary embodiments, without undue experimentation, without departing from the spirit
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`and scope of the disclosure. Therefore, such modifications are intended to be within the
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`meaning and plurality of equivalents of the exemplary embodiments based upon the teaching
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`and guidance presented, herein. it is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology
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`herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation, such that the terminology or
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`phraseology of the present specification is to be interpreted by those skilled in relevant art(s)
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`in light of the teachings herein.
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`Exem la ’ lnmate Bed Location system
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`l illustrates a bloclr, diagram of an exemplary inmate bed location system lOO,
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`according to embodiments of the present disclosure. lnmate bed location system lOO can be
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`implemented in a controlled environment, such as a correctional facility, where occupancy of
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`beds within the controlled environment are tracked. For example, in a correctional facility, a
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`server can be used to track the availability of beds based on an associate between inmates
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`within the correctional facility and the beds within the cell blocks of the correctional facility.
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`in some embodiments, inmate bed location systern lOQ includes a set of correctional
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`facilities llO which can include correctional facility llOA and correctional facility llOB,
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`central server 120, correction agency l30, and transportation agency 140. Although two
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`correctional facilities, one correction agency, and one transportation agency is shown for
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`simplicity, it is understood that inmate bed location system lOO can include any number of
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`correctional, facilities, correctional agencies, and transportation agencies. Correctional facility
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`can be any facility that requires tracking associations between inmates and beds. Correctional
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`agencies can be an agency that is responsible for managing correctional facilities and the
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`inmates that are incarcerated within such facilities such as the Corrections Corporation of
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`America {CCA} or law enforcement agencies such as the United States immigration and
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`Customs Enforcement (EOE) agency. Transportation agencies can he an agency such as
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`'l'ranscor America, LLC that is responsible for transporting inmates and detainees between
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`correctional facilities which can generally be at the request of the correction agency.
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`Correctional facilities llO are connected to central server l20 through a network l 50.
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`Correction agency l30 is connected to central
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`server
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`lZO through network loO.
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`Transportation agency l40 is connected to central server 120 through network loO. Central
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`server l20 acts as an intermediary between the set of correctional facilities llO, correction
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`agency 130, and transportation agency MO by acting as a hub for tracking bed inventory at
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`correctional facilities llO, maintaining a database ofbed availability at correctional facilities
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`llO, receiving and processing requests from correction agency l3O for available beds, and
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`generating transport itineraries in cooperation with transportation agency MO.
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`Networks 150, lot), and l70 may include any or all of a Local—Area Network (lAN),
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`a Wide~Area Network (WAN), or the lnternet, depending on the location of central server
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`l20 in relation to correctional facilities lit), correction agency l30, and transportation
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`agency l40. For example, networks lSO, tee, and l70 can be implemented as a LAN when
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`central server l20 is co—located with any of correctional facility llOA, correctional facility
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`llOB, correction agency BC, and transportation agency MO. in another example, networks
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`l 50,
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`l 60, and 170 can be implemented as a WAN or the lnternet when central server l 20 is
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`located remotely from correctional facility llt’lA, correctional facility llOB, correction
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`agency l30? and transportation agency l40.
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`in some embodiments, central server lZO is
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`cloudnbased and includes one or more cloudnbased servers. in some embodiments, central
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`server lZO is a server within a data center that supports the devices within correctional
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`facilities llQ, correction agency l30, and/or transportation agency lilO.
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`in some embodiments? correctional facility llOA includes cell block lll, cell block
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`ll2, a mobile bed tracking device ll3, a local server lld, and a workstation llS. The
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`number of cell blocks and devices in correctional facilities llO is merely exemplary. Cell
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`blocks in a controlled environment? such as cell block lll and cell block ll2, generally can
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`be divided into a certain number of cells each having a certain number of beds that are
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`assigned to inmates of the controlled environment. For example, cell block l l l has two cells,
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`cell l and cell 2, with cell l having four beds and cell 2 having three beds. It is understood,
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`that the configuration of cell block l l l is merely exemplary and does not limit the number of
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`cells and beds of this disclosure. Cell block l 12 can have also be divided into two cells, each
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`having two beds. Correctional facility llOB can be similarly configured with a certain
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`number of beds and devices for tracking and transmitting the availability of the beds.
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`Correctional facility llOA maintains an inventory of the beds in cell blocl: lll and
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`cell block ll2 including tracking which beds have already been assigned to inmates and
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`which beds are available (eg, not assigned to an inmate). Correctional facilities llO also
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`maintains a calendar ot‘for how long beds will be assigned to a particular inrn ate and for long
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`the beds will be available (eg, when an inmate is scheduled to arrive at correctional facility
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`llOA). Correctional facilities lll) can employ automated method. a manual method, or a
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`combination thereof for tracking the availability of its beds. ln the automated method, beds
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`deployed with bed inventory tracking devices automatically provide updates regarding
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`availability of beds to local server lid. The updates are provided on a schedule or upon
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`request from local server llI-l.
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`in the manual method, personnel of correctional facility
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`manually update the inventory using mobile bed tracking device ll3 and/"or workstation ll5.
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`These methods are discussed in further detail with regard, to FlG. 4.
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`recast
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`In some embodiments, central server lZO stores data provided by correctional facility
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`llOA, correction agency l3t‘i, and transportation agency l4tl. Data from correctional facility
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`llOA includes inforrnati on about availability of beds and updates regarding the availability
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`of the beds. The information includes inmate information regarding the inmate associated,
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`with each bed and dates on which the bed are or are not available leg? when a bed is
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`associated with an inmate). Central server lZO includes one or more databases for storing
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`information from correctional
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`facilities
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`including correctional
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`facility llOA and
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`correctional facility l lOB. Such information includes but is not limited to bed availability
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`and inventory of correctional facilities llO, bed profiles for each of the beds in correctional
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`facilities lltl, inmate information of each of the inmates incarcerated in correctional facilities
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`l l0, and authentication information for the correctional facilities.
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`in some embodiments, central server 120 also includes data related to correction
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`agency l3t’l and transportation agency l4tl. For example, central server l20 includes one or
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`more databases for storing bed itineraries and transport
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`itineraries. Bed itineraries are
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`generated after correction agency l30 selects an available bed at a correctional facility within
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`correctional facilities ill) for an inmate and include confirmed reservations for the inmate
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`and the selected bed at the correctional facility. Bed itineraries include information regarding
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`the selected correctional facility, the selected bed, the inmate, and the reservation details such
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`as scheduled time period that the selected bed is needed. Transport itineraries are generated
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`upon request or automatically after the generation of bed itineraries. Transport itineraries can
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`include route information associated with two or more inrnates that are being transported to a
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`respective bed within a correctional facility or nearby correctional facilities. After generating
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`a first bed itinerary, central server l20 identities other previously generated bed itineraries
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`that involve similar routes (egg another inmate is also scheduled to be transported to a bed in
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`the same correctional facility). Based on parameters provided by correction agency l3O or
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`transportation agency MO, central server lZOidentifies similarities between bed itineraries.
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`As one nonnlinriting example, central server l20 compares a recently generated bed, itinerary
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`for an inmate scheduled to be associated with a bed in correctional facility l l OB with another
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`previously generated bed itinerary for another inmate who is scheduled to be associated with
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`another bed in correctional facility llOB. Central server 120 identities the similarities
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`between the bed itineraries and notify correction agency 13?; and/or transportation agency
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`lzl-O. In this manner, correction agency l’SO and/or correctional facility llt‘iB can save costs
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`by having transportation agency MO consolidate transportation of the inmates Central server
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`l20 coordinates transport plans with transportation agency l‘ilO to create a transport itinerary
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`that provides for the transportation of two or more inmates. Details regarding central server
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`l 20 are discussed further with respect to FIG. 2 below.
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`in some embodiments, correction agency l30 includes workstation l3l and mobile
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`device l32. Workstation lEl accesses central server 120 through a website and mobile
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`device l32 accesses central server 120 through a website or a mobile application installed on
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`mobile device l32, Correction agency 130 such as lCE, have a need to locate available bed
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`space when transporting inmates and detainees. Correction agency 130 connects to central
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`server lZO and transmits requests or receive push notifications of bed availability from
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`correctional facilities l l0.
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`in some embodiments,
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`transportation agency lllll
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`includes workstation lzll and
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`mobile device 142. Workstation fill accesses central server lZO through a website and
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`mobile device l42 accesses central server 120 through a website or a mobile application
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`installed on mobile device l 42. Transportation agency MO such as Transcor offers services
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`to consolidate transportation of inmates to and from correctional facilities llt": based on the
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`generated bed itineraries
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`Fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram of central server 200, according to embodiments of
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`the present disclosure.
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`in an embodiment, central server 200 represents an exemplary
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`embodiment of central server 120 of FlG. 1. Central server 200 includes but is not limited to
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`bed processing subsystem 202, registration system 2l2, authentication system 2l4, agency
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`database 216, transport processing system 218, inmate database 226, and itinerary database
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`228. Bed processing subsystem 202 includes one or more processors, computers, or servers
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`identified as subsystems and are constructed as individual physical hardware devices, or as
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`virtual devices, such as a virtual server. The number of processing subsystems can be scaled
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`to match the number of simultaneous user connections desired to be supported by an inmate
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`bed location system such as inmate bed location system l 00 of FlG. 1. Processing subsystem
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`202 includes but is not limited to bed request system 204, bed inventory tracker 206, bed
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`profile database 208, bed availability database ZlO.
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`embodiments,
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`bed request
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`system 204
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`controls
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`the
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`routing of
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`communications related to requests for bed availabilities at correctional facilities within
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`inmate bed location system lth and reservations for beds. Requests and reservations are
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`received trorn a correction agency that needs short—term or long~term housing for an inmate
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`or inmates. Bed request system 204 coordinates with bed inventory tracker 206, bed profile
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`database 203, bed availability database 210, and inmate database 226 to resolve requests for
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`bed availabilities and reservations. For example, in response to a request, bed request system
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`204 parses the request for requirements for housing the inmate and determines available beds
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`that meet the requirements of the inmate.
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`in some embodiments,
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`the request
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`includes
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`information that allows bed request system 204 to retrieve, from inmate database 226, an
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`inmate profile associated with the inmate specified in the request. lnrnate profiles include but
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`are not
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`limited to security parameters associated with the flight risk, violence level,
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`psychological assessment, gang altiliations, and known associates of the inmate specified in
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`the request. Based on the inmate profile and any other criteria in the request, bed request
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`system 204 identifies available beds that match the criteria associated with the inmate.
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`in some embodiments, bed inventory tracker 206 receives bed availability
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`information from correctional facilities, such as correctional facility llQA and correctional
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`facility llOB, associated with central server 200. Bed availability information includes
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`information regarding the availability of beds within the correctional facility. Bed availability
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`information are included as an automated notification from, the correctional facility and/or
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`transmitted in response to a request from bed inventory tracker 296. Bed inventory tracker
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`206 parses the availability information and updates an availability schedule stored in bed
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`availability database 210. For example, correctional facility l 10A transmits a message
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`indicating that certain beds in cell block lll have become available. Bed inventory tracker
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`206 receives the message and updates an availability schedule in bed availability database
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`ZlO to indicate that the beds indicated in the messages are now available for use by other
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`inmates. An availability schedule tracks the availability of the beds made available by
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`correctional facilities registered with central server 200.
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`Bed inventory tracker 206 also dynamically generates price points for beds based on
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`the properties associated with the bed and of the correctional facility in which the bed is
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`located. Bed inventory tracker 206 assigns different weights to properties and generate a
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`price based on the weighted properties. For example, bed inventory tracher 206 determines
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`that beds in maximum security facilities are priced higher than beds in lower security
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`facilities and therefore have a greater weight. Other examples include facilities that have
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`more amenities and facilities that have less bed density (cg, less beds per cell). Accordingly,
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`in some embodiments, beds that have properties with greater weights are assigned higher
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`price points and vice versa.
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`After a correction agency confirms a reservation for a bed within a correctional
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`facility, central server 200 generates a bed itinerary that includes information regarding the
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`bed, the length of the stay, the inmate, and the correctional facility. As will he discussed
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`later, bed itineraries are used to confirm a reservation and to generate transport itineraries for
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`transporting the inmate to and from the correctional facility
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`in some embodiments, bed profile database 208 stores bed profiles of all beds in
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`correctional facilities connected to central server 200. Bed profiles include information
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`regarding each of the beds that enable bed request system 204 to identify beds that match the
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`criteria associated with an inmate in a request. Bed profiles include but are not limited to
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`location of the bed such as the correctional facility, the specific block, and the specific cell in
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`which the bed is located, security parameters of the bed such as whether the bed is located in
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`a maximum security, rnedium security, or minimum security prison, and identities of any
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`inmates located proximate to the bed. Bed profiles are provided by each correctional facility
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`for each of their beds or are provided by administrative personnel associated with central
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`server 200. ln responding to requests for bed availabilities, bed request system 204 compares
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`criteria associated with inmates in the request with parameters specified in bed profiles.
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`Based on any matches between the criteria and the parameters of the bed profiles, bed request
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`system 204 identifies any beds that meet the criteria. For example, an inmate may require a
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`maximum security prison and has a known gang affiliation. Bed request system 204 searches
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`through bed profile database 208 to locate any beds that are located in a maximum security
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`prison and lack any inmates that have the same known gang affiliation. Bed, request system
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`204 then determines availability of the identified beds based on information from bed
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`availability database 2l0.
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`in some embodiments, bed profiles also include pricing information associated with
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`the bed and that is established by the correctional facility in which the bed is located. Bed
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`request system 204 utilizes the pricing information as part of the. criteria for identifying beds
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`that meet the request for available beds.
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`in some embodiments,
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`registration system 2l2 includes components that allow
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`correctional facilities, correctional agencies, and transportation agencies to register with
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`central server 200. Registration with central server 200 can be a requirement to ensure
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`security of transactions and protection of privacy of the inmates, Correctional facilities
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`register using registration system 2l2. ln some embodiments, central server 200 requires
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`payment of a one—time or monthly fee. to register with inmate bed location system lllO. Once
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`registered, a correctional facility submits bed information such as bed profiles and bed
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`availability for storage.
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`in central server 200. Correctional agencies also register using
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`registration system 212.
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`in some embodiments, central server 2th requires payment by
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`correctional agencies of an access fee such as a per—use or monthly fee to register with and
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`access bed availability information in inmate bed location system lOO.
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`lilnce registered,
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`a,
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`correction agency submits requests and make reservations for bed through central server 200.
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`Tl‘ransportation agencies also register using registration system 2l2.
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`in some embodiments,
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`central server 200 requires payment by transportation agencies of a onetime or monthly fee
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`to register with inmate bed location system 100, Once registered, a transportation agency
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`submits transportation information including transport routes, availability of transports, and a
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`list of correctional facilities that are serviced by the transportation agency. Transportation
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`agencies also accept transport itineraries generated for transporting inmates to and from
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`certain correctional facilities.
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`in some embodiments, authentication system 2l4 performs authentication functions
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`when a correctional facility, correction agency, or a transportation agency attempt to sign
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`into inmate bed location system lOO~ Authentication system 214 receives authentication
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`information associated with each correctional facility, correction agency, and transportation
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`agency that attempts to sign in. Authentication information includes but is not limited to at
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`least one of a. username and password data, challenge questions, challenge answers,
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`biometric data, device data such as make and model of a communication device, and/or
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`location data. Biometric data includes one or more of a linger print, a hand print, a. voice
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`sample, an iris or retinal sample, a facial image of the user (2D or 39), a gait identification, a
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`hand geometry, a signature identification, an infrared camera identification, or any other
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`biometric as deemed appropriate.
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`Authentication system 2% also determines whether generated bed candidates require
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`additional approval and/or authorization For example, certain inmates or beds in certain
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`facilities may be classified as having a higher alert
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`level based on certain parameters
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`associated with the inmate, such as but not limited to the inmate’s violence level, flight rislt,
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`and gang affiliations, as well as certain parameters associated with the bed, such as but not
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`limited to gang violence level of neighboring inmates, flight risks of neighboring inmates,
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`and gang affiliations of neighboring inmates. Accordingly, in some embodiments, based on
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`the alert level of the inmate or bed candidates, authentication system 2l4 can require
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`generated bed candidates associated with the inmate to be approved prior to transmission to
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`in some embodiments, agency database are includes information regarding all
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`embodiments, transport processing system 2l8 includes transportation request system 220
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`and transportation agency database 222. Transport processing system 2l8 enables central
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`server to identity and coordinate with transportation agencies to generate transport itineraries
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`for transporting inmates to and from correctional facilities based on the bed requests from
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`correctional agencies. Transport itineraries are generated alter generation of a bed itinerary
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`(eg, when a correction agency has confirmed a bed reservation with central server 200) and
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`specify transportation details of the inmate to and from the correction agency. Transportation
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`details include but is not limited to the dates, the pickup time, the delivery time, the pickup
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`location, and the delivery location of the inmate. Transportation request system 220 allows
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`central server 200 to communicate with transportation agencies to submit transport itineraries
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`to transportation agencies which can use the transport itineraries to offer transport services
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`for the itinerary. Transportation agency database 222 includes information regarding the
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`transportation agencies including their transport routes, the correctional agencies which they
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`service, and pricing information.
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`As discussed above, inmate database 226 includes inmate profiles associated with
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`inmates detained within correctional facilities registered with central server 200. in some
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`embodiments,
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`inmate database 226 centrally stores
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`information from an offender
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`management system (OMS). in some embodiments, central server 200 is implemented as part
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`of an (3M8. Correctional facilities such as correctional facility llOA and correctional facility
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`llOB provide automated or manual updates with 0M8 to provide information regarding
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`inmates within each correctional facility for central storage within central server 200 and, the
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`()MS. Updates include any information about new or existing inmates within the correctional
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`facility including but not limited to inmate counts (eg, total number of inmates), new
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`inmates, or inmates who have been released from the correctional
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`facility. Automated
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`updates occur on an automated basis such as on a schedule or at predetermined intervals.
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`Manual updates occur on a. manual basis such as on request by either administrators at the
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`correctional facilities or at the OMS. in some embodiments, automated or manual updates
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`include bed locator information regarding beds and associated inmates. Providing bed locator
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`information from a correctional facility is further discussed with respect to Flt}. 3~ itinerary
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`database 228 includes bed itineraries and travel
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`itineraries generated in response to the
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`database 226, transportation agency database 222, and itinerary database 228 can, include any
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