System and method for proactively establishing a third-party payment account for services rendered to a resident of a controlled-environment facility

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9026468
APP PUB NO 20090228383A1
SERIAL NO

12042861

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Systems and methods for proactively establishing a third-party payment account for services rendered to a resident of a controlled-environment facility (“CEF”). A campaign-triggering event is detected, which triggers contact of prospective third-party (“3rd-party”) payers for a resident of a CEF in order to encourage such prospective 3rd-party payers to establish 3rd-party payment accounts for the resident. In this manner, the prospective 3rd-party payers are proactively contacted prior to an expected future demand for service by the resident. A method thus comprises identifying at least one prospective third-party payer for a resident of a controlled-environment facility, and proactively contacting the identified at least one prospective third-party payer prior to demand for service by the resident to encourage the identified at least one prospective third-party payer to establish a third-party payment account for payment for future service expected for the resident.

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  • SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hite, Marc Plano, US 8 240
Keiser, Luke Frisco, US 80 1217
Martinez, Veronica Irving, US 2 26

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