Patents by Inventor Herb Berlanowitch

Herb Berlanowitch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for facilitating communications between inmates and non-inmates
    Patent number: 11330097
    Abstract: A system and method for incoming and outgoing RCS messages with inmates includes a database including a plurality of user records, wherein the user records include a plurality of user profiles and a plurality of inmate profiles, wherein each of the user profiles includes a user ID, a mobile ID, a carrier, and at least one inmate account number. Each of the inmate profiles includes an inmate user ID, a carrier, a current account balance, and at least one user account number. The system and method also includes an application server including a processor programmed to receive a RCS message from a new user profile, determine a carrier of the user profile, process the new user profile based on the carrier, wherein the carrier is determined by a triggering event, and send the new user profile to an appropriate list for future RCS messaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: INMATE TEXT SERVICE, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis Gebers, Herb Berlanowitch
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN INMATES AND NON-INMATES
    Publication number: 20200137223
    Abstract: A system and method for incoming and outgoing RCS messages with inmates includes a database including a plurality of user records, wherein the user records include a plurality of user profiles and a plurality of inmate profiles, wherein each of the user profiles includes a user ID, a mobile ID, a carrier, and at least one inmate account number. Each of the inmate profiles includes an inmate user ID, a carrier, a current account balance, and at least one user account number. The system and method also includes an application server including a processor programmed to receive a RCS message from a new user profile, determine a carrier of the user profile, process the new user profile based on the carrier, wherein the carrier is determined by a triggering event, and send the new user profile to an appropriate list for future RCS messaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Curtis Gebers, Herb Berlanowitch