Patents by Inventor Margaret Suzanne Haffner

Margaret Suzanne Haffner 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).

  • Patent number: 11075964
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for permitting, establishing, monitoring and controlling calls based on messages from outside parties, outside party availability information, institution's call restriction information, and/or account holder preferences. In one example, a message from an outside party app on an outside party computing device is receive by an inmate app on an inmate device. The inmate device displays the message at the inmate calling app including a request for the inmate to call the outside party device during a time period. When the inmate initiates a call to the outside party the call is permitted or not permitted based on determining whether the call is within the specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Russell Thomasson, Margaret Suzanne Haffner, Zachary Alan Way, Timothy Edwin Pabon, Johnnie Richard Tayloe
  • Patent number: 10728290
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for permitting, establishing, monitoring and controlling calls based on messages from outside parties, outside party availability information, institution's call restriction information, and/or account holder preferences. In one example, a message from an outside party app on an outside party computing device is receive by an inmate app on an inmate device. The inmate device displays the message at the inmate calling app including a request for the inmate to call the outside party device during a time period. When the inmate initiates a call to the outside party the call is permitted or not permitted based on determining whether the call is within the specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Russell Thomasson, Margaret Suzanne Haffner, Zachary Alan Way, Timothy Edwin Pabon, Johnnie Richard Tayloe
  • Patent number: 10412125
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for permitting, establishing, monitoring and controlling VOIP calls based on messages from outside parties, outside party availability information, institution's call restriction information, and/or account holder preferences. In one example, a message from an outside party app on an outside party computing device is receive by an inmate app on an inmate device. The inmate device displays the message at the inmate calling app including a request for the inmate to call the outside party device during a time period. When the inmate initiates a call to the outside party the call is permitted or not permitted based on determining whether the call is within the specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Russell Thomasson, Margaret Suzanne Haffner, Zachary Alan Way, Timothy Edwin Pabon, Johnnie Richard Tayloe
  • Publication number: 20180124125
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for permitting, establishing, monitoring and controlling VOIP calls based on messages from outside parties, outside party availability information, institution's call restriction information, and/or account holder preferences. In one example, a message from an outside party app on an outside party computing device is receive by an inmate app on an inmate device. The inmate device displays the message at the inmate calling app including a request for the inmate to call the outside party device during a time period. When the inmate initiates a call to the outside party the call is permitted or not permitted based on determining whether the call is within the specified time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Todd Russell THOMASSON, Margaret Suzanne HAFFNER, Zachary Alan WAY, Timothy Edwin PABON, Johnnie Richard TAYLOE
  • Patent number: 9826003
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for permitting, establishing, monitoring and controlling VOIP calls based on messages from outside parties, outside party availability information, institution's call restriction information, and/or account holder preferences. In one example, a message from an outside party app on an outside party computing device is receive by an inmate app on an inmate device. The inmate device displays the message at the inmate calling app including a request for the inmate to call the outside party device during a time period. When the inmate initiates a call to the outside party the call is permitted or not permitted based on determining whether the call is within the specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Russell Thomasson, Timothy Edwin Pabon, Zachary Alan Way, Johnnie Richard Tayloe, Margaret Suzanne Haffner