IP Library Granted Patent US 12,581,165
Granted Patent B2
US 12,581,165 · App. 18/656,239 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

System and method for audio visual content creation and publishing within a controlled environment

Inventor: Alex Petty (Mobile, AL)
Assignee: Global Tel*Link Corporation
H04N21/4627G06F40/295G06V20/41G10L15/26G11B27/036H04N5/76H04N9/802H04N9/8715H04N21/2143H04N21/233H04N21/23418H04N21/234336H04N21/2541H04N21/4532H04N21/47205H04N21/6543
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Patent No.
US 12,581,165
App. No.
18/656,239
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems for providing content creation and content publishing in a controlled environment are disclosed herein. A media management device receives an audio track including lyrical content. Further, the media management device performs speech recognition analysis on the audio track to determine lyrical text corresponding to the lyrical content. Additionally, the media management device determines whether the audio track contains prohibited content based on comparing the lyrical text to a blacklist of prohibited information. When the audio track does not include prohibited content, the media management device publishes the audio track to a media library accessible to devices within the controlled environment.

Claims (56)

1 . A media publishing device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a work for publication;

a memory configured to store the received work; and

one or more processors configured to:

receive, via the transceiver from an external user device, audio associated with the work for publication, synchronization information, and a requested composition, wherein the synchronization information indicates a temporal relationship between the requested composition and the audio;

perform a content analysis of the stored work, the content analysis including a first analysis of video data of the stored work based on a first machine-learning model configured to review the stored work for restricted images, and including a second analysis of audio data of the stored work based on a second machine-learning model configured to review the stored work for restricted audio including copyrighted audio, the second analysis including comparing words and rhythmic composition of the stored work to a known rhythmic composition and identifying words and phrases within the stored work that rhyme with prohibited words and phrases within the known rhythmic composition;

in response to the stored work passing the content analysis:

generate audio-visual media for output based on combining the audio and the requested composition according to the synchronization information; and

publish the audio-visual media to a catalog of inmate content.

2 . The media publishing device of claim 1 , wherein the publishing includes transmitting the stored work to a publication server for electronic storage and retrieval.

3 . The media publishing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to analyze the stored work for restricted lyrics.

4 . The media publishing device of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to convert lyrical content of the received work into lyrical text using speech recognition analysis.

5 . The media publishing device of claim 4 , wherein the analysis for restricted lyrics includes:

comparing words included in the lyrical text to a database of restricted words; and

identifying, based on the comparing, words in the lyrical text that are prohibited from publication.

6 . The media publishing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

select a frame of video from the received work;

identify a visual object included in the selected frame using image recognition analysis;

compare the identified visual object to a plurality of prohibited objects; and

allow or filter the identified visual object based on the comparing.

7 . A media publishing method, comprising:

receiving, via a transceiver from an external user device, a work for publication, the work including audio associated with the work for publication, synchronization information, and a requested composition, wherein the synchronization information indicates a temporal relationship between the requested composition and the audio;

storing the received work;

performing a content analysis of the stored work, the content analysis including a first analysis of video data of the stored work based on a first machine-learning model configured to review the stored work for restricted images, and including a second analysis of audio data of the stored work based on a second machine-learning model configured to review the stored work for restricted audio including copyrighted audio, the second analysis including comparing words and rhythmic composition of the stored work to a known rhythmic composition and identifying words and phrases within the stored work that rhyme with prohibited words and phrases within the known rhythmic composition;

in response to the stored work passing the content analysis:

generating audio-visual media for output based on combining the audio and the requested composition according to the synchronization information; and

publishing the audio-visual media to a catalog of inmate content.

8 . The media publishing method of claim 7 , wherein the publishing includes transmitting the stored work to a publication server for electronic storage and retrieval.

9 . The media publishing method of claim 7 , further comprising analyzing the stored work for restricted lyrics.

10 . The media publishing method of claim 9 , further comprising converting lyrical content of the received work into lyrical text using speech recognition analysis.

11 . The media publishing method of claim 10 , wherein the analysis for restricted lyrics includes:

comparing words included in the lyrical text to a database of restricted words; and

identifying, based on the comparing, words in the lyrical text that are prohibited from publication.

12 . The media publishing method of claim 7 , further comprising:

selecting a frame of video from the received work;

identifying a visual object included in the selected frame using image recognition analysis;

comparing the identified visual object to a plurality of prohibited objects; and

allowing or filter the identified visual object based on the comparing.

13 . A non-transitory computer readable storage device having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the one or more processors to perform functions comprising:

receiving, via a transceiver from an external user device, a work for publication, the work including audio associated with the work for publication, synchronization information, and a requested composition, wherein the synchronization information indicates a temporal relationship between the requested composition and the audio;

storing the received work;

performing a content analysis of the stored work, the content analysis including a first analysis of video data of the stored work based on a first machine-learning model configured to review the stored work for restricted images, and including a second analysis of audio data of the stored work based on a second machine-learning model configured to review the stored work for restricted audio including copyrighted audio, the second analysis including comparing words and rhythmic composition of the stored work to a known rhythmic composition and identifying words and phrases within the stored work that rhyme with prohibited words and phrases within the known rhythmic composition;

in response to the stored work passing the content analysis:

generating audio-visual media for output based on combining the audio and the requested composition according to the synchronization information; and

publishing the audio-visual media to a catalog of inmate content.

14 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the publishing includes transmitting the stored work to a publication server for electronic storage and retrieval.

15 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , the functions further comprising analyzing the stored work for restricted lyrics and;

converting lyrical content of the received work into lyrical text using speeck recognition analysis.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein the analysis for the restricted lyrics includes:

comparing words included in the lyrical text to a database of restricted words; and

identifying, based on the comparing, words in the lyrical text that are prohibited from publication.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , the functions further comprising:

selecting a frame of video from the received work;

identifying a visual object included in the selected frame using image recognition analysis;

comparing the identified visual object to a plurality of prohibited objects; and

allowing or filter the identified visual object based on the comparing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2026
From: PETTY, ALEX
To: GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073596/0040 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17466613 · Sep 3, 2021
Continuation 16723632 · Dec 20, 2019
Continuation 16025721 · Jul 2, 2018
Continuation 15662092 · Jul 27, 2017
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