Virtual Jacket System for Jail Data Synchronization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Disparate jail facility systems face inefficiencies due to incompatible data formats, different standards, and lack of physical connection, leading to challenges in data sharing, processing, and storage, which affects inmate management, booking, warrant processing, and release procedures.

Innovation Solution

A virtual jacket system that synchronizes data across multiple jail facility systems, providing a shared data storage solution with capacity management and release/hold control, using a processor to translate data, manage bookings, warrants, and releases, and assign unique global identifiers for data sharing and synchronization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If disparate jail facility systems operate independently with their own data formats and standards, then each facility maintains operational autonomy, but data sharing and processing efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational autonomyVSAvoiddata sharing efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a centralized data exchange platform that acts as an intermediary between disparate jail facility systems. This platform uses standardized data formats and protocols to enable seamless data sharing while allowing each facility to maintain its own operational autonomy. The intermediary translates and normalizes data from different sources, resolving the contradiction between independence and collaboration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs universal data standards and communication protocols that enable the data exchange platform to work with multiple different facility systems simultaneously. This multi-functional approach allows the same infrastructure to serve diverse facilities with varying data formats, maintaining adaptability while improving overall data sharing efficiency across the network.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Device complexity

If manual data entry and processing methods are used across multiple facilities, then system complexity remains low, but labor intensity and error rates increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem complexityVSAvoiddata entry efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical data entry processes with automated electronic data exchange systems. The centralized platform automatically retrieves, validates, and processes inmate data from multiple facilities through electronic interfaces, eliminating manual typing and reducing human error. This substitution increases operational ease while the standardized automated processes keep system complexity manageable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If real-time data synchronization across multiple facilities is implemented, then data accuracy and accessibility improve, but system complexity and processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata accuracyVSAvoidsynchronization system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data validation, normalization, and formatting at the point of entry into the centralized platform, before synchronization occurs. This preliminary processing ensures data accuracy is established upfront, reducing the complexity of real-time synchronization operations. Data is prepared and validated in advance, making the actual synchronization process more straightforward and reliable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10140380B2Device, system and process for inmate release, holds, capacity management, bed space bid auction and data sharing

Publication Date: 2018.11.27 N HARRIS COMP CORP

AI summary

An inmate facility management system with a shared storage device and a processor configured to receive data and search requests from multiple disparate facility systems. The processor has an interface to translate data from the multiple disparate facility systems and store the data in the shared storage device. The processor executes booking requests, warrant requests and release requests using the shared storage device.