A method, apparatus and product for automatic accident detection. The method comprising: obtaining readings from a mobile device of a user carried thereby and not affixed to a vehicle in which the user is riding; determining, based on the readings obtained from the mobile device, that the user is riding in the vehicle; obtaining data from the mobile device of the user; and determining automatically, based on the data obtained from the mobile device, that the vehicle was involved in an accident.

An intercom system according to the invention is configured to be communicable with dwelling unit devices installed in individual dwelling units, and includes: an input section (11) which can input, in order for a visitor to call a resident, dwelling-unit specifying information that specifies the dwelling unit device of the resident on a character-by-character basis and can call the specified dwelling unit device; a name display section (13) which displays a name that is allocated to at least one of the individual dwelling unit devices; and a dedicated call section (14) which is provided correlated with the name display section (13) and can call the dwelling unit device to which the name is allocated.

An intercom system according to the invention is configured to be communicable with dwelling unit devices installed in individual dwelling units, and includes: an input section (11) which can input, in order for a visitor to call a resident, dwelling-unit specifying information that specifies the dwelling unit device of the resident on a character-by-character basis and can call the specified dwelling unit device; a name display section (13) which displays a name that is allocated to at least one of the individual dwelling unit devices; and a dedicated call section (14) which is provided correlated with the name display section (13) and can call the dwelling unit device to which the name is allocated.

Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for communicating using a media. In an aspect, an apparatus displays a media, receives a selection of a person displayed in the media, identifies the selected person, displays communication methods that may be used to communicate with the identified person, receives a selection of one of the communication methods, and engages in a communication with the identified person using the selected communication method.

A user equipment and method for call filtering is provided. On receipt of an incoming call, the incoming call's telephone number or other caller identifier is determined and then used as a search query in a search engine search. Using natural language processing or text string comparison, text from the search hits is processed by comparing with the stored permitted caller description(s). If a match is found, then a call alert is generated, whereas if not, then the call is blocked.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for call classification and for training a model for call classification, an example method comprising: receiving DTMF information from a plurality of calls; determining, for each of the calls, a feature vector including statistics based on DTMF information such as DTMF residual signal comprising channel noise and additive noise; training a model for classification; comparing a new call feature vector to the model; predicting a device type and geographic location based on the comparison of the new call feature vector to the model; classifying the call as spoofed or genuine; and authenticating a call or altering an IVR call flow.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for call classification and for training a model for call classification, an example method comprising: receiving DTMF information from a plurality of calls; determining, for each of the calls, a feature vector including statistics based on DTMF information such as DTMF residual signal comprising channel noise and additive noise; training a model for classification; comparing a new call feature vector to the model; predicting a device type and geographic location based on the comparison of the new call feature vector to the model; classifying the call as spoofed or genuine; and authenticating a call or altering an IVR call flow.

Images of residents of a controlled-environment facility may be captured at the time of intake into the facility. A feature detection process may be performed on each image to verify that corporeal facial features are present in each resident image and a copy of such an image of each resident may be saved. A request to initiate an electronic visitation session may be received and an image of a user is captured. A feature detection process is performed on the captured image to verify that images of features of a corporeal human face are present in the captured image, determining whether an image of a corporeal human face is present in the captured image. The electronic visitation session may then be connected in response to a determination that an image of a corporeal human face is present. Further, a facial recognition process may also be performed on the captured image.

A landline-connected telephone has a landline connection to a publicly-switched telephone network, a processor executing coded instructions from a non-transitory data storage medium, and an input interface receiving data from a remote communication device. Through execution of the coded instructions, the landline-connected telephone receives a telephone number sequence by the near-field wireless circuitry, and generates required tones according to the telephone number sequence, dialing the telephone number over the landline connection.

A landline-connected telephone has a landline connection to a publicly-switched telephone network, a processor executing coded instructions from a non-transitory data storage medium, and an input interface receiving data from a remote communication device. Through execution of the coded instructions, the landline-connected telephone receives a telephone number sequence by the near-field wireless circuitry, and generates required tones according to the telephone number sequence, dialing the telephone number over the landline connection.