Multi-Blockchain System for Inmate Forensics

meshDETECT® is pleased to announce that it has been granted a sixth wireless blockchain patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for U.S. Patent 11,956,383 entitled “Systems and Methods For Blockchain Wireless Services In a Controlled Environment.” This is our twelfth patent granted overall.

The claims in our latest blockchain patent are directed toward a multi-blockchain system to secure, manage, and validate forensic data in controlled environments such as prisons and jails

Digital Forensics

Digital forensics deals with legal evidence left in computers, devices, and digital recording media. This is a procedure and method for legally identifying and demonstrating the facts of a specific activity that occurred using a digital device.

Effective and reliable digital-evidence management systems require non-repudiation, i.e. cryptographic proof that an action regarding forensic data either occurred or did not occur. For instance who accessed information, when, was data altered and if so, how.

Inmate Digital Data Grows

With the wide spread adoption of digital devices such as tablets for use by inmates, the risk of misuse, financial fraud, external party harassment, etc. has grown exponentially.

The evidence of these incidents is essential to prison and police investigations because it illustrates the facts of the cyber-crime and connects inmates to their criminal activities. Therefore, it is crucial to handle the gathered evidence carefully to ensure that it is admissible to police investigations and court trials as well as to prevent tampering or misconduct.

Leveraging the blockchain in a corrections environment provides the inherent capability for insuring the transparency, immutability, and auditability of forensic evidence. However, there are security and privacy risks in using the same blockchain for inmate transactions as for forensic evidence storage, management, and use.

Inmate Data Forensics

Our patent claims a system with at multiple blockchains in a controlled environment. The blockchains are interconnected and networked but segregated.

There are a number of user nodes, each node with selected permission levels to submit and retrieve forensic data and at least one administrative blockchain node that communicates and coordinates the formatting of data, the submission of data, and the retrieval of data from the blockchains.

There is the ability to create and manage smart contracts that regulate creation, access, and modification of data; as well as the rules, settings, and permissions relating to blockchain data, interaction, security, and access.

Through this multi-blockchain system approach, independent but interconnected blockchains can have different security, privacy and access models to handle the forensic data associated with criminal evidence, as well as inmate medical records, financial records, complaints, legal case data, blockchain wallet use, and keys.

Our five previous blockchain patents can be found at US10,694,032, US10,855,838, US11,140,263, US11,425,244 and US11,689,658.

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Brian Byrne is the founder and Managing Partner of Dallas based meshIP, a technology services firm offering cloud computing strategies and services. He is an accomplished executive with senior management experience in all facets of the technology, telecom, cloud computing, and SaaS industries. He has proven success in developing, financing and executing strategic plans as well as launching new ventures. His background includes a record of significant achievement in international business development and his credentials include a MBA in Marketing and Management Strategy from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, a MS from the School of Computer Science at DePaul University, and a BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.

He is also the inventor of the patented meshDETECT, Secure Prison Cell Phone Solutions.

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