Patents by Inventor Nat Foster

Nat Foster 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).

  • Systems and methods for testing skills capability using technologically-enhanced questions in a computerized environment
    Patent number: 11961416
    Abstract: Systems and processes are provided for analyzing a test taker's knowledge, skills, and cognitive function. The systems and processes include smart questions (i.e., SmartItems) programmed with coded variables, or for multiple choice varieties, variable sets of options to cover an entire skill set being tested. The systems and processes generate questions in real time during administration of the test, by formulating and displaying, to a test taker, random combinations of a question stem and randomly-selected question components. This smart question content is unpredictably and randomly presented, as representations of the skill to be tested. The systems and processes analyze the test taker's knowledge, skills, and cognitive function about the entire domain of the skill, rather than a single fact. The systems and processes provide security to test administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Caveon, LLC
    Inventors: David Foster, Nat Foster
  • Systems and Methods for Testing Skills Capability Using Technologically-Enhanced Questions in a Computerized Environment
    Publication number: 20220301450
    Abstract: Systems and processes are provided for analyzing a test taker's knowledge, skills, and cognitive function. The systems and processes include smart questions (i.e., SmartItems) programmed with coded variables, or for multiple choice varieties, variable sets of options to cover an entire skill set being tested. The systems and processes generate questions in real time during administration of the test, by formulating and displaying, to a test taker, random combinations of a question stem and randomly-selected question components. This smart question content is unpredictably and randomly presented, as representations of the skill to be tested. The systems and processes analyze the test taker's knowledge, skills, and cognitive function about the entire domain of the skill, rather than a single fact. The systems and processes provide security to test administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Caveon, LLC
    Inventors: David Foster, Nat Foster
  • Systems and methods for testing skills capability using technologically-enhanced questions in a computerized environment
    Patent number: 11386798
    Abstract: Systems and processes are provided for analyzing a test taker's knowledge, skills, and cognitive function. The systems and processes include smart questions (i.e., SmartItems) programmed with coded variables, or for multiple choice varieties, variable sets of options to cover an entire skill set being tested. The systems and processes generate questions in real time during administration of the test, by formulating and displaying, to a test taker, random combinations of a question stem and randomly-selected question components. This smart question content is unpredictably and randomly presented, as representations of the skill to be tested. The systems and processes analyze the test taker's knowledge, skills, and cognitive function about the entire domain of the skill, rather than a single fact. The systems and processes provide security to test administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Caveon, LLC
    Inventors: David Foster, Nat Foster
  • Systems and Methods for Testing Skills Capability Using Technologically-Enhanced Questions in a Computerized Environment
    Publication number: 20190180640
    Abstract: Systems and processes are provided for analyzing a test taker's knowledge, skills, and cognitive function. The systems and processes include smart questions (i.e., SmartItems) programmed with coded variables, or for multiple choice varieties, variable sets of options to cover an entire skill set being tested. The systems and processes generate questions in real time during administration of the test, by formulating and displaying, to a test taker, random combinations of a question stem and randomly-selected question components. This smart question content is unpredictably and randomly presented, as representations of the skill to be tested. The systems and processes analyze the test taker's knowledge, skills, and cognitive function about the entire domain of the skill, rather than a single fact. The systems and processes provide security to test administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Caveon, LLC
    Inventors: David Foster, Nat Foster