Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Kloster

Daniel R. Kloster 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).

  • Publication number: 20260311511
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for modifying a content package based on a comprehension level. A method may include capturing, during a viewing of the content package, a set of viewer data associated with a viewer of the content package, wherein the content package includes content and content delivery. The method may include verifying the viewer is an intended viewer of the content package. The method may include generating the comprehension level based on the content package, the set of viewer data, and the viewer. The method may include determining, an intervention for the content package based on the comprehension level, wherein the intervention is at least one of a first modification to the content or a second modification to the content delivery. A method may include modifying at least one element of the content package based on the intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2025
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Inventors: Bradford C. Hancock, Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
  • Publication number: 20260018278
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media for obtaining the informed consent of a patient for a medical procedure. Specifically, a video describing a medical procedure may be provided to the patient through a client device having two display portions. As the video is playing in a first portion, the client device may capture the patient watching the video and display the captured image on the second portion. The entire display of the client device may be recorded, providing a record that the patient has watched the video describing the medical procedure and consents to the medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
  • Patent number: 12437864
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media for obtaining the informed consent of a patient for a medical procedure. Specifically, a video describing a medical procedure may be provided to the patient through a client device having two display portions. As the video is playing in a first portion, the client device may capture the patient watching the video and display the captured image on the second portion. The entire display of the client device may be recorded, providing a record that the patient has watched the video describing the medical procedure and consents to the medical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: inFormed Consent LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
  • Publication number: 20240233928
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media for obtaining the informed consent of a patient for a medical procedure. Specifically, a video describing a medical procedure may be provided to the patient through a client device having two display portions. As the video is playing in a first portion, the client device may capture the patient watching the video and display the captured image on the second portion. The entire display of the client device may be recorded, providing a record that the patient has watched the video describing the medical procedure and consents to the medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
  • Patent number: 11967419
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media for obtaining the informed consent of a patient for a medical procedure. Specifically, a video describing a medical procedure may be provided to the patient through a client device having two display portions. As the video is playing in a first portion, the client device may capture the patient watching the video and display the captured image on the second portion. The entire display of the client device may be recorded, providing a record that the patient has watched the video describing the medical procedure and consents to the medical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: inFormed Consent LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
  • Publication number: 20230223139
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media for obtaining the informed consent of a patient for a medical procedure. Specifically, a video describing a medical procedure may be provided to the patient through a client device having two display portions. As the video is playing in a first portion, the client device may capture the patient watching the video and display the captured image on the second portion. The entire display of the client device may be recorded, providing a record that the patient has watched the video describing the medical procedure and consents to the medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
  • Patent number: 11501875
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media for obtaining the informed consent of a patient for a medical procedure. Specifically, a video describing a medical procedure may be provided to the patient through a client device having two display portions. As the video is playing in a first portion, the client device may capture the patient watching the video and display the captured image on the second portion. The entire display of the client device may be recorded, providing a record that the patient has watched the video describing the medical procedure and consents to the medical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: inFormed Consent LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
  • Patent number: 5940943
    Abstract: A carabiner is provided that has a body which includes a central shank. A first pair of legs protrude laterally from the shank in a first direction and a second pair of legs protrude from the shank in a second direction which is opposite the first direction. Each pair of legs presents distal ends that turn toward one another to define a pair of chambers. The carabiner also has a gate supported between the distal ends of each pair of legs. The gates include a first end connected to the distal end of one of the legs and are pivotal between a closed position with the gate closing off the chamber and an open position allowing access to the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Inventor: Daniel R. Kloster