Patents by Inventor JASON BLAKE PENROD
JASON BLAKE PENROD 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).
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Patent number: 11967419Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: inFormed Consent LLCInventors: Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
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Publication number: 20230223139Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
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Patent number: 11501875Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: inFormed Consent LLCInventors: Daniel R. Kloster, Jason Blake Penrod
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Publication number: 20220148271Abstract: Immersive, dynamic storytelling functionality is described. The stories may include elements (e.g., characters, settings, duration, etc.) based on information provided, including in real time, by the user or presentation environment, and may be presented by projecting visual or audio story elements into the space surrounding the user. For example, as a child tells a story about a jungle, the room is filled with images of foliage. Animals that live in the jungle may be suggested as characters. Stories may be contextually tailored based on information about the user, environment, storytelling conditions, or other context. For example, story duration and excitement level may be influenced by the time of day, such that a story presented ten minutes before bedtime is an appropriate duration and excitement level. In some cases, objects of the presentation environment are incorporated into the story, such as a character projected as though entering through an actual doorway.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Randy S. Knipp, Kevin M. Brooks, Stephen Richard Eikos, Jason Blake Penrod, Jeffrey Alan Jones, Tim P. Patch, Timothy J. Lien
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Patent number: 11250630Abstract: Immersive, dynamic storytelling functionality is described. The stories may include elements (e.g., characters, settings, duration, etc.) based on information provided, including in real time, by the user or presentation environment, and may be presented by projecting visual or audio story elements into the space surrounding the user. For example, as a child tells a story about a jungle, the room is filled with images of foliage. Animals that live in the jungle may be suggested as characters. Stories may be contextually tailored based on information about the user, environment, storytelling conditions, or other context. For example, story duration and excitement level may be influenced by the time of day, such that a story presented ten minutes before bedtime is an appropriate duration and excitement level. In some cases, objects of the presentation environment are incorporated into the story, such as a character projected as though entering through an actual doorway.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATEDInventors: Randy S. Knipp, Kevin M. Brooks, Stephen Richard Eikos, Jason Blake Penrod, Jeffrey Alan Jones, Tim P. Patch, Timothy J. Lien
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Patent number: 10643482Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an Audio-Story Engine that includes a repository of prerecorded audio files that, when played in a certain sequence, with user provided recordings placed throughout, tell a story. To obtain the user provided recordings, the Audio-Story Engine asks the user to make audio recordings of various words or phrases. For example, the Audio-Story Engine may ask the user a series of questions in order to record and store the user's audible responses. Upon completion, the Audio-Story Engine plays back a completed story that incorporates the user's audio recordings by playing an appropriate user recording after playing a prerecorded audio file. This is repeated several times in sequence to form a seamless, customized, audio story. In addition, the Audio-Story Engine may alter the pitch or sound of the user's recorded words to match the pitch of the prerecorded story.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Hallmark Cards, IncorporatedInventors: Anne Catherine Bates, Jason Paul Gahr, Adam Samuel Scheff, Jason Blake Penrod, Stephane Farris Young, Timothy Jay Lien, Michael Anthony Monaco, Jr.
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Patent number: 9759413Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention use light to add human-like features to an inanimate object. In one embodiment, the object includes a film with an image that has been manipulated to provide for a low profile projection of an image onto a vertical surface directly adjacent to the object. For example, the image of a witch's head could be projected onto a wall and directly beneath, a witch's hat could be hanging on the wall. In another embodiment, changing lights and shadows are used to create animated objects out of otherwise inanimate objects. Various embodiments include components to create the illusion of changing facial expressions. These components include a plurality of light sources and an electronic device that controls the light sources to create the animation.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Jay Lien, Jason Blake Penrod, Steve Eikos, Robert D. Wertanen, Ma Lap Man, Wesley D. Lindquist, Kari Jean Walberg
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Patent number: 9449350Abstract: Computer-readable media, systems, and methods are provided for prompting a customer of a service to submit digital content to the service in order to generate an online compilation. Input from the customer may be received in response to communications from the service. Temporal preference information may then be extracted from the input by determining time periods at which the customer most commonly provides the input in response to the communications. Based on the time periods at which the customer most commonly provides input, a prompting scheme may be derived, where the prompting scheme governs scheduling an automatic distribution of subsequent communications to the customer at the time periods at which the customer most commonly provides the input. The subsequent communications may then be distributed to the customer in accordance with the prompting scheme.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATEDInventors: Emily Gallagher Brough, Eddy Dywayne Johnson, Kevin John Bridges, Jason Blake Penrod, Kirby Bouas McDaniel
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Publication number: 20160225187Abstract: Immersive, dynamic storytelling functionality is described. The stories may include elements (e.g., characters, settings, duration, etc.) based on information provided, including in real time, by the user or presentation environment, and may be presented by projecting visual or audio story elements into the space surrounding the user. For example, as a child tells a story about a jungle, the room is filled with images of foliage. Animals that live in the jungle may be suggested as characters. Stories may be contextually tailored based on information about the user, environment, storytelling conditions, or other context. For example, story duration and excitement level may be influenced by the time of day, such that a story presented ten minutes before bedtime is an appropriate duration and excitement level. In some cases, objects of the presentation environment are incorporated into the story, such as a character projected as though entering through an actual doorway.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Randy S. Knipp, KEVIN M. BROOKS, STEPHEN RICHARD EIKOS, JASON BLAKE PENROD, JEFFREY ALAN JONES, TIM P. PATCH, TIMOTHY J. LIEN
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Publication number: 20160047536Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention use light to add human-like features to an inanimate object. In one embodiment, the object includes a film with an image that has been manipulated to provide for a low profile projection of an image onto a vertical surface directly adjacent to the object. For example, the image of a witch's head could be projected onto a wall and directly beneath, a witch's hat could be hanging on the wall. In another embodiment, changing lights and shadows are used to create animated objects out of otherwise inanimate objects. Various embodiments include components to create the illusion of changing facial expressions. These components include a plurality of light sources and an electronic device that controls the light sources to create the animation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: TIMOTHY JAY LIEN, JASON BLAKE PENROD, STEVE EIKOS, ROBERT D. WERTANEN, MA LAP MAN, WESLEY D. LINDQUIST, KARI JEAN WALBERG
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Patent number: 9200790Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention use light to add human-like features to an inanimate object. In one embodiment, the object includes a film with an image that has been manipulated to provide for a low profile projection of an image onto a vertical surface directly adjacent to the object. For example, the image of a witch's head could be projected onto a wall and directly beneath, a witch's hat could be hanging on the wall. In another embodiment, changing lights and shadows are used to create animated objects out of otherwise inanimate objects. Various embodiments include components to create the illusion of changing facial expressions. These components include a plurality of light sources and an electronic device that controls the light sources to create the animation.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Jay Lien, Jason Blake Penrod, Steve Eikos, Robert D. Wertanen, Ma Lap Man, Wesley D. Lindquist, Kari Jean Walberg
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Publication number: 20150161898Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an Audio-Story Engine that includes a repository of prerecorded audio files that, when played in a certain sequence, with user provided recordings placed throughout, tell a story. To obtain the user provided recordings, the Audio-Story Engine asks the user to make audio recordings of various words or phrases. For example, the Audio-Story Engine may ask the user a series of questions in order to record and store the user's audible responses. Upon completion, the Audio-Story Engine plays back a completed story that incorporates the user's audio recordings by playing an appropriate user recording after playing a prerecorded audio file. This is repeated several times in sequence to form a seamless, customized, audio story. In addition, the Audio-Story Engine may alter the pitch or sound of the user's recorded words to match the pitch of the prerecorded story.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: ANNE CATHERINE BATES, JASON PAUL GAHR, ADAM SAMUEL SCHEFF, JASON BLAKE PENROD, STEPHANIE FARRIS YOUNG, TIMOTHY JAY LIEN, MICHAEL ANTHONY MONACO, JR.
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Patent number: 8961183Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an Audio-Story Engine that includes a repository of prerecorded audio files that, when played in a certain sequence, with user provided recordings placed throughout, tell a story. To obtain the user provided recordings, the Audio-Story Engine asks the user to make audio recordings of various words or phrases. For example, the Audio-Story Engine may ask the user a series of questions in order to record and store the user's audible responses. Upon completion, the Audio-Story Engine plays back a completed story that incorporates the user's audio recordings by playing an appropriate user recording after playing a prerecorded audio file. This is repeated several times in sequence to form a seamless, customized, audio story. In addition, the Audio-Story Engine may alter the pitch or sound of the user's recorded words to match the pitch of the prerecorded story.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Hallmark Cards, IncorporatedInventors: Anne Catherine Bates, Jason Paul Gahr, Adam Samuel Scheff, Jason Blake Penrod, Stephanie Farris Young, Timothy Jay Lien, Michael Anthony Monaco, Jr.
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Publication number: 20150012450Abstract: Computer-readable media, systems, and methods are provided for prompting a customer of a service to submit digital content to the service in order to generate an online compilation. Input from the customer may be received in response to communications from the service. Temporal preference information may then be extracted from the input by determining time periods at which the customer most commonly provides the input in response to the communications. Based on the time periods at which the customer most commonly provides input, a prompting scheme may be derived, where the prompting scheme governs scheduling an automatic distribution of subsequent communications to the customer at the time periods at which the customer most commonly provides the input. The subsequent communications may then be distributed to the customer in accordance with the prompting scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: EMILY GALLAGHER BROUGH, EDDY DYWAYNE JOHNSON, KEVIN JOHN BRIDGES, JASON BLAKE PENROD, KIRBY BOUAS MCDANIEL
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Patent number: 8819169Abstract: Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing methods are provided for establishing and updating a prompting scheme for soliciting feedback from a customer. Initially, the customer provides a type of occasion to monitor and temporal criteria for receiving communications from a service. The service generates a prompting scheme based on the type of occasion in order to properly compose solicitations for feedback from the customer. Also, the service uses the temporal criteria for establishing the prompting scheme, which influences the scheduling of communications bearing the solicitations, respectively. Upon delivering the communications, interaction between the customer and the service is monitored and evaluated in order to update the prompting scheme.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Hallmark Cards, IncorporatedInventors: Emily Gallagher Kinder, Eddy Dywayne Johnson, Kevin John Bridges, Jason Blake Penrod, Kirby Bouas McDaniel
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Publication number: 20140003034Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention use light to add human-like features to an inanimate object. In one embodiment, the object includes a film with an image that has been manipulated to provide for a low profile projection of an image onto a vertical surface directly adjacent to the object. For example, the image of a witch's head could be projected onto a wall and directly beneath, a witch's hat could be hanging on the wall. In another embodiment, changing lights and shadows are used to create animated objects out of otherwise inanimate objects. Various embodiments include components to create the illusion of changing facial expressions. These components include a plurality of light sources and an electronic device that controls the light sources to create the animation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATEDInventors: TIMOTHY JAY LIEN, JASON BLAKE PENROD, STEVE EIKOS, ROBERT D. WERTANEN, MA LAP MAN, WESLEY D. LINDQUIST, KARI JEAN WALBERG
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Publication number: 20130323689Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an Audio-Story Engine that includes a repository of prerecorded audio files that, when played in a certain sequence, with user provided recordings placed throughout, tell a story. To obtain the user provided recordings, the Audio-Story Engine asks the user to make audio recordings of various words or phrases. For example, the Audio-Story Engine may ask the user a series of questions in order to record and store the user's audible responses. Upon completion, the Audio-Story Engine plays back a completed story that incorporates the user's audio recordings by playing an appropriate user recording after playing a prerecorded audio file. This is repeated several times in sequence to form a seamless, customized, audio story. In addition, the Audio-Story Engine may alter the pitch or sound of the user's recorded words to match the pitch of the prerecorded story.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATEDInventors: ANNE CATHERINE BATES, JASON PAUL GAHR, ADAM SAMUEL SCHEFF, JASON BLAKE PENROD, STEPHANIE FARRIS YOUNG, TIMOTHY JAY LIEN, MICHAEL ANTHONY MONACO, JR.
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Publication number: 20120297018Abstract: Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing methods are provided for establishing and updating a prompting scheme for soliciting feedback from a customer. Initially, the customer provides a type of occasion to monitor and temporal criteria for receiving communications from a service. The service generates a prompting scheme based on the type of occasion in order to properly compose solicitations for feedback from the customer. Also, the service uses the temporal criteria for establishing the prompting scheme, which influences the scheduling of communications bearing the solicitations, respectively. Upon delivering the communications, interaction between the customer and the service is monitored and evaluated in order to update the prompting scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: EMILY GALLAGHER KINDER, EDDY DYWAYNE JOHNSON, KEVIN JOHN BRIDGES, JASON BLAKE PENROD, KIRBY BOUAS MCDANIEL
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Patent number: D739293Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATEDInventor: Jason Blake Penrod