Patents by Inventor Brian M. Weaver

Brian M. Weaver 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).

  • Patent number: 7685034
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for finance-based competition are described. The system and method for finance-based competition may provide a game engine configured to enable a user to engage in a finance-based competition with one or more other users. The winner of the competition may be determined by one of various standards related to various financial attributes. In various embodiments, the game engine may be configured to enable a user to compete against one or more user-defined goals. A user may set various goals that he would like to complete during a given time period, such as saving a certain amount of wealth, funding a child's education fund, purchasing a second home, minimizing taxes owed to a taxing authority, and other finance-related goals. In various embodiments, the game engine may be configured to generate one or more finance-related predictions using a rules engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Mori, David Taylor, Ronald Jason Char, Brian M. Weaver