Patents by Inventor Howard C. Wright, III

Howard C. Wright, III 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: 8706580
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program for predicting an impact of a tax event on a user's tax liabilities at any intermediate time during a current tax year based on a comparison of known and predicted user information related to the user and the user's taxes, tax event information, and a tax deduction database of tax deductions, credits, and eligibility rules. The computer program and method for predicting the impact of the tax event comprise acquiring information about the user from a user profile, acquiring information about the tax event, comparing the user information and the tax event information with requirements for tax deductions and credits offered by a taxing authority, and identifying deductions or credits having requirements related to the user information and the tax event information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: HRB Tax Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Houseworth, Samuel Brent Passer, Howard C. Wright, III
  • Publication number: 20140108213
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program for predicting an impact of a tax event on a user's tax liabilities at any intermediate time during a current tax year based on a comparison of known and predicted user information related to the user and the user's taxes, tax event information, and a tax deduction database of tax deductions, credits, and eligibility rules. The computer program and method for predicting the impact of the tax event comprise acquiring information about the user from a user profile, acquiring information about the tax event, comparing the user information and the tax event information with requirements for tax deductions and credits offered by a taxing authority, and identifying deductions or credits having requirements related to the user information and the tax event information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HRB Tax Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Houseworth, Samuel Brent Passer, Howard C. Wright, III
  • Patent number: 8694395
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program for suggesting to the user a tax event to reduce the user's tax liability. Embodiments comprise accessing known user information related to the user and the user's taxes, wherein the known user information includes at least some information for a current tax year to date; comparing the known user information with requirements for at least one of tax deductions and tax credits offered by a taxing authority for the current tax year; identifying deductions or credits having requirements related to the known user information; and suggesting to the user a tax event for reducing the user's tax liability, wherein the suggested tax event is based at least partially on the known user information and the identified deductions or credits having requirements related to the known user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: HRB Tax Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Houseworth, Samuel Brent Passer, Howard C. Wright, III
  • Publication number: 20110264570
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program for suggesting to the user a tax event to reduce the user's tax liability. Embodiments comprise accessing known user information related to the user and the user's taxes, wherein the known user information includes at least some information for a current tax year to date; comparing the known user information with requirements for at least one of tax deductions and tax credits offered by a taxing authority for the current tax year; identifying deductions or credits having requirements related to the known user information; and suggesting to the user a tax event for reducing the user's tax liability, wherein the suggested tax event is based at least partially on the known user information and the identified deductions or credits having requirements related to the known user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: HRB Tax Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Houseworth, Howard C. Wright, III, Samuel Brent Passer
  • Publication number: 20110264569
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program for predicting an impact of a tax event on a user's tax liabilities at any intermediate time during a current tax year based on a comparison of known and predicted user information related to the user and the user's taxes, tax event information, and a tax deduction database of tax deductions, credits, and eligibility rules. The computer program and method for predicting the impact of the tax event comprise acquiring information about the user from a user profile, acquiring information about the tax event, comparing the user information and the tax event information with requirements for tax deductions and credits offered by a taxing authority, and identifying deductions or credits having requirements related to the user information and the tax event information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: HRB TAX GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Houseworth, Samuel Brent Passer, Howard C. Wright, III