Patents by Inventor James S. Gillespie

James S. Gillespie 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: 20120136764
    Abstract: Bookmarking interview screens of an electronic tax return prepared using an on-line tax preparation application. A widget or other element is executed by a user to request a URL bookmark of a screen. A bookmark program of or associated with the on-line tax preparation application dynamically generates a URL bookmark based at least in part upon context data of the screen identifying a path to the screen within hierarchical structure of screens. The URL bookmark is provided to the user and may be utilized to jump to the bookmarked screen without having retracing prior navigation steps through multiple screens before the subject screen. Embodiments may be utilized by technical support persons assisting end users, e.g., by requesting a URL bookmark in the form of a hypertext link and sending the link to a screen to an end user who may click on the link to jump to the bookmarked screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Miller, Beiyu Yang, Christine M. Ingalls, James S. Gillespie
  • Patent number: 8032822
    Abstract: A method for reviewing data dependencies in a document that includes requesting an explanation of a dependent data container in a plurality of data containers, in which the dependent data container resides within a document, and receiving the explanation of the dependent data container, in which the explanation that includes information about the dependent data container and information about a precedent data container of the plurality of data containers, and in which the information describes the dependency between the precedent data container and the dependent data container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Artamonov, Michael Wang, Bradford R. Brown, Jay Jie-Bing Yu, James S. Gillespie