Patents by Inventor Bradford R. Brown

Bradford R. Brown 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).

  • Tax calculation explanation generator
    Patent number: 8082144
    Abstract: A method for explaining a form that includes receiving input code, wherein the input code is associated with the form, processing the input code to create an explanation dynamically associated with the form, and outputting the explanation into a natural language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford R. Brown, Michael Wang, Michael A. Artamonov
  • Method and system for explaining dependencies on a document
    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