Patents by Inventor Brian Lyle Hofmaister

Brian Lyle Hofmaister 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: 10861106
    Abstract: Computing systems, computer-implemented methods, articles of manufacture for making personalized assessments regarding whether a taxpayer should be presented with a standardized flow of interview screens, questions or topics, or with an itemized deduction flow of interview screens, questions or topics. This assessment is made utilizing a generated user interface and analytic data elements that generate outputs that reflect the taxpayer's data, e.g., in the form of ranges of numerical data that are based on the taxpayer's data. User interface elements representing response options in the form of range data may be selected by the user without entering specific electronic tax return data for the purpose of making standardized v. itemized determinations and to determine which questions or topics can be bypassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Sharon E. Hunt, Yao H. Morin, Alexis Hartford, Brian Lyle Hofmaister, Andrew Roe, Varadarajan Sriram, Sylvia R. Knust, Thai D. Dang, Robert E. Bamford, Carol Ann Howe