Patents by Inventor Brian W. Farwell

Brian W. Farwell 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: 8675923
    Abstract: A technique for providing feedback about an image of a financial document to a user is described. During this feedback technique, the user provides the image of a financial document, such as W-2 form. For example, the user may take a picture of or may scan the financial document. This image may be analyzed using predefined information in a set of financial documents (such as different types of income-tax documents), and a quality metric for the image may be determined using the analysis. Moreover, the feedback, which is based on the determined quality metric, may be provided to the user. For example, the user may be instructed to retake the image, and the instructions may include an image of the desired orientation and content. In this way, the user may be advised as to how to improve the quality metric in the revised image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Snow, Brian W. Farwell, Amir Eftekhari, Carol A. Howe
  • Publication number: 20120020532
    Abstract: A technique for providing feedback about an image of a financial document to a user is described. During this feedback technique, the user provides the image of a financial document, such as W-2 form. For example, the user may take a picture of or may scan the financial document. This image may be analyzed using predefined information in a set of financial documents (such as different types of income-tax documents), and a quality metric for the image may be determined using the analysis. Moreover, the feedback, which is based on the determined quality metric, may be provided to the user. For example, the user may be instructed to retake the image, and the instructions may include an image of the desired orientation and content. In this way, the user may be advised as to how to improve the quality metric in the revised image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: David J. Snow, Brian W. Farwell, Amir Eftekhari, Carol A. Howe