Patents by Inventor Gerald Huff

Gerald Huff 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: 20110319063
    Abstract: Communications involving mobile communication devices and an intermediate compute of a trusted third party host such that people can communicate with each other through the intermediate computer while not disclosing their phone numbers and/or other contact information to each other. Users register with the intermediate computer using a first form of communication that may involve non-voice communications such as text messages. After registration, users may communicate with each other through the intermediate computer using the same or different form of communication. For example, after registering with the intermediate computer via text messages, users may communicate with each other through a voice connection established through the intermediate computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Vishnu Nanda, Sagar Dutta, Anup P. Mutalik, Kashinath Kakarla, Shirish K. Peshwe, Mandar A. Kale, Gerald Huff
  • Patent number: 7907705
    Abstract: A method for capturing information from a live conversation between an operator and a customer, involving monitoring the live conversation between the operator and the customer, recognizing at least one portion of the live conversation as a text portion upon converting the live conversation to text, interpreting a cue in the live conversation, relating the cue to an information field associated with a context for the live conversation, and storing information obtained from the text portion into the information field, wherein the information obtained from the text portion includes at least one word spoken after the cue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Huff, Roy Goldman
  • Patent number: 7756886
    Abstract: A system displays a filtered list of elements in response to receiving user input of a desired string associated with a list of elements. The system includes a user interface control, such as an edit control, for receiving the input, and determines whether elements matching the desired string exist in the list of elements. The system provides the ability to search internal strings of an element and various levels of a hierarchical list. If no matching elements exist, the system displays the entire list and provides an option to add a new element to the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Venkatesan Murugesan, Brian Morearty, Gerald Huff