Patents by Inventor James E. Whitelaw

James E. Whitelaw 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).

  • Method and system for obscuring and securing financial data in an online banking application
    Patent number: 8041127
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that obscures critical information communicated over a network. During operation, the system receives a set of data and produces a file which represents a character in the data with at least one image, thereby avoiding representing the data in plain text and reducing the risk of scraping. The system then communicates the file to a client, thereby allowing the client to present the data using the embedded images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Whitelaw
  • Method and system for obscuring and securing financial data in an online banking application
    Publication number: 20080130940
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that obscures critical information communicated over a network. During operation, the system receives a set of data and produces a file which represents a character in the data with at least one image, thereby avoiding representing the data in plain text and reducing the risk of scraping. The system then communicates the file to a client, thereby allowing the client to present the data using the embedded images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventor: James E. Whitelaw