Patents by Inventor John A. Dryden

John A. Dryden 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).

  • Error checking for data entry
    Patent number: 8234562
    Abstract: A method for displaying a form involves checking an input to determine whether an error exists, where the input corresponds to a field within the form, updating a tally of errors for the form reflecting the error when the error is contained in the field within the form, and visualizing the tally of errors by concurrently displaying the tally of errors and the form, where the field corresponding to the error is identified within the form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Rachel L. Evans, Leslie A. Skelly, Matthew G. Rice, John A. Dryden, Morris Neer, Celia M. Lynn
  • Field-level search tool
    Patent number: 7698342
    Abstract: A method for searching involving receiving a search term and obtaining a related word based on the search term to generate a search criteria, searching forms for the search criteria, identifying a topic associated with a field within a form based on the search criteria, and presenting the field within the form associated with the topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Rachel L. Evans, Matthew G. Rice, Leslie A. Skelly, John A. Dryden, Ronald A. Schaefer, Mary Lou Cassell