Patents by Inventor John Paul Catrett

John Paul Catrett 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).

  • Online interactive notification platform for exploring possible tax nexus and implications
    Patent number: 12131390
    Abstract: In response to receiving a request from a querying entity, such as a seller of goods or services, embodiments of a service engine present to a client computing device of the querying entity a set of queries about goods or services sold by the querying entity and other characteristics of the business of the querying entity. The service engine may intelligently determine which queries to present based on responses to preceding queries. The service engine may then compare the entries in response to the queries against stored rules for a one or more of a plurality of tax jurisdictions, the stored rules being about establishing nexus for purposes of remitting transaction tax in the certain tax jurisdiction. The service engine may then determine information regarding potential lack of tax compliance of the querying entity based on the comparison, and notify accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Avalara, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellen Wixted, Andrew Jesse Powell, John Paul Catrett, Brock Rumer, Ben Fisher Johnson, Morgan Coleman, Salvador Anthony Rodriguez, Tyler Flora, Jeremy Martinez, Andrew Louis Bloom, Alexander Demyanik, Allison M. Grampa
  • ONLINE INTERACTIVE NOTIFICATION PLATFORM FOR EXPLORING POSSIBLE TAX NEXUS AND IMPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220067842
    Abstract: In response to receiving a request from a querying entity, such as a seller of goods or services, embodiments of a service engine present to a client computing device of the querying entity a set of queries about goods or services sold by the querying entity and other characteristics of the business of the querying entity. The service engine may intelligently determine which queries to present based on responses to preceding queries. The service engine may then compare the entries in response to the queries against stored rules for a one or more of a plurality of tax jurisdictions, the stored rules being about establishing nexus for purposes of remitting transaction tax in the certain tax jurisdiction. The service engine may then determine information regarding potential lack of tax compliance of the querying entity based on the comparison, and notify accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ellen Wixted, Andrew Jesse Powell, John Paul Catrett, Brock Rumer, Ben Fisher Johnson, Morgan Coleman, Salvador Anthony Rodriguez, Tyler Flora, Jeremy Martinez, Andrew Louis Bloom, Alexander Demyanik, Allison M. Grampa
  • Online interactive notification platform for exploring possible tax nexus and implications
    Patent number: 11238542
    Abstract: In response to receiving a request from a querying entity, such as a seller of goods or services, embodiments of a service engine present to a client computing device of the querying entity a set of queries about goods or services sold by the querying entity and other characteristics of the business of the querying entity. The service engine may intelligently determine which queries to present based on responses to preceding queries. The service engine may then compare the entries in response to the queries against stored rules for a one or more of a plurality of tax jurisdictions, the stored rules being about establishing nexus for purposes of remitting transaction tax in the certain tax jurisdiction. The service engine may then determine information regarding potential lack of tax compliance of the querying entity based on the comparison, and notify accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Avalara, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellen Wixted, Andrew Jesse Powell, John Paul Catrett, Brock Rumer, Ben Fisher Johnson, Morgan Coleman, Salvador Anthony Rodriguez, Tyler Flora, Jeremy Martinez, Andrew Louis Bloom, Alexander Paul Demyanik, Allison M. Grampa