Patents by Inventor John W. Akers

John W. Akers 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).

  • Leveraging navigation tab placement for in-product discovery
    Patent number: 8914741
    Abstract: A method to assist a user of a software application. The method steps include displaying, in a user interface window, a first group of navigation tabs corresponding to an active set of features and a second group of navigation tabs corresponding to an inactive set of features, disposed at a first location and a second location, respectively, within the user interface window, and wherein the user is authorized to access the active set of features based on a user license and unauthorized to access the inactive set of features based on the user license, receiving a notification regarding a modification of the user license, wherein the user is authorized to access an activated feature of the inactive set of features based on the modification, and relocating a navigation tab of the second group to the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Akers