Patents by Inventor Jonathan Michael Talan

Jonathan Michael Talan 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).

  • Patent number: 8452676
    Abstract: A method for filing a tax form, comprising generating a basic return form, receiving a plurality of basic return answers to a plurality of basic return questions from a user, obtaining aggregate tax data from a plurality of filed tax returns based on the plurality of basic return answers, determining a plurality of aggregate tax questions based on the aggregate tax data, determining a plurality of utilization levels for the plurality of aggregate tax questions, generating a summary input form comprising a first plurality of tax questions and a second plurality of tax questions, receiving a plurality of summary input answers to the first plurality of tax questions and the second plurality of tax questions from the user, completing the tax form based on the plurality of summary input answers to obtain a completed tax form, and filing the completed tax form with a tax authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Talan, Ronald G. Starling, II, Jonathan Allen Kirkland, Steven Karl Wheelis