Patents by Inventor Lucy Ashdown

Lucy Ashdown 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: 11900478
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising receiving a set of rules that define assigning tax codes for a first entity based on a plurality of parameters; receiving invoice data that defines an invoice directed to the first entity; automatically determining a commodity type applicable to the invoice data by digitally cross-referencing line items in the invoice data representing goods or services to community transaction data, the community transaction data comprising a plurality of different line item data for different invoices of other entities different from and unrelated to the first entity; automatically assigning tax codes to the invoice data based on the commodity type and the set of rules; and causing to display the commodity type and the tax codes in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Coupa Software Incorporated
    Inventors: Donna Wilczek, Markus Hornburg, Zachary Randles, Lucy Ashdown
  • Publication number: 20230021865
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising receiving a set of rules that define assigning tax codes for a first entity based on a plurality of parameters; receiving invoice data that defines an invoice directed to the first entity; automatically determining a commodity type applicable to the invoice data by digitally cross-referencing line items in the invoice data representing goods or services to community transaction data, the community transaction data comprising a plurality of different line item data for different invoices of other entities different from and unrelated to the first entity; automatically assigning tax codes to the invoice data based on the commodity type and the set of rules; and causing to display the commodity type and the tax codes in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Donna Wilczek, Markus Hornburg, Zachary Randles, Lucy Ashdown
  • Patent number: 11488261
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising receiving a set of rules that define assigning tax codes for a first entity based on a plurality of parameters, and storing the set of rules in a first data repository in association with an entity record of the first entity; receiving invoice data that defines an invoice directed to the first entity; automatically determining a commodity type applicable to the invoice data by digitally cross-referencing line items in the invoice data representing goods or services to community transaction data stored in a second data repository, the community transaction data comprising a plurality of different line item data for different invoices of other entities different from and unrelated to the first entity; automatically assigning tax codes to the invoice data based on the commodity type and the set of rules; and causing to display the commodity type and the tax codes in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Donna Wilczek, Markus Hornburg, Zachary Randles, Lucy Ashdown
  • Publication number: 20210272214
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising receiving a set of rules that define assigning tax codes for a first entity based on a plurality of parameters, and storing the set of rules in a first data repository in association with an entity record of the first entity; receiving invoice data that defines an invoice directed to the first entity; automatically determining a commodity type applicable to the invoice data by digitally cross-referencing line items in the invoice data representing goods or services to community transaction data stored in a second data repository, the community transaction data comprising a plurality of different line item data for different invoices of other entities different from and unrelated to the first entity; automatically assigning tax codes to the invoice data based on the commodity type and the set of rules; and causing to display the commodity type and the tax codes in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Donna Wilczek, Markus Hornburg, Zachary Randles, Lucy Ashdown
  • Patent number: 11049191
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising receiving a set of rules that define assigning tax codes for a first entity based on a plurality of parameters, and storing the set of rules in a first data repository in association with an entity record of the first entity; receiving invoice data that defines an invoice directed to the first entity; automatically determining a commodity type applicable to the invoice data by digitally cross-referencing line items in the invoice data representing goods or services to community transaction data stored in a second data repository, the community transaction data comprising a plurality of different line item data for different invoices of other entities different from and unrelated to the first entity; automatically assigning tax codes to the invoice data based on the commodity type and the set of rules; and causing to display the commodity type and the tax codes in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Coupa Software Incorporated
    Inventors: Donna Wilczek, Markus Hornburg, Zachary Randles, Lucy Ashdown