Patents by Inventor Ralph Bryan

Ralph Bryan 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: 10671805
    Abstract: A system, a computer program, and a computerized method for the processing and completion of form documents. A form processing engine receives the form from the user. The form processing engine captures and stores an image of the form and extracts field metadata from the form, specifically each field on the form by name, type, and position. A form completion engine then renders the captured image of the form and generates a field overlay. The form completion engine populates the field overlay with user data as retrieved from a user information data store. The form completion engine may add additional objects and events to the form and invite the user to provide additional information. Completion of form documents is streamlined and largely or completely automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HRB Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Jefferson Pennington, Ralph Bryan Howell
  • Publication number: 20160253303
    Abstract: A system, a computer program, and a computerized method for the processing and completion of form documents. A form processing engine receives the form from the user. The form processing engine captures and stores an image of the form and extracts field metadata from the form, specifically each field on the form by name, type, and position. A form completion engine then renders the captured image of the form and generates a field overlay. The form completion engine populates the field overlay with user data as retrieved from a user information data store. The form completion engine may add additional objects and events to the form and invite the user to provide additional information. Completion of form documents is streamlined and largely or completely automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Jefferson Pennington, Ralph Bryan Howell
  • Patent number: 9337528
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing including electrically conductive sections defining a perimeter of the portable housing and configured to function as an antenna. One of the electrically conductive sections may include a base, a first electrically conductive arm extending from the base, and a second electrically conductive arm having a proximal portion parallel and spaced apart from the first electrically conductive arm. A printed circuit board (PCB) may be carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and coupled to the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Robert Ralph Bryan Hammond
  • Publication number: 20150142624
    Abstract: A system and computerized method for receiving and analyzing a notice document from a taxing authority. A notice form data store has a plurality of notice forms associated therewith, each associated with at least one category. A taxpayer file data store has a plurality of taxpayer files associated therewith. An advance notice engine acquires the notice document associated with the taxpayer; analyzes the notice document by comparing the notice document to the notice forms associated with the notice form data store; analyzes the notice document by comparing the notice document to the taxpayer files associated with the taxpayer file data store; calculates a severity level and at least one category associated; and generates a notice information set based upon the severity level, the at least one category, and the notice document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: James L. Buttonow, Ralph Bryan Howell, Brian Allen Howell, Clay Andre Reimer
  • Publication number: 20130194138
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing including electrically conductive sections defining a perimeter of the portable housing and configured to function as an antenna. One of the electrically conductive sections may include a base, a first electrically conductive arm extending from the base, and a second electrically conductive arm having a proximal portion parallel and spaced apart from the first electrically conductive arm. A printed circuit board (PCB) may be carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and coupled to the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Robert Ralph Bryan Hammond
  • Publication number: 20060248797
    Abstract: A flower pot assembly including at least one axle and two wheels near a lower region of a pot-shaped element. The axle is located from the bottom of the pot by a distance greater than the radius of the wheels such that the wheels are not in contact with the surface on which the assembly rests. Tipping of the flowerpot assembly brings the wheels into contact with the surface, and further tipping frees the bottom of the pot from contact with the surface. In this attitude, the assembly may be readily wheeled to a new location. A vertical handle, preferably detachable, is attached to a side above the axle to facilitate tipping and moving. The element may be cylindrical, conical, rectangular, or any other convenient shape. Preferably, the element is tapered to facilitate stacking of pots without wheels for shipping and storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Paul White, Ralph Bryan