Patents by Inventor Richard Neil Preece

Richard Neil Preece 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: 7934150
    Abstract: A computer-readable medium includes instructions for managing output settings in a form-based application by modifying a first output setting control associated with a first output version of a form of the form-based application, initiating outputting the first output version based on modifying the first output setting control, and initiating outputting a second output version based on a second output setting control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Sabina Szonn, Morris Neer, Martin Lewandowski, Leslie Skelly, Phillip J. Ohme, Matthew G. Rice, Stephen J. Seiler, Richard Neil Preece, Helen Welbourn, Maude Harris
  • Patent number: 7756762
    Abstract: A method for providing audit support including displaying sample letter images, where each of the sample letter images is associated with one of a number of audit categories. The method further includes receiving a selection of one of the sample letter images from a user, in response to the selection, displaying a detailed sample letter image and a first confirmation question corresponding to the selected sample letter image, and receiving a first response to the first confirmation question from the user, where the first response confirms the user's selection. The method further includes displaying a first audit category description corresponding to the audit category associated with the user's selection, and displaying an action item list associated with the user's selection, where the action item list includes at least one action for the user to take to resolve the audit described by the first audit category description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Neil Preece, David Andrew Bedell