Patents by Inventor Sandra M. Edwards

Sandra M. Edwards 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: 9978098
    Abstract: A method for correcting a payroll error in a payroll of an employee includes calculating a value range of a payroll component based on the payroll of the employee for a pre-determined number of prior payroll periods, comparing a current value of the payroll component for a current payroll period and the value range to generate a difference, identifying an irregularity parameter associated with the payroll component in response to the difference exceeding a pre-determined threshold, wherein the irregularity parameter relates to a pre-determined mechanism capable of causing the payroll error, analyzing the difference using a pre-determined rule based on the irregularity parameter to determine whether the payroll error exists, and in response to determining that the payroll error exists, and correcting the payroll error prior to releasing the payroll for the current payroll period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Lesley Kim Grossblatt, Yogesh K. Bhumralkar, Sandra M. Edwards, Eric E. Shenk
  • Patent number: 8498910
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for payroll notification. The method steps include obtaining, by a processor, a payroll rule comprising a message and a condition requiring a payroll dollar amount, obtaining, by the processor, the payroll dollar amount from a first paystub having a first gross pay and a first net pay for an employee evaluating, by the processor, the condition of the payroll rule, where the first gross pay equals a second gross pay on a second paystub having a second net pay for the employee, and outputting, by the processor and in response to the condition being satisfied, the message of the payroll rule onto the first paystub explaining a non-zero difference between the first net pay and the second net pay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Lesley Kim Grossblatt, Lucinda Kathryn Foss, Sandra M. Edwards, Kyle Greene Kilat