Patents by Inventor Todd Goodyear

Todd Goodyear 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: 11636354
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of managing questions and answers on a computer-hosted service. The method includes a computing device receiving text based tax question and answer pairings and inputting the tax question and answer pairings into a content model executed by the device and outputting a content score for each tax question and answer pairing based on the model. The content score comprises a number within a range. One end of the range corresponds to product content and another end of the range corresponds to general tax content. The device outputs an answer quality score for the tax question and answer pairings based at least in part on the content score and votes assigned to each respective question and answer pair, wherein votes comprises up votes and down votes. The device may generate a FAQ list stored in a database based at least in part on the answer quality score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Igor A. Podgorny, Nima Sarshar, Todd Goodyear, Bradly Feeley
  • Patent number: 10191985
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating rich content webpages from a question and answer (Q&A) library includes providing a topic and one or more seed questions related to the topic. The computing device searches the one or more seed questions against all questions in the Q&A library and identifies questions related to the topic. The computing device clusters the text of the questions related to the topic into a plurality of clusters and then removes substantial duplicates from the plurality of clusters. The computing device generates a rich content webpage by aggregating a question from each cluster onto a single webpage containing the topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Nima Sarshar, Jonathan Goldman, Igor A. Podgorny, Todd Goodyear
  • Patent number: 10140578
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of managing questions and answers on a computer-hosted service. The method includes a computing device receiving text based tax question and answer pairings and inputting the tax question and answer pairings into a content model executed by the device and outputting a content score for each tax question and answer pairing based on the model. The content score comprises a number within a range. One end of the range corresponds to product content and another end of the range corresponds to general tax content. The device outputs an answer quality score for the tax question and answer pairings based at least in part on the content score and votes assigned to each respective question and answer pair, wherein votes comprises up votes and down votes. The device may generate a FAQ list stored in a database based at least in part on the answer quality score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Igor A. Podgorny, Nima Sarshar, Todd Goodyear, Bradly Feeley
  • Patent number: 9947028
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of increasing the online conversion rate of potential users to a computer-hosted service is described. The method includes a computing device receiving a browser request from a potential user, the computing device receiving user-specific data as part of the browser request. The computing device inputs the user-specific data into a conversion model executed by the computing device and outputs a conversion score for the potential user based on the model. The computing device sends to the browser a marketing intervention if the conversion score falls below a pre-determined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Igor A. Podgorny, Warren E. Bartolome, Todd Goodyear