Jose Alejandro Alvarez

Title: Jose Alejandro Alvarez: Patents in Location-Aware Forms and Contact Management.

Introduction

Jose Alejandro Alvarez is an inventor based in Sunnyvale, California. His work includes inventions for using location information to assist with form completion and for managing contact updates between people and organizations. He is associated with Intuit, Inc.

Latest Patents

Alvarez’s listed patents address two aspects of information management. His portfolio includes 2 patents.

“Automatic field entries based on geographic location” describes a computer system and method that can use a user’s current location to identify relevant information about an entity and populate fields in an application form. The system may rely on a predefined relationship or determine one based on factors such as proximity.

“Method and system for managing contact information among relationships” describes a process for handling contact updates between a registered user and an associated entity. It considers the user’s and entity’s update preferences before sending a message based on the user’s contact information.

Career Highlights

The inventions reflect an interest in making digital interactions more context-aware and efficient. One applies geographic context to form entry, while the other uses relationship and preference information to manage contact updates.

Collaborations

Alvarez is associated with Intuit, Inc. His listed coworkers include Joseph W. Lasee and Evan M. Worley.

Conclusion

Jose Alejandro Alvarez’s two listed patents focus on practical ways to use location and relationship data to improve form completion and contact-information management.