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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Amir R. Eftekhari, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul F. Hubbard, San Diego, CA (US);
Andrew Scott Jeddeloh, Beaverton, OR (US);
Tyler Thomas Krupicka, Newberg, OR (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for masking tax data during collaborative preparation of an electronic tax return, the system includes a server computer having a tax return preparation program running thereon. The system also includes a tax return preparation computer having a first browser program running thereon. The system further includes a support computer having a second browser program running thereon. Moreover, the system includes a network operatively coupling the server computer, tax return preparation computer, and the support computer. The first browser includes a masking module configured to automatically mask a tax datum without user intervention before transmitting the tax datum to the server computer for subsequent transmission to the support computer. The tax datum is masked in real time during collaborative preparation of the electronic tax return.