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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Keyvan Rahmatian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sharla Kay Fullerton, Brisbane, CA (US);
Christopher Edward Smith, Felton, CA (US);
Scott Williams, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Keyvan Rahmatian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sharla Kay Fullerton, Brisbane, CA (US);
Christopher Edward Smith, Felton, CA (US);
Scott Williams, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for performing a task, which includes generating a user interface with multiple screens where each screen corresponds to a step in a workflow used for performing the task; generating multiple live thumbnails which include miniaturized sections of the screens; displaying a first screen of the multiple screens and the multiple live thumbnails to a user using the user interface; populating a field on the first screen with input data entered by the user; determining a validity of the input data; updating a first live thumbnail of the multiple live thumbnails corresponding to the first screen based on the input data and the validity; receiving a screen selection from the user; displaying a second screen of the multiple screens corresponding to the screen selection; and updating a second live thumbnail of the multiple live thumbnails corresponding to the second screen based on the screen selection.