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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Amir R. Eftekhari, San Diego, CA (US);
Erikheath A. Thomas, Lincoln, NE (US);
Carol Ann Howe, San Diego, CA (US);
George Thomas Ericksen, San Diego, CA (US);
Gerald Baron Huff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gang Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Amir R. Eftekhari, San Diego, CA (US);
Erikheath A. Thomas, Lincoln, NE (US);
Carol Ann Howe, San Diego, CA (US);
George Thomas Ericksen, San Diego, CA (US);
Gerald Baron Huff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gang Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method involves generating a partially completed tax return based on basic user information without needing to obtain other user inputs through an extensive user interview. A list of simple and concise interview questions are generated or selected from an interview question collection based on the partially completed tax return to finalize the tax return. The method further involves using an inference engine to allow data collection at any time and in any order via specific, personalized questions geared toward completion of the tax return. Therefore the taxpayer spends time reviewing rather than preparing his or her tax documents.