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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Amir R. Eftekhari, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan Tifford, San Diego, CA (US);
Amir R. Eftekhari, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan Tifford, San Diego, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for populating a field on a form. The method includes: establishing a communication session between a first computing device and a second computing device; receiving, from a user of the first computing device, a selection of source data; transferring, over the secure communication session, the source data from the first computing device to the second computing device; matching, based on a matching criterion, the source data to the field in the second computing device; calculating, after matching the source data to the field, a value for the field based on the matching criterion and the source data; and populating the field with the value.