METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING INTERCHANGEABLE ANALYTICS MODULES USED TO PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED TAX RETURN PREPARATION INTERVIEWS
First Claim
1. A computing system implemented method for evaluating analytics modules to improve a personalization of tax questions delivered to a user in a tax return preparation system, comprising:
- retrieving, with a computing system, historical tax return data;
selecting one or more analytics modules for evaluation with the historical tax return data,wherein each of the one or more analytics modules are interchangeably pluggable into the tax return preparation system;
applying the historical tax return data to the one or more analytics modules that are selected for evaluation;
receiving analytics outputs from the one or more analytics modules, in response to applying the historical tax return data; and
determining an effectiveness of each of the one or more analytics modules by correlating the analytics outputs with at least part of the historical tax return data.
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Abstract
A method and system evaluates analytics modules to improve a personalization of tax questions delivered to a user in a tax return preparation system, according to one embodiment. The method and system retrieves historical tax return data and selects one or more interchangeable analytics modules for evaluation with the historical tax return data, according to one embodiment. The method and system applies the historical tax return data to the one or more analytics modules that are selected for evaluation, according to one embodiment. The method and system receives analytics outputs from the one or more analytics modules, in response to applying the historical tax return data, according to one embodiment. The method and system determines an effectiveness of each of the one or more analytics modules by correlating the analytics outputs with at least part of the historical tax return data, according to one embodiment.
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1. A computing system implemented method for evaluating analytics modules to improve a personalization of tax questions delivered to a user in a tax return preparation system, comprising:
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retrieving, with a computing system, historical tax return data; selecting one or more analytics modules for evaluation with the historical tax return data, wherein each of the one or more analytics modules are interchangeably pluggable into the tax return preparation system; applying the historical tax return data to the one or more analytics modules that are selected for evaluation; receiving analytics outputs from the one or more analytics modules, in response to applying the historical tax return data; and determining an effectiveness of each of the one or more analytics modules by correlating the analytics outputs with at least part of the historical tax return data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable medium having a plurality of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform a method for evaluating interchangeable analytics modules to improve a personalization of tax questions delivered to a user in a tax return preparation system, the instructions comprising:
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a data structure storing historical tax return data; one or more interchangeable analytics modules, wherein each of the one or more interchangeable analytics modules is configured to apply a data evaluation model to tax return data to generate an analytics output, wherein the analytics output is associated with prioritizing tax questions for a tax return preparation interview; and an analytics module evaluation engine configured to apply the one or more interchangeable analytics modules to the historical tax return data to generate analytics outputs, wherein the analytics module evaluation engine compares the analytics outputs to the historical tax return data to determine a quantity of correlation between the analytics outputs and the historical tax return data, wherein a higher correlation between one of the analytics outputs and the historical tax return data is associated with a higher predictive accuracy, wherein the analytics module evaluation engine prioritizes the one or more interchangeable analytics modules based on the quantity of correlation between the analytics outputs and the historical tax return data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for evaluating analytics modules to improve a personalization of tax questions delivered to a user in a tax return preparation system, the system comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory having stored therein instructions which, when executed by any set of the one or more processors, perform a process for evaluating analytics modules to improve a personalization of tax questions delivered to a user in a tax return preparation system, the process including; retrieving, with a computing system, historical tax return data; selecting one or more analytics modules for evaluation with the historical tax return data, wherein each of the one or more analytics modules are interchangeably pluggable into the tax return preparation system; applying the historical tax return data to the one or more analytics modules that are selected for evaluation; receiving analytics outputs from the one or more analytics modules, in response to applying the historical tax return data; and determining an effectiveness of each of the one or more analytics modules by correlating the analytics outputs with at least part of the historical tax return data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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