Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Assigned Patent for Systems, Devices, Methods for Software Coding

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 26 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Springfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 11,042,363, initially filed Jan. 9, 2020) developed by two co-inventors for "systems, devices, and methods for software coding." The co-inventors are Harish Krishnaswamy, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Sam Elsamman, Springfield, Massachusetts.

The full-text of the patent can be found at https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=11,042,363.PN.&OS=PN/11,042,363&RS=PN/11,042,363

The abstract states: "Provided method and system allow dynamic rendering of a reflexive questionnaire based on a modifiable spreadsheet for users with little to no programming experience and knowledge. The method comprises receiving a modifiable spreadsheet with multiple rows, each row comprising rendering instructions for a reflexive questionnaire from a first computer, such as a data type cell, statement cell, logic cell, and a field identifier; rendering a graphical user interface, on a second computer, comprising a label and an input element corresponding to the rendering instructions of a first row of the spreadsheet; receiving an input from the second computer; evaluating the input against the logic cell of the spreadsheet; in response to the input complying with the logic cell of the spreadsheet, dynamically rendering a second label and a second input element to be displayed on the graphical user interface based on the logic of the first row."

Written by Ajita Mishra; edited by Sudarshan Harpal.