System and method for virtual piggybank
AssigneeVirtual Piggy, Inc.
InventorsJo Webber, Pradeep Ittycheria
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Abstract
A method of providing control preferences for a prospective Internet user, the method comprising the steps of establishing a first account, the settings of the first account being stored in a database; establishing a second account, the settings of the second account being stored in the database; linking the first and second accounts such that control settings of the second account are determined through the first account; and making a purchase from the second account consistent with the control settings of the second account.
Claims24
A method of providing control preferences for a prospective Internet user, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium including a program and a computer executable program code, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a first account, the settings of the first account being stored in a database;
- establishing a second account, the settings of the second account being stored in the database;
- linking the first and second accounts such that control settings of the second account are determined through the first account;
- and
- making a purchase from the second account consistent with the control settings of the second account,
- wherein the step of making a purchase from the second account further includes notifying a user associated with the first account.
(canceled)
A system providing control preferences for a prospective Internet user comprising:
- a server;
- and
- a database hosted on the server, the database storing information for a first account and a second account;
- wherein control settings of the second account are established through the first account such that a purchase from the second account is consistent with the control settings can be made,
- wherein a user associated with the first account is notified when a purchase from the second account is being made.
(canceled)
A method of providing control preferences for a prospective Internet user, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium including a program and a computer executable program code, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing an online account that includes specific control parameters;
- activating the online account by accessing a web based system designated by the online account;
- and
- controlling a user's use of the web based system through the online account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.