Patent ID: 7359885
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of accessing an online account, said method comprising: receiving, through a network, a request from a computing device; identifying a protocol, from a plurality of supported protocols, that was used by the computing device to send the request; retrieving a network address corresponding to the computing device; determining whether the network address is registered; in response to identifying the protocol and determining that the network address is registered, selecting one or more allowed financial account functions from a plurality of financial account functions stored in a data store, wherein the allowed financial account functions are selected based upon the network address and the identified protocol; and in response to identifying the protocol and determining that the network address is not registered, selecting the one or more allowed financial account functions from the plurality of financial account functions stored in the data store, wherein the allowed financial account functions are selected based upon the identified protocol.