Patent ID: 7870071
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer based system for facilitating use of a transaction account, a common account identifier, recognizing, by said computer based system, said common account identifier as being associated with more than one account; determining, by said computer based system, based on selection criteria, one of said first transaction account and said second transaction account to access for processing a transaction, resulting in a selected transaction account, receiving, by said computer based system, at least one of a first biometric indicator and a second biometric indicator, wherein said first biometric indicator is associated with said first transaction account and said second biometric indicator is associated with said second transaction account; communicating, by said computer based system, an authorization request to at least one of said first authorizer and said second authorizer in response to said computer determining said transaction is processed by a respective at least one of said first transaction account and said second transaction account; and processing, by said computer based system, said transaction via said selected transaction account.