Patent ID: 7877297
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for conditional purchase, comprising: storing, in a registered users store, one or more master accounts associated with a conditional purchase system and one or more sub-accounts associated with the conditional purchase system, wherein each particular master account is associated with to one or more particular sub-accounts; placing, using an ordering module executed by a server computer, an order by a user over a link to purchase an item; and controlling, using an account module, executed by a server computer, the purchasing of the one more particular sub-accounts associated with the particular master account by determining if approval of the purchase of the item by the sub-account is required, wherein the account module stores: (1) a configurable set of purchasing permissions, with pre-set baseline thresholds and permitted categories, for each of the one or more particular sub-accounts wherein the configurable set of purchasing permissions are set by the particular master account, and (2) a wish list for each of the one or more particular sub-accounts in which items whose purchase is not allowed by the particular master account are placed by the system for later purchase.