Patent ID: 7593896

Claim:
A method for implementing a limited-use credit card system, the method comprising: allocating in a computer system a limited-use credit card number constituting a different number than a customer account number of a user and functioning as an authorized substitute for the customer account number; associating in the computer system the limited-use credit card number with the customer account number and a set of conditions defined by the user, wherein the customer account number is not limited to said user defined set of conditions; issuing the limited-use credit card number; detecting in the computer system a transaction using the limited-use credit card number; processing in the computer system the transaction in accordance with the set of conditions associated with limited-use credit card number; processing in the computer system the transaction against the customer account number; and authorizing or not authorizing the transaction based on a result of said processing of both the limited-use credit card number and the customer account number in the computer system.