Patent ID: 8388440

Claim:
A method of managing network accounts, comprising: providing a first account with member access allowing two or more privileges in the network; providing a second account with general access, wherein general access comprises: at least one privilege in the network that member access allows; and at least one privilege less than the member access allows; linking the second account having general access to the first account having member access; and granting at least one privilege of said member access of the first account to said second account while said second account is linked to said first account, wherein when the first account disconnects from the network, the link between the first account and the second account is terminated and the granted at least one privilege to the second account is removed from the second account, wherein after a predetermined number of services is requested through the link between the first account and the second account, the link between the first account and the second account is terminated, wherein a service request includes identification information of the second user, subscription information of the second user, and a type of a requested service, wherein a second account is permitted to be linked to only one first account at a time, wherein, when the second account and the first account are not linked, the second account reverts back to previous general access.