Patent ID: 8762230

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of establishing an online account for a prospective Internet user, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium including a program and a computer executable program code, the method comprising: establishing, at a server computer, a first account, settings of the first account being stored in a database in the server computer; establishing, at the server computer, a second account by a user associated with the first account, settings of the second account being stored in the database, the second account comprising a wish-list, the wish-list comprising items from a plurality of service requesters who have been authorized by the user of the first account; linking the first and second accounts such that the settings of the second account are determined through the first account; and selecting at least one wish-list item, wherein the settings of the second account do not allow item selection from one of the plurality of service requesters websites when a service requester's website is not authorized, but item selection may be later authorized by a custodian of the first account.