Patent ID: 7363262

Claim:
A method of protecting an account, the method comprising: creating a first account number and a second account number for an entity, wherein the first account number and second account number are associated with an account associated with the entity; associating the first and second account numbers with the account; storing an indication of a first subset of operations that should be restricted to the first account number; storing an indication of a second subset of operations that should be restricted to the second account number; enabling access to the account using the first subset of operations if the first account number is received in a transaction request; enabling access to the account using the second subset of operations if the second account number is received in a transaction request; receiving a first request for an operation for the first account number; using the first account number to determine the first subset of operations; determining if the operation is in the stored first subset of operations; if the operation is in the first subset of operations, processing the request with the account associated with the first and second account numbers; receiving a second request for a second operation for the second account number; using the second account number to determine the second subset of operations; determining if the second operation is in the stored second subset of operations; and if the second operation is in the second subset of operations, processing the second request with the account associated with the first and second account numbers.