Account control and access management of sub-accounts from master account

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APP PUB NO 20020095386A1
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10017184

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A system and method to manage and control access to content and transactions for use by a transaction device are described in detail below. In addition, authorization for an account to request content or conduct transactions may be confirmed locally within the transaction device. Further, setting levels of access and account management for each account can be performed locally within the transaction device. In one embodiment, access is requested from a secure entity. The access to the secure entity is granted if authentication information identifying a user requesting the access is provided to the secure entity. In one embodiment, a control parameter is stored on a local device; content is requested from the local device; and the content is locally compared with the control parameter on the local device to determine whether requesting the content is allowed. In another embodiment, a category is stored on a local device associated with an account; and the account is locally managed via the category on the local device. In yet another embodiment, a spending limit level is assigned to an account on a local transaction device; and transactions from the account on the local device are locally controlled in response to the spending limit level.

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SONY CORPORATION1-7-1 KONAN MINATO-KU TOKYO
SONY ELECTRONICS INC1 SONY DRIVE PARK RIDGE NJ 07656-8003

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ludtke, Harold Aaron San Jose, CA 65 3423
Maritzen, L Michael Fremont, CA 18 1086
Niwa-san, Kiyo Haworth, NJ 4 200
Tsukamura, Yoshihiro Kawasaki, JP 27 547

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