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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2012
German Scipioni, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald James Fotsch, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Edward Black, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amy Poling, San Jose, CA (US);
Alp Tiritoglu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
German Scipioni, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald James Fotsch, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Edward Black, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amy Poling, San Jose, CA (US);
Alp Tiritoglu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Example embodiments describe a method and a system to control activities of a financial account. In example embodiments, a secondary account is linked to a primary account. Within the secondary account, a spending account and a savings account are established. A savings goal in the savings account of the secondary account that enables a portion of the savings account of the secondary account to be set aside is created. The savings goal includes a goal amount. An automatic purchase of a product associated with the savings goal upon the goal amount being met may be allowed.