CPC G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/1235 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40145 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3674 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4018 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for enabling a primary computing device to authorize actions requested by secondary computing devices, the method comprising, by the primary computing device:
receiving, from a secondary computing device, a request to perform an action, wherein:
primary and secondary accounts are associated with the primary and secondary computing devices, respectively,
the primary and secondary accounts are associated as a shared user account, and
the secondary account is unable to access a set of actions that the primary account is permitted to access, wherein the set of actions includes the action;
identifying a payment registration characteristic of a payment registration associated with the primary account;
obtaining, based on the payment registration characteristic, identity information associated with the primary account;
identifying, based on the payment registration characteristic, a particular identity verification technique through which to obtain a verification indicator;
performing the particular identity verification technique to obtain the verification indicator; and
in conjunction with determining that the identity information corresponds to the verification indicator:
providing, to a server computing device, an indication that the identity information corresponds to the verification indicator,
receiving, from the server computing device, a payment verification token that authorizes the action requested by the secondary account, and
authorizing the action requested by the secondary account.
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