Profile management system including user interface for accessing and maintaining profile data of user subscribed telephony services

A method for managing subscription profile data associated with a communications service, the method comprising:

• sending a user interface to a hosting client for a user to obtain access to and make changes to subscription profile data;
• receiving, from the client, a request to retrieve the subscription profile data;
• retrieving the subscription profile data from within a communications network in response to the request to retrieve the subscription profile data;
• receiving, from the client, a request to update the subscription profile data, and
• forwarding an update for the subscription profile data so that the communications service is implemented in the communications network in accordance with the update.

A tangible non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a set of instructions for managing subscription profile data associated with a communications service, the instructions when executed causing a computer to perform acts of:

• sending a user interface to a hosting client for a user to obtain access to and make changes to subscription profile data;
• receiving, from the client, a request to retrieve the subscription profile data;
• retrieving the subscription profile data from within a communications network in response to the request to retrieve the subscription profile data;
• receiving, from the client, a request to update the subscription profile data, and
• forwarding an update for the subscription profile data so that the communications service is implemented in the communications network in accordance with the update.

An apparatus for managing subscription profile data associated with a communications service subscribed to by a subscriber, the apparatus including:

• a memory that stores and instructions, and
• a processor that executes the instructions,
• wherein, when executed, the instructions cause the apparatus to perform acts of:
• sending a user interface to a hosting client for a user to obtain access to and make changes to subscription profile data;
• receiving, from the client, a request to retrieve the subscription profile data;
• retrieving the subscription profile data from within a communications network in response to the request to retrieve the subscription profile data;
• receiving, from the client, a request to update the subscription profile data, and
• forwarding an update for the subscription profile data so that the communications service is implemented in the communications network in accordance with the update.