Method and apparatus for dynamic service provisioning for machine to machine (M2M) devices in a communications network

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a communications network, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving a request from a third party service provider to provision a delivery service of a product to a user in response to a previous request sent to the third party service provider via a machine to machine communication that is initiated from a machine of the user, wherein the third party service provider provides the delivery service of the product, wherein the user is a subscriber of a communication service provided by a communications network service provider of the communications network, wherein the previous request comprises a request that occurred earlier in time than the request;
• determining that the communications network service provider of the communications network and the third party service provider have a pre-existing agreement to provision the delivery service of the product;
• and
• provisioning the delivery service of the product of the third party service provider to the user via the communications network in accordance with the pre-existing agreement, wherein the provisioning comprises allowing the third party service provider to modify a subscription database of the communications network service provider to include a new entry for the user and the delivery service of the product provided by the third party service provider.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor of a communications network, a request from a first machine to change a parameter associated with a machine to machine communication service from a third party service provider to a user in response to a previous request sent to the third party service provider via a machine to machine communication that is initiated from a second machine of the user, wherein the parameter is stored in a subscription database of a communications network service provider of the communications network, wherein the third party service provider provides a delivery service of a product, wherein the user is a subscriber of the delivery service of the product provided by the third-party service provider and a subscriber of the machine to machine communication service provided by the communications network service provider, wherein the previous request comprises a request that occurred earlier in time than the request;
• determining, by the processor, that the first machine is authorized to access a database in the communications network to change the parameter;
• and
• granting, by the processor, an access to the first machine to change the parameter of the subscription database in the communications network of the communications network service provider.