Method and apparatus for subscriber management

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including enabling, by a system comprising a processor, a first modification of a first user profile at a secondary data repository of a communication network; the first modification is directed by a first application operating at a first communication device of the communication network. A usage event is identified that is associated with the first communication device according to the first modification to the first user profile. A second modification to a second user profile is replicated at a primary data repository according to a change in operation of a second application associated with the usage event that is identified to the first communication device; the replication is performed according to an update policy for the primary data repository. Other embodiments are disclosed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device comprising:
 a processing system including a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:   detecting a first modification of a first user profile at a secondary data repository of a communication network, the first modification resulting in a modified first user profile, wherein the first modification of the first user profile is directed by an application operating at a communication device coupled to the communication network,   generating, based on a change in operation of the communication device, a second modification of a second user profile at the secondary data repository, the second modification resulting in a modified second user profile,   determining that at least one of the modified first user profile or the modified second user profile conforms to an update policy for a primary data repository separate from the secondary data repository, wherein the primary data repository is not accessible by the application;   replicating, in accordance with the determining, the at least one of the modified first user profile or the modified second user profile to the primary data repository; and   verifying authentication information, wherein the replicating is performed responsive to the verifying of the authentication information.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the application comprises a third-party application. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying a usage event associated with the change in operation of the communication device according to the first modification of the first user profile by inferring from the first modification that the usage event has occurred. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise predicting a behavior of a user of the communication device by extrapolating the first modification of the first user profile at the secondary data repository, the identified usage event, or both. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the identifying the usage event is performed using contextual information regarding the communication device. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the usage event is associated with a change in service to the communication device, a change in capabilities of the communication device, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the usage event is associated with movement of the communication device from a first location to a second location. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the first modification is due to a change in streaming of media content to the communication device. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the first modification is directed by a first application operating at the communication device, wherein the generating the second modification comprises modifying a security profile for a second application. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein the second application operates at a second communication device, and wherein the operations further comprise receiving the authentication information from the second communication device responsive to determining that the modified second user profile violates the update policy. 
     
     
         11 . A method comprising:
 detecting, by a processing system including a processor, a first modification of a first user profile at a secondary data repository of a communication network, the first modification resulting in a modified first user profile, wherein the first modification of the first user profile is directed by a first application operating at a first communication device coupled to the communication network,   generating, by the processing system, a second modification of a second user profile at the secondary data repository, the second modification resulting in a modified second user profile, wherein the generating is based on a change in operation of the first communication device, the change in operation comprising a change in operation of a second application;   determining, by the processing system, that at least one of the modified first user profile or the modified second user profile conforms to an update policy for a primary data repository separate from the secondary data repository, wherein the primary data repository is not accessible by the application;   replicating, by the processing system in accordance with the determining, the at least one of the modified first user profile or the modified second user profile to the primary data repository; and   verifying, by the processing system, authentication information, wherein the replicating is performed responsive to the verifying of the authentication information.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein at least one of the the first application or the second application comprises a third-party application. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising identifying, by the processing system, a usage event associated with the change in operation of the first communication device according to the first modification of the first user profile by inferring from the first modification that the usage event has occurred. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising predicting, by the processing system, a behavior of a user of the first communication device by extrapolating the first modification of the first user profile at the secondary data repository, the identified usage event, or both. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the generating the second modification comprises modifying a security profile for the second application. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the second application operates at a second communication device, and further comprising receiving, by the processing system, the authentication information from the second communication device responsive to determining that the modified second user profile violates the update policy. 
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
 detecting a first modification of a first user profile at a secondary data repository of a communication network, the first modification resulting in a modified first user profile, wherein the first modification of the first user profile is directed by an application operating at a communication device coupled to the communication network,   generating, based on a change in operation of the communication device, a second modification of a second user profile at the secondary data repository, the second modification resulting in a modified second user profile, wherein the change in operation is associated with a change in service to the communication device, a change in capabilities of the communication device, or a combination thereof;   determining that at least one of the modified first user profile or the modified second user profile conforms to an update policy for a primary data repository separate from the secondary data repository, wherein the primary data repository is not accessible by the application;   replicating, in accordance with the determining, the at least one of the modified first user profile or the modified second user profile to the primary data repository; and   verifying authentication information, wherein the replicating is performed responsive to the verifying of the authentication information.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the application comprises a third-party application. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying a usage event associated with the change in operation of the communication device according to the first modification of the first user profile by inferring from the first modification that the usage event has occurred. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise predicting a behavior of a user of the communication device by extrapolating the first modification of the first user profile at the secondary data repository, the identified usage event, or both.