Patent ID: 6587867
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
In a telecommunication system having a subscriber, the subscriber receiving a plurality of services from the system through a single telephone number, a method for managing the subscriber's profile comprising:requesting access by the subscriber, via the Internet, of an account record, the account record specifying subscriber selected options of the services; validating the subscriber's request upon verification of a personal identification number associated with the subscriber and upon determining that an address associated with the subscriber is not hostile; providing a menu to the subscriber if the subscriber's request is validated, the menu providing choices for the subscriber for at least one of the services; receiving, via the Internet, subscriber input corresponding to one of the choices provided in the menu; and updating the account record based on the received subscriber input such that the updates to the subscriber's profile are ready in substantially real-time.