Patent ID: 11916860
Assignee: AMERITECH SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A computing system for providing a multimedia message for delivery to a recipient, the computing system comprising a processor and a computer-readable memory device storing program instructions that, when executed by the processor control the computing system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a selection of one or more multimedia content items from a device of a user;
creating the multimedia message using the selection of the one more multimedia content items;
receiving, from the device of the user, a request to deliver the multimedia message, wherein:
the request indicates a first service provider of a plurality of service providers for delivery of the multimedia message to the recipient,
the plurality of service providers include one or more social media service providers, and
the first service provider is a first social media service provider of the one or more social media service providers; and

sending electronically the multimedia message to the first social media service provider indicated for delivery of the multimedia message to the recipient, wherein the recipient has an account at the first social media service provider,
wherein the multimedia message comprises the one or more multimedia content items selected or a representation of the one or more multimedia content items selected,
wherein the one or more multimedia content items selected is stored at a server accessible by the computing system, and
wherein the representation of the one or more multimedia content items selected is a URL, a link, or a pointer to the one or more multimedia content items stored at the server accessible by the computing system.