Patent ID: 8599857
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for servicing communication requests from social network users, the method comprising: maintaining an information repository configured to electronically store a user-profile for each of a first plurality of social network users, said user-profile including at least one social network user identifier used by a social network to identify the social network user and at least one device identifier for a communication device of the social network user; controlling access to data stored in the information repository by social network users; receiving an electronic request to initiate a telecommunication function involving a second plurality of social network users, the electronic request being issued in conjunction with execution of a social network application by a social network user and identifying each one of the second plurality of social network users by their social network user identifier stored in their user-profile; accessing the information repository to query the user-profile for each one of the second plurality of social network users wherein said accessing retrieves a device identifier for at least one of the second plurality of social network users identified in the electronic request by the social network user identifier stored in the respective user-profile; and initiating the electronically requested telecommunication function including communication to devices of the second plurality of social network users corresponding to at least one device identifier retrieved from the information repository.