Patent ID: 8817958

Claim:
A server device, comprising: a memory to store executable instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the executable instructions, responsive to being executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising: receiving a request for group membership information, wherein the request is received over a network from a network server, wherein the group membership information is associated with a calling party and a called party, and wherein the request includes identification information associated with the calling party and the called party; obtaining, from a social network database, user profile information associated with the calling party and the called party based on the identification information; determining the group membership information from the user profile information; and providing the group membership information over the network to the network server to enable the network server to identify a common membership group of the calling party and the called party and to cause the network server to initiate a telecommunication session between a first end user device of the calling party and a second end user device of the called party responsive to the identifying of the common membership group, wherein the group membership information includes an identifier for the common membership group that is provided to the second end user device of the called party.