Patent ID: 8380858

Claim:
A system for establishing synchronous communications between at least one mobile telecommunications device and a called party associated with a called-party telecommunications device, wherein the mobile telecommunications device is associated with a cellular telecommunications network, an IP-based telecommunications network, or a converged telecommunications network, the system comprising; a network server computer, coupled to the wireless telecommunications network, and coupled to an IP based network, wherein the called party is associated with a social networking site, wherein the social networking site is available over the IP based network, and wherein the network server computer is configured to coordinate communications between the mobile telecommunications device and the called-party telecommunications device, without the need for the mobile telecommunications device to have installed thereon a client application enabling synchronous communication with the social network; and a database configured to communicate with the network server computer, wherein the database stores a table of contacts associated with the mobile telecommunications device, wherein the network server computer automatically populates at least a portion of the table based on data for the called party, wherein the network server computer automatically obtains the data from the social networking site, and wherein the table includes: an identifier associated with the mobile telecommunications device or the user, an alphanumeric label associated with the called party, and at least one internal network address associated with the called-party telecommunications device, wherein each internal network address permits the mobile telecommunications device to place a synchronous communication with the called-party telecommunications device, but wherein the internal network addresses are inapplicable for use outside of at least the wireless telecommunications network.