Patent ID: 8761744

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting, by a first mobile communication device, a completion of a communication event between the first mobile communication device and a second mobile communication device; automatically prompting, by the first mobile communication device, in response to the detection of the completion, a first user of the first mobile communication device to invite a second user of the second mobile communication device to become associated with a virtual community associated with the first user, and of which the first user is an existing member; sending a first notification from the first mobile communication device to a gateway in response to the first user inviting the second user to become associated with the virtual community; receiving, at the first mobile communication device, a second notification from the gateway, in response to an invitation from the second user; and prompting the first user to become associated with a virtual community of the second user, where the second user is an existing member of the virtual community of the second user.