Patent ID: 8458265

Claim:
A method for posting push-to-talk voice messages on a social networking web page of a user, the method comprising the acts of: receiving, by a messaging platform, a push-to-talk voice message that is addressed to a social networking message service from a mobile station of the user; determining whether an association exists between the mobile station and the social networking web page; posting the push-to-talk voice message on the social networking web page of the user, when the association exists; automatically sending an email to a group of friends of the user when the push-to-talk voice message is posted on the social networking web page of the user to notify the group of friends that the push-to-talk voice message is posted; receiving a request, via internet, to play back push-to-talk voice messages posted on the social networking web page; and playing back the push-to-talk voice messages on the social networking web page as a single thread by selecting an icon on the social networking web page representing the single thread of the push-to-talk voice messages; wherein posting the push-to-talk voice message on the social networking web page comprises converting a first audio format of the push-to-talk voice message to a second audio format compatible with the social networking web page.