Patent ID: 8332476

Claim:
A computer program product including computer executable instructions stored onto a non-transitory computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor of a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for establishing a social media virtual private network (VPN), the instructions comprising: instructions to receive a communication, from a first user, directed to a first social media network site; instructions to post the communication to the first social media network site; instructions to post automatically the communication to a second social media network site for a second user; instructions to format the communication from a first format used by the first social media network site to a second format used by the second social media network site; instructions to determine if the communication is part of a private conversation; if the communication is part of a private conversation, instructions to post the communication as a private message on the first social media network site; instructions to retrieve information about the first user for the second social media network site; instructions to access a private message function for the second social media network site with the information about the first user; and instructions to post the private message with the private message function to the second social media site.