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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Radhika Khanna, Danville, CA (US);
Mahendra Tharshanan, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device is provided that creates an account for a first member of a virtual community. The account includes a contact identifier used for communicating with the first member outside of the virtual community. The device receives a message via the virtual community from a second member of the virtual community. A recipient of the message being selected by the second member using outside contact information for a contact, and the outside contact information corresponding to contact information used to communicate with the contact outside of the virtual community. Additionally, the device identifies the first member of the virtual community as the recipient of the message based on the contact identifier included in the account and the outside contact information indicated by the message. Furthermore, the device transmits the message to the first member via the virtual community.