Abbreviated-dialing code telecommunications with social media integration

摘要

Abbreviated-dialing codes are used to facilitate access to and information exchanged with social-media websites. Based on the code and/or other information contained in the call, a post may be made to, or information obtained from, a social-media website.

主权项

1. A method of posting social media content via a wireless telecommunication device, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a server from a caller, an incoming telephone call comprising an abbreviated dialing code; at the server, using the abbreviated dialing code to determine (i) an identity of a social media service comprised in the abbreviated dialing code and (ii) a command keyword comprised in the abbreviated dialing code for use with the social media service; retrieving, by the server from a database, a caller record including log-on information of the caller facilitating access to the designated social media service in the caller's name; capturing, at the server, speech of the caller spoken in response to a prompt; converting, at the server, at least a portion of the captured speech into text; causing at least a portion of the text to be posted to the designated social media service as if by the caller and as if the caller entered the command keyword to the social media service, the posted text conforming to a format of the social media service.