Music/video messaging

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer-readable storage device;
• and
• program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage device that, when executed by the processor, control the system to:
• receive a multimedia message from a multimedia content provider, wherein the multimedia message received from the multimedia content provider comprises a representation of multimedia content selected by a user via a user device;
• deliver the multimedia message to a recipient at a social media site based on a delivery request,
• wherein:
• the delivery request is provided from a device of the user via the user device,
• the delivery request indicates delivery of the multimedia message to the recipient at the social media site,
• the representation of the multimedia content is a uniform resource locator (URL), a link, or a pointer to the multimedia content,
• a data store accessible by the multimedia content provider stores the multimedia content selected by the user, and
• the URL, the link, or the pointer designates the multimedia content stored at the data store accessible by the multimedia content provider.

A method for a content provider to communicate multimedia content via a communication network, the method comprising:

• displaying, by the content provider via a device of a user, one or more selectable content items;
• receiving, by the content provider from the device of the user, a request for delivering multimedia content to a recipient via a social media site at which the recipient has an account, the multimedia content including at least one user-selected content item of the one or more selectable content items;
• and
• delivering, by the content provider via the communication network, a representation of the multimedia content to the recipient at the social media site,
• wherein:
• the representation of the multimedia content is a uniform resource locator (URL) link, or a pointer to the multimedia content,
• a data store accessible by the content provider stores the multimedia content,
• the URL, the link, or the pointer designates the multimedia content stored at the data store accessible by the content provider, and
• the communication network receives the representation of the multimedia content from the content provider.

A system for a content provider to communicate multimedia content via a communication network, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer-readable storage device;
• and
• program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage device that, when executed by the processor, control the system to:
• display one or more selectable content items at a device of a user;
• receive, from the device of the user, a request for delivering multimedia content to a recipient via a social media site at which the recipient has an account, the multimedia content including at least one user-selected content item from the one or more selectable content items;
• and
• deliver, via the communication network, a representation of the multimedia content to the recipient at the social media site,
• wherein:
• the representation of the multimedia content is a uniform resource locator (URL), a link, or a pointer to the one or several content items selected by the user,
• a data store accessible by the content provider stores the multimedia content,
• the URL, the link, or the pointer designates the multimedia content stored at the data store accessible by the content provider, and
• the communication network receives the representation of the multimedia content from the content provider.