Music/video messaging

A system of a multimedia content provider 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:
• provide a multimedia message from a multimedia content provider to a social media site for delivery of the multimedia message to a recipient at the social media site based on a delivery request, wherein the multimedia message comprises a representation of multimedia content selected by a user via a user device,
• 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 social media site for delivery of the representation of the multimedia content to the recipient,
• 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;
• receive, from a device of the recipient, a communication request for communicating the multimedia content to the device of the recipient via a communication network;
• and
• communicate, to the device of the recipient, the multimedia content stored at the data store accessible by the multimedia content provider, wherein communicating the multimedia content comprising streaming the multimedia content to the device of the recipient.

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 delivery request for delivering multimedia content to a social media site at which a recipient has an account, the multimedia content including at least one user-selected content item of the one or more selectable content items;
• delivering, by the content provider via the communication network, a representation of the multimedia content to the social media site for delivery of the representation of the multimedia content to the recipient,
• wherein:
• 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 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;
• receiving, by the content provider from a device of the recipient, a communication request for communicating the multimedia content to the device of the recipient via the communication network;
• and
• communicating, by the content provider to the device of the recipient, the multimedia content stored at the data store accessible by the multimedia 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 delivery request for delivering multimedia content via a social media site at which a recipient has an account, the multimedia content including at least one user-selected content item from the one or more selectable content items;
• deliver, via the communication network, a representation of the multimedia content to the social media site for delivery of the representation of the multimedia content to the recipient,
• 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;
• receive, from a device of the recipient, a communication request for communicating the multimedia content to the device of the recipient via the communication network;
• and
• communicate, to the device of the recipient, the multimedia content stored at the data store accessible by the multimedia content provider.