Media object distribution

A client terminal comprising:

• a user interface adapted configured to identify a selection, by a sender user on a first client terminal, of a recipient user to send a message and to identify a selection of a media object based for the message;
• a messaging router module adapted configured to identify, in a local table of the client terminal, a presence or an absence of a target application user identifier associated with the recipient user;
• and
• a media object distribution module configured to cause generation of a web document configured to cause a browser of a second client terminal to present the media object on the second client terminal for a limited time period after the generated web document is loaded by the browser, the generated web document being stored at a storage location, the media object distribution module being configured to cause transmission of the message to the second client terminal using a messaging service, the message comprising a network accessible storage address of the storage location of the media object, the message being addressed to a telephone number of the recipient user.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device of a first client terminal, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• identifying a selection, by a sender user on the first client terminal, of a recipient user to send a message;
• identifying a selection, by the sender user on the first client terminal, of a media object for the message;
• identifying, in a local table of the first client terminal, a presence or an absence of a target application user identifier associated with the recipient user;
• and
• in response to identifying the absence of the target application user identifier in the local table:
• causing generation of a web document configured to cause a browser of a second client terminal to present the media object on the second client terminal for a limited time period after the generated web document is loaded by the browser, the generated web document being stored at a storage location;
• and
• causing transmission of the message to the second client terminal using a messaging service, the message comprising a network accessible storage address of the storage location of the media object, the message being addressed to a telephone number of the recipient user.