System and method for automatic social messaging

A user communication device, comprising:

• a memory configured to store software;
• a processor configured to execute the software to:
• provide a user interface by which a user can define a plurality of trigger events, each trigger event in the plurality of trigger events being respectively associated with one of a plurality of different applications that are available for execution on the user communication device;
• receive, from a particular application within the plurality of applications that is executing on the user communication device, an indication of an occurrence of a particular predefined trigger event within the plurality of trigger events;
• access a set of event parameters stored in the memory for the particular predefined trigger event, the set of event parameters including a set of recipients for a notification message associated with the particular predefined trigger event;
• and
• automatically transmit the notification message associated with the particular predefined trigger event to the set of recipients via a communications network.

A computer program product comprising a computer useable storage device having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by a processor of a user communication device, cause the user communication device to perform a method comprising:

• providing a user interface by which a user can define a plurality of trigger events, each trigger event in the plurality of trigger events being respectively associated with one of a plurality of different applications that are available for execution on the user communication device;
• receiving, from a particular application within the plurality of applications that is executing on the user communication device, an indication of an occurrence of a particular predefined trigger event within the plurality of trigger events;
• accessing a set of event parameters stored on the user communication device for the particular predefined trigger event, the set of event parameters including a set of recipients for a notification message associated with the particular predefined trigger event;
• and
• automatically transmitting the notification message associated with the particular predefined trigger event to the set of recipients via a communications network.