Application server component that notifies one or more communication devices of one or more invitations to join communication session

An apparatus, comprising:

• an application server component that receives an indication of one or more communication devices that are to receive one or more invitations to join a communication session;
• wherein the one or more invitations comprise a photo and a short message service (SMS) message;
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• wherein the application server component notifies the one or more communication devices of the one or more invitations to join the communication session;
• and
• wherein upon acceptance of at least one of the one or more invitations by at least one of the one or more communication devices, the application server component connects the at least one of the one or more communication devices to the communication session.

A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing steps, comprising:

• means in the one or more media for receiving an indication of one or more first communication devices that are to receive one or more invitations to join a communication session with one or more second communication devices, wherein the one or more invitations comprise a photo and a short message service (SMS) message;
• means in the one or more media for activating one or more indicators of the one or more invitations to join the communication session on the one or more first communication devices;
• means in the one or more media for receiving an acceptance of at least one of the one or more invitations by at least one of the one or more first communication devices;
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• means in the one or more media for connecting the at least one of the one or more first communication devices to the communication session.