21. The user terminal of claim 17 wherein the location storage system is part of a computer server system separate from the user terminal configured to be accessed by multiple different user terminals.
17. A user terminal, comprising: a messaging system configured to receive messages, each message being of a type selected from the list of: an email, an instant message, a short message service (SMS) message, and a multimedia service (MMS) message; a location identification system configured to identify language in the text of each message that matches information indicative of one of a plurality of locations stored in a location storage system, even when the language in the text of the message does not include either a street address or geographic coordinates; and a link conversion system configured to convert each identified instance of language matching information indicative of one of the locations into a link that, when actuated, initiates an action relating to the one location indicated by the matched information.