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.
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. 18. The user terminal of claim 17 wherein at least one identified instance of language is the name of a place of interest.