Patent ID: 7970807

Claim:
A method in a computer device for use in displaying a map, the computer device including a memory for storing a mapping application and a user interface having a display, the computer device being configured with a uniform resource locator (URL) hook associated with a URL string which is registered upon installation of the mapping application, the method comprising the acts of: receiving, through the user interface, a selection of a hypertext link object in an electronic file or message, the hypertext link object being associated with the URL string which comprises a server address and location data corresponding to a location; and in response to receiving the selection of the hypertext link object: instead of displaying a map of the location based on map data received in response to a request from the computer device to a server identified by the server address, invoking, via the registered URL hook, a mapping function of the mapping application for rendering, in the display, a map of the location based on alternative map data received in response to a request communicated from the computer device to a mapping server that is different from the server identified by the server address.