Patent ID: 7913192

Claim:
A method for use in providing map-related data associated with a point of interest (POI) for visually displayed maps in a cellular telephony device which operates in a cellular telecommunications network, the method comprising the acts of: receiving, via the cellular telecommunications network, map data from a public location-based service server of a public location-based service network having a network database which includes the map data; causing a viewable map region of a map to be visually displayed in a display of the cellular telephony device in accordance with the map data, the viewable map region having one or more POI indicators; monitoring to detect an end user selection of one of the POI indicators through a user interface of the cellular telephony device; causing information corresponding to the POI indicator to be visually displayed in the display in response to detecting an end user selection of one of the POI indicators, the information including a file identifier and a file link to an electronic file document associated with the POI indicator, the electronic file document being stored on a private network file server of a private network which is separate and apart from the public location-based service network, the electronic file document including file contents formatted in an original file format and located at the file link to the electronic file document in the private network file server, the original file format being DOC or PDF format; monitoring to detect, via the user interface, an end user selection of the file identifier of the electronic file document; sending, to the private network file server, via the cellular telecommunications network, a request for the file contents of the electronic file document with use of the file link in response to detecting the end user selection of the file identifier; and receiving, via the cellular telecommunications network, the file contents of the electronic file document in a converted format, different from the original file format, for display in the display in response to the request, the converted format being XML format.