Patent ID: 7343564

Claim:
In a communication device that operates on a communication network and includes a graphical display device, a method for displaying a location-based map to a user, the method comprising: at a communication device, receiving ticker items from a ticker server, at least one particular ticker item including information that includes a map associated with the particular ticker item; using a scheduling system of the communication device to schedule the ticker items using one or more proximity rules; storing the scheduled ticker items in a local data store of the communication device; displaying the particular ticker item in a ticker on a display of the communication device according to the scheduling system of the communication device; receiving input from a user selecting the particular ticker item, wherein the selected ticker item is associated with a destination location; presenting information associated with the selected ticker item, wherein the information includes the map associated with the particular ticker item that is generated based on at least one of a current location of the communication device and the destination location; and displaying the map on the display of the communication device, wherein as the current location of the communication device changes, a scale of the map dynamically varies depending on a changing distance between the current location of the communication device and the destination location.