Patent ID: 8621043

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a bulletin board system (BBS) comprising at least one computing device, a request from a user of the BBS to post a BBS message to the BBS; providing, by the BBS, a BBS message posting user interface in response to the request from the user, the BBS message posting user interface to be used by the user to create the BBS message, the BBS message posting user interface including at least one button for display in the BBS message posting user interface and selectable by the user to create the BBS message, the at least one button comprising a button selectable by the user to include a map in the BBS message; receiving, by the BBS, a notification via the button included in the BBS message posting user interface and selectable by the user to include a map in the BBS message, the notification indicating that the user wishes to include a map in the BBS message; in response to the notification received via the user-selectable button to include a map in the BBS message, providing, by the BBS, a location mapping user interface to display a map for use by the user for indicating a target location on the map displayed in the location mapping user interface; inserting a map defined by the user with the location mapping user interface in the BBS message; and storing the map with the BBS message in a database.