Digital photo frame with dial-a-tag functionality
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1. A method for communication using a digital photo frame, comprising:
- rendering a pre-tagged digital photo with a plurality of different objects appearing in the photo, the digital photo having one or more keyword photo-tags associated therewith, wherein a keyword photo-tag for a digital photo corresponds to an object appearing in the photo;
receiving a user input phone call command for any selected one of the keyword photo-tags associated with the rendered digital photo, via one or more buttons that enable the user to advance through the tagged objects, and to select one of them; and
in response to said receiving;
automatically determining a phone number for the object corresponding to the selected keyword photo-tag; and
automatically dialing the phone number for the object corresponding to the selected keyword photo-tag.
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Abstract
A method for communication using a digital photo frame, including rendering a digital photo with a plurality of different objects appearing in the photo, the digital photo having one or more name tags associated therewith, wherein a name tag for a digital photo corresponds to an object appearing in the photo, receiving a user input phone call command for any selected one of the name tags associated with the rendered digital photo, and in response to the receiving: automatically determining a phone number for the object corresponding to the selected name tag, and automatically dialing the phone number for the object corresponding to the selected name tag.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for communication using a digital photo frame, comprising:
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rendering a pre-tagged digital photo with a plurality of different objects appearing in the photo, the digital photo having one or more keyword photo-tags associated therewith, wherein a keyword photo-tag for a digital photo corresponds to an object appearing in the photo; receiving a user input phone call command for any selected one of the keyword photo-tags associated with the rendered digital photo, via one or more buttons that enable the user to advance through the tagged objects, and to select one of them; and in response to said receiving; automatically determining a phone number for the object corresponding to the selected keyword photo-tag; and automatically dialing the phone number for the object corresponding to the selected keyword photo-tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for communication using a digital photo frame, comprising:
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rendering a pre-tagged digital photo with a plurality of different objects appearing in the photo, the digital photo having one or more keyword photo-tags associated therewith, wherein a keyword photo-tag for a digital photo corresponds to an object appearing in the photo; automatically determining phone numbers corresponding to the one or more keyword photo-tags; receiving a user input phone call command for any selected one of the keyword photo-tags associated with the rendered digital photo, via one or more buttons that enable the user to advance through the tagged objects, and to select one of them; and in response to said receiving, automatically dialing the phone number for the object corresponding to the selected keyword photo-tag. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for linking keyword tags associated with digital photos to objects in a contact list, by a digital photo frame, comprising:
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associating keyword photo-tags with a plurality of digital photos, where each digital photo comprises a plurality of different objects appearing therein, and where a keyword photo-tag for a digital photo corresponds to an object appearing in the digital photo; accessing a contact list of phone numbers for objects; automatically searching for the object corresponding to one of the keyword photo-tags within the contact list; and if the object corresponding to one of the keyword photo-tags is located within the contact list, then automatically enabling a user to assign the object'"'"'s phone number to the keyword photo-tag; and if the object corresponding to one of the keyword photo-tags is not located within the contact list, then enabling a user to assign an existing object or a new object to the keyword photo-tag.
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10. A method for linking keyword tags associated with digital photos to objects in a contact list, by a digital photo frame, comprising:
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for each of a plurality of objects appearing in a digital photo; associating a keyword photo-tag with the digital photo, the keyword photo-tag corresponding to the object; accessing a contact list of phone numbers for objects; and automatically enabling a user to assign one of the objects in the contact list to the keyword photo-tag, or to add a new object and phone number to the contact list and to assign the new object to the keyword photo-tag; and in response to the user activating any one of the keyword photo-tags, automatically dialing the phone number of the object assigned to that keyword photo-tag.
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