Image based dialing

摘要

A device may include an image display component to display an image that includes a subject, where the image has a header portion, and to display subject information that includes a communication identifier related to the subject, and wherein the subject information is stored in the header portion. The device may include a transceiver to contact the subject via the communication identifier. The device may include a processor to provide the image and the subject information to the display component, to receive a request to contact the subject, to retrieve the communication identifier from the header portion, and to send the communication identifier to the transceiver to cause the transceiver to contact the subject.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
storage storing contact information for each of a plurality of people; an image display component configured to:
display an image, wherein the image is related to an image file that includes a header portion, where the image comprises at least one subject, the at least one subject having a facial image; a transceiver; and a processor configured to:
receive a first input from a user, that selects one of the subjects in the image,receive a second input from a user comprising contact information for the selected subject, wherein the contact information is (i) entered by the user, or (ii) selected, by the user, from the stored contact information,andreceive a third input from a user that associates the entered or selected contact information with a portion of the image that includes the facial image of the subject from the first input, wherein the association stores the contact information from the second input as subject information in the header portion of the image file, and wherein the processor is further configured to:
subsequent to receiving the third input, provide the image to the image display component,receive a fourth input from a user that selects the portion of the image that includes the facial image of the subject,in response to receiving the fourth input, display the subject information, concurrently with the display of the image,in response to the concurrent display, receive a fifth input from a user that requests to contact the subject, andretrieve the contact information from the header portion, and send the contact information to the transceiver to cause the transceiver to contact the subject using the contact information.