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Digital photo frame with dial-a-tag functionality

US8295454B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 2009
Grant dateOct 23, 2012
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/42224
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital photo frame, including a memory for storing a plurality of digital photos, and tags associated with the digital photos, where a tag for a digital photo corresponds to an object appearing in the digital photo, a screen for displaying the digital photos, an interface for making connection with a communicator, wherein the communicator includes a storage for storing a contact list of phone numbers for objects, and a controller, coupled with the memory and the interface, for rendering one of the plurality of digital photos on the screen, and for instructing the communicator via the interface (i) to identify the phone number of a selected object, and (ii) to dial the identified phone number, in response to user activation of a tag associated with the rendered digital photo and corresponding to the selected object.

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