Automated communication using image capture

A communication device, comprising:

• a communications adapter;
• and
• a controller that:
• receives a first user input via a user interface to associate at least one image attribute with a contact;
• responsive to receiving an image from the communications adapter or an image capture device, automatically processes the image to identify at least one feature of the image that corresponds to the image attribute, and associates the image with the contact based on the image attribute;
• and
• communicates the image to the contact via the communications adapter.

A non-transitory machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections comprising:

• code for associating at least one image attribute with a contact;
• code for, in response to receiving an image, automatically processing the image to identify at least one feature of the image that corresponds to the image attribute, and associating the image with the contact;
• and
• code for communicating the image to the contact based on the image attribute.