Digital photo frame with dial-a-tag functionality

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;
• 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.

A method for linking keyword tags associated with digital photos to objects in a contact list, by a digital photo frame, comprising:

• 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.

A method for linking keyword tags associated with digital photos to objects in a contact list, by a digital photo frame, comprising:

• 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.