Patent Document ID: 9532198
Application ID: 14326844
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A communication device, comprising: a camera; a touch-sensitive display; one or more processors; and one or more memory devices operable to store contact information, a profile entry of the contact information comprising a reference image associated with an entity and a communication identifier associated with the entity, wherein the one or more processors are operable to: responsive to receiving an image being previewed by the camera, output, for display by the touch-sensitive display, the image being previewed by the camera; receive, from the touch-sensitive display, an indication of a user input detected by the touch-sensitive display, the user input to select a portion of the image being previewed by the camera; responsive to receiving the indication of the user input: compare an object within the portion of the image being previewed by the camera to an object within the reference image associated with the entity; determine, based on the comparison, whether the portion of the image being previewed by the camera corresponds to the entity; and responsive to determining that the portion of the image being previewed by the camera corresponds to the entity, initiate, using the profile entry, communication with a remote device associated with the entity.