A server system for mobile device event control with digital images comprising: a processor configured to execute instructions; a memory containing instructions when executed on the processor, causes the processor to perform operations that: receive a digital image from a mobile device; identify a first element of the digital image and a second element of the digital image, wherein the first element of the digital image comprises a user-selected content, and wherein the second element comprises a depiction of a user action; determine an event trigger identified by the first element and the second element, wherein the event trigger comprises a mobile device operating system command, and wherein the mobile device operating system command comprises a command, to execute an image search with an online image search engine accessed by a web browser operating in the mobile device.