Systems and methods for authenticating photographic image data

A system of authenticating images received from a client device and providing authenticated image files, the system comprising:

• an authentication server comprising one or more hardware processors programmed to:
• receive an image file from the client device via a network;
• responsive to receipt of the image file, obtain authentication information, wherein to obtain the authentication information, the authentication server is programmed to determine a server-derived date and time, wherein the server-derived date and time includes a date and time at which the image file was received from the client device at the authentication server and is independent of a client-derived date and time determined at the client device;
• obtain first date and time information from an image authentication application executing at the client device and in communication with the authentication server, wherein the first date and time information comprises information obtained by the image authentication application that indicates a date and time that the image authentication application was opened at the client device;
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• determine one or more timing requirements have been satisfied, wherein the one or more timing requirements includes a requirement that the image file be received by the authentication server, as indicated by the server-derived date and time, within a predefined time period after the date and time that the image authentication application was opened at the client device;
• generate an authenticated image file based on the image file and the authentication information responsive to at least the determination that the one or more timing requirements have been met;
• receive through a third party site different from the client device and the authentication server, a request for the authenticated image file or the authentication information;
• and
• responsive to the request, provide the authenticated image file or the authentication information.

A method of authenticating images received from a client device and providing authenticated image files, the method being implemented by an authentication server having one or more processors programmed to perform the method, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the authentication server, an image file from the client device via a network;
• responsive to receipt of the image file, obtaining, by the authentication server, authentication information, wherein obtaining the authentication information comprises determining, by the authentication server, a server-derived date and time, wherein the server-derived date and time includes a date and time at which the image file was received from the client device at the authentication server and is independent of a client-derived date and time determined at the client device;
• obtaining, by the authentication server, first geolocation information from an image authentication application executing at the client device and in communication with the authentication server, wherein the first geolocation information comprises information obtained by the image authentication application that indicates a first geolocation at which the image authentication application was opened at the client device;
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• obtaining, by the authentication server, second geolocation information from the image authentication application and in communication with the authentication server, wherein the second geolocation information comprises information obtained by the image authentication application that indicates a second geolocation at which the image file was created at the client device;
• determining, by the authentication server, one or more geographic requirements have been satisfied, wherein the one or more geographic requirements includes a requirement that the second location is within a predefined distance from the first location;
• generating, by the authentication server, an authenticated image file based on the image file and the authentication information responsive to the determination that the one or more geographic requirements have been met;
• receiving, by the authentication server, through a third party site different from the client device and the authentication server, a request for the authenticated image file or the authentication information;
• and
• responsive to the request, providing, by the authentication server, the authenticated image file or the authentication information.

A system of authenticating images received from a client device and providing authenticated image files, the system comprising:

• an authentication server comprising one or more hardware processors programmed to:
• receive an image file from the client device via a network;
• responsive to receipt of the image file, obtain authentication information, wherein to obtain the authentication information, the authentication server is programmed to determine a server-derived date and time, wherein the server-derived date and time includes a date and time at which the image file was received from the client device at the authentication server and is independent of a client-derived date and time determined at the client device;
• obtain first geolocation information from an image authentication application executing at the client device and in communication with the authentication server, wherein the first geolocation information comprises information obtained by the image authentication application that indicates a first geolocation at which the image authentication application was opened at the client device;
• obtain second geolocation information from the image authentication application and in communication with the authentication server, wherein the second geolocation information comprises information obtained by the image authentication application that indicates a second geolocation at which the image file was created at the client device;
• determine one or more geographic requirements have been satisfied, wherein the one or more geographic requirements includes a requirement that the second location is within a predefined distance from the first location;
• generate an authenticated image file based on the image file and the authentication information responsive to at least the determination that the one or more geographic requirements have been met;
• receive through a third party site different from the client device and the authentication server, a request for the authenticated image file or the authentication information;
• and
• responsive to the request, provide the authenticated image file or the authentication information.