Metadata analyzing
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorKatherine Lamb
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Abstract
In embodiments, a system receives a file comprising metadata to which rules are applied. Alerts may be generated based on the rules processing of the metadata. The image file may comprise a photo. Alerts can be generated when an original timestamp of the file is after a date of loss of an object, a modified timestamp of the file is after loss of the object, a GPS (Global Positioning System) timestamp of the photo is after date of loss, and/or GPS coordinates of the photo are a certain distance from a location of the loss.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- receiving an image file comprising a photo in connection to an insurance claim;
- obtaining, from the image file, metadata including a first timestamp that indicates when the photo was taken, a second timestamp that indicates when the photo was modified, global positioning system (GPS) coordinates that indicate a location the photo was taken, and an indication of a focal length of a camera used to take the photo;
- determining whether the insurance claim is potentially fraudulent by:
- comparing the first timestamp that indicates when the photo was taken with a date of loss in connection with the insurance claim,
- comparing the second timestamp that indicates when the photo was modified with the date of loss related to the insurance claim, and
- comparing the location the photo was taken with a location of loss related to the insurance claim;
- and
- in response to determining that the insurance claim is potentially fraudulent, generating alerts that the location the photo was taken is a certain distance from the location of loss related to the insurance claim.
A system, comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor operable to execute software modules, the software modules comprising:
- a metadata analyzer module configured to receive an image file comprising a photo in connection to an insurance claim;
- obtain, from the image file, metadata including a first timestamp that indicates when the photo was taken, a second timestamp that indicates when the photo was modified, global positioning system (GPS) coordinates that indicates a location the photo was taken, and an indication of a focal length of a camera used to take the photo;
- determine whether the insurance claim is potentially fraudulent by:
- comparing the first timestamp that indicates when the photo was taken with a date of loss in connection with the insurance claim,
- comparing the second timestamp that indicates when the photo was modified with the date of loss related to the insurance claim, and
- comparing the location the photo was taken with a location of loss related to the insurance claim;
- and
- in response to determining that the insurance claim is potentially fraudulent, generate alerts that the location the photo was taken is a certain distance from the location of loss related to the insurance claim.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium having machine executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, direct the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- receiving an image file comprising a photo in connection to an insurance claim;
- obtaining, from the image file, metadata including a first timestamp that indicates when the photo was taken, a second timestamp that indicates when the photo was modified, global positioning system (GPS) coordinates that indicates a location the photo was taken, and an indication of a focal length of a camera used to take the photo;
- determining whether the insurance claim is potentially fraudulent by:
- comparing the first timestamp that indicates when the photo was taken with a date of loss in connection with the insurance claim,
- comparing the second timestamp that indicates when the photo was modified with the date of loss related to the insurance claim, and
- comparing the location the photo was taken with a location of loss related to the insurance claim;
- and
- in response to determining that the insurance claim is potentially fraudulent, generating alerts that the location the photo was taken is a certain distance from the location of loss related to the insurance claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.