Synchronized online/offline clock in management

A system enabling users to clock in to a cloud computing platform over a network through remote devices, regardless of whether the remote devices are online or offline, comprising:

• a clock in manager configured to communicate with a plurality of applications accessed by remote devices to manage clock in of users in at least one of a self clock in mode or a group clock in mode;
• a database, coupled to the platform, configured to store clock in encoding data, wherein the clock in encoding data includes facial image data representing a digital image of a user face and associated encoding of the facial image data,
• wherein the clock in manager is configured to send validated encoding data for an authorized user to a respective application for local storage in memory on a remote device, whereby the respective application may verify a clock in by a user in a self clock in mode based on a comparison of encoding data captured at the time of clock in with validated encoding data stored in the local storage in memory on the remote device even when offline, and the respective application may enable a team leader to select from a set of recognized clock ins by a group of users in a group clock in mode when offline or online depending upon whether validated encoding data is stored in the local storage in memory on the remote device or in the database;
• and
• an online sync connector configured to send a request to the database to obtain data including validated clock in encoding data for authorized users, and to send initial sync data for authorized users to the clock in manager including requested validated clock in encoding data for authorized users obtained from the database.