Granted Patent B2

US 12,189,827 · App. 18/347,239 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: Craig Stack (La Jolla, CA); Jason Lyons (Arlington, VA); Francis Lyons (Purcellville, VA)

Assignee: TruePic Inc.

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Abstract

Claims (69)

1. A computer-implemented method for authenticating photographic images using a client device, the method comprising:

opening an image authentication application on a client device;

recording a time at which the image authentication application is opened;

capturing a photographic image using the image authentication application;

receiving, from a user interface of the client device, a request to transmit the photographic image for authentication;

recording a time at which the request is received;

determining whether the time at which the image authentication application is opened and the time at which the request is received are within a given interval; and

responsive to determining the time at which the image authentication application is opened and the time at which the request is received are within a given interval, transmitting the photographic image for authentication.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an authenticated image file corresponding to the photographic image after transmitting the photographic image for authentication.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the authenticated image file comprises at least one of:

the photographic image;

authenticated image metadata comprising at least one of: an authentication timestamp, an authentication datestamp, and authentication geographic data; and

a watermarked image, the watermarked image being the photographic image with a visual watermark affixed thereto, wherein the watermarked image indicates the photographic image has been authenticated.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:

sharing the authenticated image file with a third-party user.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

recording a time and location at which the photographic image is captured as metadata for the photographic image; and

transmitting the metadata with the photographic image.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:

the image authentication application allows only photographic image captured using the image authentication application to be transmitted for authentication.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:

the image authentication application prohibits the use of any editing tools within the image authentication application.

8. A system for authenticating photographic images using a client device, comprising:

one or more hardware processors; and

one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

opening an image authentication application on a client device;

recording a time at which the image authentication application is opened;

capturing a photographic image using the image authentication application;

receiving, from a user interface of the client device, a request to transmit the photographic image for authentication;

recording a time at which the request is received;

determining whether the time at which the image authentication application is opened and the time at which the request is received are within a given interval; and

responsive to determining the time at which the image authentication application is opened and the time at which the request is received are within a given interval, transmitting the photographic image for authentication.

9. The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

receiving an authenticated image file corresponding to the photographic image after transmitting the photographic image for authentication.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the authenticated image file comprises at least one of:

the photographic image;

authenticated image metadata comprising at least one of: an authentication timestamp, an authentication datestamp, and authentication geographic data; and

a watermarked image, the watermarked image being the photographic image with a visual watermark affixed thereto, wherein the watermarked image indicates the photographic image has been authenticated.

11. The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

sharing the authenticated image file with a third-party user.

12. The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

recording a time and location at which the photographic image is captured as metadata for the photographic image; and

transmitting the metadata with the photographic image.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the image authentication application allows only photographic image captured using the image authentication application to be transmitted for authentication.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the image authentication application prohibits the use of any editing tools within the image authentication application.

15. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations for authenticating photographic images using a client device, the operations comprising:

opening an image authentication application on a client device;

recording a time at which the image authentication application is opened;

capturing a photographic image using the image authentication application;

receiving, from a user interface of the client device, a request to transmit the photographic image for authentication;

recording a time at which the request is received;

determining whether the time at which the image authentication application is opened and the time at which the request is received are within a given interval; and

responsive to determining the time at which the image authentication application is opened and the time at which the request is received are within a given interval, transmitting the photographic image for authentication.

16. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

receiving an authenticated image file corresponding to the photographic image after transmitting the photographic image for authentication.

17. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 16 , wherein the authenticated image file comprises at least one of:

the photographic image;

authenticated image metadata comprising at least one of: an authentication timestamp, an authentication datestamp, and authentication geographic data; and

a watermarked image, the watermarked image being the photographic image with a visual watermark affixed thereto, wherein the watermarked image indicates the photographic image has been authenticated.

18. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:

sharing the authenticated image file with a third-party user.

19. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

recording a time and location at which the photographic image is captured as metadata for the photographic image; and

transmitting the metadata with the photographic image.

20. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 15 , wherein:

the image authentication application allows only photographic image captured using the image authentication application to be transmitted for authentication.

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