Patent ID: 8490861
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing security information about quick response codes, at least a portion of the method being performed by a client-side computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying, using a web-browser extension installed on the client-side computing device, a matrix barcode embedded in a web page; determining, using the web-browser extension, that the matrix barcode comprises a link to an Internet resource; determining, using the web-browser extension, the trustworthiness of the Internet resource referenced by the matrix barcode; augmenting, using the web-browser extension, the matrix barcode with a visual augmentation that is based at least in part on the trustworthiness of the Internet resource; displaying, using the web-browser extension, the visual augmentation within a web browser installed on the client-side computing device.