Patent ID: 8914767

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for using quick response codes to activate software applications, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a two-dimensional quick response code captured by at least one computing system; identifying information encoded in the two-dimensional quick response code captured by the computing system; determining that the information encoded in the two-dimensional quick response code contains an activation key that facilitates activation of an inactivated copy of a software application; in response to determining that the information encoded in the two-dimensional quick response code contains the activation key, applying the activation key to the inactivated copy of the software application in order to activate the inactivated copy of the software application without requiring a user of the software application to manually enter the activation key; wherein the activation key comprises a string of one or more characters used to activate the inactivated copy of the software application.