Patent ID: 8464343

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing security information about quick response codes, at least a portion of the method being performed by a mobile computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a matrix barcode captured by a digital camera of the mobile computing device; determining that the matrix barcode comprises a link to an internet resource; determining that the internet resource referenced by the matrix barcode is malicious; warning a user of the mobile computing device against accessing the internet resource referenced by the matrix barcode by augmenting, in real time, the matrix barcode captured by the digital camera with a visual augmentation that indicates that the internet resource referenced by the matrix barcode is malicious, wherein the visual augmentation comprises at least one of: a colored border that surrounds the matrix barcode; a colored background that replaces at least one whitespace element within the matrix barcode with at least one colored element; a watermark on the matrix barcode.