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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Juan F. Vargas, Cary, NC (US);
Mark E. Maresh, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Cybersecurity is provided for a transaction initiated by a matrix barcode using a smart device connected to a computer network by a device having a computer receiving a reading of a matrix barcode on an item. The matrix barcode electronically pointing to a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for a web-based resource accessible using the device via a computer network. Using the computer of the device or a service computer, determining information parameters about the matrix barcode, and determining when the URL is identified as a registered service provider in a knowledge corpus communicating with the service computer. The URL can be validated as registered, when the URL is identified as corresponding to the registered service provider and based on the information parameters.