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Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 42 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. In this particular report we briefly cover one of Apples many patents on their Drivers License and State ID for the iPhones Wallet app. We also cover a patent relating to setting up an Apple Watch using a scanned image from an iPhone – and as always, we wrap up this weeks granted patent report with our traditional listing of the remaining granted patents that were issued to Apple...

At WWDC 21, Apples VP of Wallet and Apple Pay Jennifer Bailey described new features for iOS 15 related to Identity Cards and Hotel Keys with Walt Disney World shown as one of many new partners. Yesterday two new Apple patents were published by the US Patent & Trademark Office that describe "Sharing and using Passes or Accounts." A key portion of Apples patent was dedicated to an "Amusement World" Super Pass that would definitely be aiming for Walt Disney World (and other...

Prior to Apple introducing Digital ID for Wallet at WWDC 2021, Patently Apple posted at least three patent reports on this project starting in September 2020 (01, 02 and 03). Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a new patent application from Apple relating to Digital ID titled "Secure Sharing of Credential Information."