OPINION: While the steady stream of new NFC patent applications from Apple over the last few months has been interesting, it has been important to not get too excited — there’s a big difference between a company filing a patent application and actually building a new technology into its products. This week, however, everything has changed. More
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iPay, iBuy and iCoupons? Latest patents show Apple has a clear business model for NFC-enabled mobile payments and promotions
A series of new patent applications demonstrate that Apple has a clear business model in place for the introduction of a comprehensive mobile payments, mobile commerce and mobile marketing business based around an NFC-enabled iPhone. More
Apple to build mobile payments business around iTunes credits?
A further four patent applications filed by Apple and relating to both NFC and mobile payments have now been published, clearly signalling that the company’s interest in near field communication technology goes well beyond simply making it easier to sync devices — and suggesting that the company may have major plans to develop its own mobile payments business... More
New Apple patent shows NFC-enabled iPod, games controller, TV and iPhone
A newly published Apple patent application explains how near field communication could be used to enable a wide range of devices to share resources within a connected ‘Apple TV Living Room’. More
Apple planning role as mobile Trusted Service Manager?
A new patent application sees Apple using the term ‘trusted service’, hinting at the company’s potential to play a major role as a Trusted Service Manager for mainstream mobile applications and, perhaps, for mobile payments and NFC. More
Could PayPal bump NFC’s P2P ambitions into touch?
A new technology from US start-up Bump, which lets consumers use phones equipped with accelerometers to make peer-to-peer payments and share images or contact details, has been adopted by PayPal for its new Send Money service. More
iPhone device shows NFC add-ons can look good
A slot on device that enables NFC functionality to be added to Apple iPhones has been announced by Canadian NFC and RFID specialist Wireless Dynamics... More
Apple Grab & Go patent details how the iPhone could use NFC
Hot on the heels of the news that Apple has an RFID-enabled iPhone prototype, a new patent application provides details of how the company sees NFC being used to make it easy for customers to transfer files between devices such as the Mac, iPhone and Apple TV. More
Twitter founder adding mobile payments to iPhones via NFC?
Twitter chairman and cofounder Jack Dorsey is working on a new start up that is developing an iPhone attachment which will enable iPhones to be used to make payments, according to recent reports... More
Apple testing RFID-enabled iPhone?
Einar Rosenberg, the chief technology officer at NFC specialist Narian Technologies and who runs the Near Field Communications Group on Linkedin.com, has reported the following:... More
Apple to build NFC into the next generation iPhone’s touchscreen?
A patent application for a ‘Touch Screen RFID Tag Reader’, filed by Apple in December 2007, has been published on the US Patent & Trademark Office website. More