The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple a patent for its Concert Ticket+ concept, first unveiled in 2010... More
US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
Google in talks to buy Softcard to combat Apple Pay?
Google is responding to the successful launch of Apple Pay by going on the mobile payments acquisition trail, according to industry rumours — and US carrier-owned NFC venture Softcard, which laid off 60 staff last week, could be a key target... More
Apple proposes fingerprints in the cloud
The US Patent & Trademark Office has published three patent applications from Apple that relate to both Apple Pay and Touch ID biometric verification... More
Patent provides insights into the inner workings of Apple Pay
A newly published Apple patent application provides insights into how the iPhone maker’s new Apple Pay service will work, how the company has optimized the iPhone’s NFC capabilities to ensure the best possible user experience at the point of sale, and how secure payment credentials will be provisioned onto secondary devices such as the Apple Watch... More
NFC payments venture Isis to change its name
Isis, the NFC venture set up by US carriers AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, is to get a new name... More
Intel patents multi-surface NFC antenna design
The USPTO has published a patent application by three Intel engineers that describes an NFC antenna design which makes use of a cascaded coil concept to enable interactions to be performed without a user needing to precisely orientate their phone... More
Broadcom patents multiple antenna solution for NFC phones
Chip maker Broadcom has developed a way for multiple NFC antennas to be built into an NFC device, making it possible in future for consumers to conduct NFC interactions without having to orientate their phone in a particular way... More
Apple patents NFC antenna that works on all sides of a mobile device
Apple has applied for a patent on an antenna design that allows NFC signals to be transmitted from both the top and bottom of a mobile phone — front and rear — reducing the need for a user to orientate their device in a particular way when conducting an NFC transaction. More
Apple looks to patent NFC gifting system
An Apple patent application which outlines a way to use NFC to gift media between iOS devices has been published by the US Patent and Trademark Office... More
Apple awarded patent for mobile airline ticketing and travel service
The iTravel patent covers the use of an NFC-enabled iPhone for buying an airline ticket, checking in baggage and passing through security. More
OTI picks up US patents
Israel-based contactless technology developer On Track Innovations has been granted two new patents... More
Microsoft applies for NFC Tap and Do trademark
The computer software giant is to use its own symbol to show that a Windows 8 device has NFC functionality and to indicate to a user where the NFC antenna is located. More
Samsung Wallet on the way?
Phone maker Samsung has filed a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for “Samsung Wallet”, a word mark relating to “computer software for mobile phones, smart phones and tablet PCs,” PocketNow reports... More
Apple patents ‘SIM within’ secure element technology
A newly published Apple patent application sets out a way for a virtual SIM card to be built into an embedded secure element which can, in turn, be attached to an NFC controller chip. More
HID Global adds to NFC patents
Secure identity specialist HID Global expects its patent “Method and Apparatus for Making a Decision on a Card” to be issued shortly by the USPTO... More
E-wallet icon sparks more Apple NFC speculation
A recent design patent for Apple has revealed an e-Wallet icon that could feature on a future version of the iPhone... 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