ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,981, issued on May 19, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces for an electronic key" was invented by Matthew Sanders (Santa Clara, Calif.), Mayura Dhananjaya Deshpande (San Carlos, Calif.), Vitalii Kramar (Woodinville, Wash.), Thomas John Miller (San Jose, Calif.), Marcel Van Os (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Trevor W. Young (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system is configured to display an accounts user interface that includes a user interface object corresponding to a secure credential that is associated with a vehicle. In response to detecting selection of the user interface object, ...