US Patent Issued to Apple on Sept. 1 for "Mobile key enrollment and use" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,599, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Mobile key enrollment and use" was invented by Vitalii Kramar (Woodinville, Wash.), Dorian D. Dargan (Oakland, Calif.) and Marcel Van Os (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system performs techniques related to displaying a representation of a secure credential and using the secure credential. In some embodiments, a computer system detects that the computer system is physically near a vehicle. In some embodiments, a computer system permits a user access to use one or more functions of a vehicle using a secure credential."

The patent wa...