Apple seeks NFC digital identity patent • NFCW

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By Tom Phillips ^[2] • 12 April 2021 • Updated 12 April 2021 • nfcw.com ^[3]

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Apple has applied for a patent for a user authentication framework that would allow users to store digital identity documents such as their passport, driving licence and national ID card and present them for verification on their NFC-enabled iPhone or other mobile device.

The application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) lays out how various embodiments of the framework could use technologies including NFC, RFID and biometrics to import and authenticate digital ID documents in a secure element (SE) within a mobile device.

“In such an embodiment, when the user presents the mobile device to a corresponding reader attempting to authenticate the user, the mobile device may attempt to verify the identity of the user (eg, via a biosensor in the mobile device in some embodiments) before permitting the secure element to provide the identification information to the reader,” the application for a user authentication framework ^[4] patent states.

“For example, in one embodiment, the secure element is configured to store information present in a passport issued to the user.

“Accordingly, when the user is

Apple seeks NFC digital identity patent • NFCW

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