Function regularly announced but
always expected on an iPhone, thecontactless payment
really interests Apple.
Until now we had to be content with a few occasional tests as for
pay for a coffee at Starbucks (seen
icion iPhon.fr) or little words slipped by those responsible for
payment systems (ici).
Thebrevetpresented here is much more precise:
Things indeed seem to be moving forward with this patent recently granted to
Apple which concerns theWallet(wallet for wallet). Sign
of a certain importance for Apple it brings together no less than23
inventions dating back as far as 2009.
Proposing "techniques for defining and implementing transaction rules
financial to control an account" the patent covers for example the
account controlof a child by his parents or even the
definition of limitspayment according to different
criteria such as day or geographic location.
Even more interesting, one of the patent drawings shows an iPhone with a system
near field communication (Near Field Communicationor
NFC) indicating the use of aiTunes account.
Beyond the technical side, Apple's use of its iTunes ecosystem
(315 million iPhones, iPads and iPod touches, more than 200 million
credit card numbers on the iTunes Store) would in fact make it
largest financial operator on the web.
The equation is eloquent: brand reputation + ability to simplify
things + size of the iTunes ecosystem + customers ready to buy =
major competitorfrom PayPal, Google Wallet and brands
financial services such as VISA and MasterCard. Everyone would have something to worry about.
Would you be willing to leave even more information and importance to Apple
to make your daily life easier?
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By : Keleops AG
