Apple Granted Patent For NFC Enabled Transportation And Ticketing App ‘iTravel’

The US Patent And Trademark Office today granted Apple a patent for a travel app, named iTravel, that handles transportation check-ins using Near Field Communication (NFC) chips built into iPhones or other portable devices.
Apple already gave us a small peek into its vision for the future of the mobile wallet with Passbook, which also had certain travel features incorporated (boarding passes), but iTravel is dedicated solely to travel.
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