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Apple patents interface for sharing digital ID credentials

Apple has filed a patent application for a system that lets users add digital identification credentials to their devices. The system detects when a user requests to add an ID, stores it, and sends the data to an external device for sharing.

Why it mattersThis filing outlines how Apple might handle the technical process of storing and transmitting digital IDs, which could affect how users verify their identity in everyday situations.

In the filing’s own words

The present disclosure generally relates to digital identification credential user interfaces.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A computer system configured to communicate with one or more input devices and a first external device, comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting, via the one or more input devices, one or more user inputs corresponding to a request to add a digital identification credential to the computer system; in response to the one or more user inputs, adding the digital identification credential to the computer system; and transmitting, to the first external device, data corresponding to the digital identification credential added to the computer system, wherein the first external device transmits the digital identification credential to a second external electronic device that requests the digital identification credential.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL USER INTERFACES
Publication number
US20260259976A1
Application number
19656748
Filed
Apr 23, 2026
Published
Sep 3, 2026
Inventors
17
Claims
13

Classified under

G06F 21/45 Physics & computing
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