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Apple patents digital cards with dynamic visual effects on screen

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple describes a method for showing digital cards, such as those in a wallet app, with specific visual effects applied to their design. The system uses data from the card issuer to determine which images and effects to display when a user requests to see the card.

Why it mattersThis filing details how software can make digital payment cards look more engaging by applying specific visual styles based on the issuer's design choices.

In the filing’s own words

The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for displaying a representation of a digital card with a visual effect, in accordance with some embodiments.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A computer system configured to communicate with a display generation component and one or more input devices, 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: after receiving first data corresponding to a digital card that is stored in an electronic wallet of the computer system, wherein the first data includes a set of visual assets defined by an entity associated with an external computer system: receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request to display a representation of the digital card; and in response to receiving the request to display the representation of the digital card, displaying, via the one or more display generation components, the representation of the digital card having a respective appearance that is based on the first data and includes a visual effect, including: in accordance with a determination that the first data includes a first set of visual assets defined by the entity associated with the external computer system, displaying the representation of the digital card having a first appearance that includes a representation of the first set of visual assets having the visual effect applied to the first set of visual assets; and in accordance with a determination that the first data includes a second set of visual assets that is different from the first set of visual assets and defined by the entity associated with the external computer system, displaying the representation of the digital card having a second appearance that is different from the first appearance and includes a representation of the second set of visual assets having the visual effect applied to the second set of visual assets.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
DISPLAYING A REPRESENTATION OF A DIGITAL CARD WITH A VISUAL EFFECT
Publication number
US20260311424A1
Application number
19707915
Filed
Jun 15, 2026
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
17

Classified under

G06T 15/80 Physics & computing

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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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