Apple Patents An NFC Alternative

Macgasm writes, NFC hasn’t really taken off, so Apple has yet to put the technology into any of their devices. However, this doesn’t mean that Apple’s totally blowing off the technology. In fact, Apple was just granted a patent to an NFC alternative, which, according to Patently Apple, allows users to exchange information via “triggering network device discovery”. Patently Apple has said the following about the patented technology: Apple has received a Granted Patent relating to techniques for triggering a process within a portable electronic device that identifies itself for...

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