Apple Files Patents for Mobile Payments on iPhone, iPod

Apple has filed patents involving Near Field Communication for purchasing items with iPhones and iPods. Patents would also create Apple currency with iPay, iBuy and iCoupons. Apple also has reportedly hired NFC guru Benjamin Vigier. While mobile payments are growing worldwide, North American adoption has been slow.
With mobile Relevant Products/Services-payment systems and services expected to surge this year to include more than three million users in the U.S., Apple appears eager to jump into the field. The computer giant has filed numerous patents involving Near Field Communication (NFC) in the last few months related to systems for buying airline or concert tickets, making payments to vendors, and transferring media from computers to iPhones and iPods.

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