ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,325, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Sharing and using passes or accounts" was invented by Trevor W. Young (Livermore, Calif.), Thomas John Miller (San Jose, Calif.), Russell Fenenga (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Morgan Grainger (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to a computer system displaying user interfaces for accessing passes and transfer accounts. In some examples, passes are added to the computer system. In some examples, passes are accessed. In some examples, transfers relating to the passes and transfer accounts are displayed, such as in sear...