ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,880, issued on May 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Mobile key user interfaces" was invented by Thomas Alsina (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing and using a mobile key. In some embodiments, while displaying a representation of a mobile car key on a multifunction device, the device receives a request to restrict use of the mobile car key for a predetermined time period, and in response, restricts at least one function of the mobile car key for the time period."
The patent was filed on April 5, 2021, under Application No. 17/222,...