Apple Patent Details Future iTravel App

Apple is working on a new travel check-in application that they are calling iTravel, according to Patently Apple.

Apple is obviously working with the Airlines to ensure that the iPhone will be up to standard when new ticketless systems roll out in the coming years. Apple's iTravel focuses on such matters as airline check-in and baggage identification, advanced electronic ID, car rentals, hotel and airline reservations and so forth.

For example, an NFC-enabled counter kiosk may communicate with the iPhone to purchase a transportation ticket and/or to check in for travel. The user may also use an electronic travel ticket and/or electronic identification at the counter kiosk to check in for travel, including checking in luggage. The electronic travel ticket may include a unique identifier, such as a digital code, which may be utilized to look up and/or alter information regarding a traveler's reservation in a networked database.


Patently Apple describes many of the other examples uses including Security Checkpoint, Boarding Gate Check, Reservation Functions, and Storing Identification.

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