Passbook is an application in iOS that allows users to store coupons, boarding passes, event tickets, store cards, credit cards as well as debit cards via Apple Pay. It was designed by Apple Inc. and announced at the 2012 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 11, 2012. The application was released with iOS 6 on September 19, 2012.
§Features
The Passbook application displays 2D barcodes of following types: Aztec, PDF417 and QR. Each digital coupon or ticket is known as a "pass". When the user launches Passbook for the first time, a brief introduction screen will appear with a button inviting users to browse applications on the App Store with Passbook integration. Passes can also be distributed online via Safari, or sent to the user via email.
Passes are synced between iOS devices using iCloud, and OS X 10.8.2 and higher also support opening passes to be sent to users' iOS devices. Although the application is available in iOS 6 or later, it is currently only available on iPhone and iPod Touch, but not on iPad.
Passbook has the following features:
- Displays 2D barcodes of following types: Aztec, PDF417 and QR.
- Triggered by location. Up to 10 locations can be added to each Pass. A location is programmed as GPS coordinates (longitude, latitude, and altitude) and/or iBeacon UUID (The UUID is a Universally Unique Identifier which is a 32 ASCII character code or a code automatically generated from a name using the PassKit API).
- Triggered by time of pass.
- Localisation of the pass. Up to 35 languages can be stored per Pass.
- Pass changes can be pushed via the Apple Push Notification Service by the pass provider, or manually updated by the user themselves.
As Passbook is only officially provided by Apple for iOS, several third party developers have created unsupported applications for other operating systems, such as Pass2U, Passes or PassWallet for Android & BlackBerry, that support importing and viewing Passbook passes.
§Passbook Ecosystem
Passes Exist in a Larger Ecosystem. Passes are created as a package. The Package is a Pass Template (created in a Pass Designer) + Relevant Data + a Private Key. Passes can be updated at anytime using the PassKit API and an iOS app can interact directly with passbook passes.
Passes are presented and managed by the Passbook App. Systems and apps interact with passes via the PassKit API.
An interaction (or transaction) between a Pass and a system is facilitated by a 2D Barcode at the moment. There is speculation that this may later be achieved though iBeacon technology.
§Passbook Pass Distribution
Passes can be distributed via email, SMS, MMS, the web, social media, an app, and as QR codes (using the built in Passbook scanning app in iOS 7)
Third Party Solutions for Pass Distribution:
- Bleu Meetings is a SaaS offering from Twocanoes Labs LLC for meeting & event managers to create, distribute & manage custom Passbook passes and deliver registration & schedule notifications.
- Waterfall is a tool for the distribution of time and location-enabled boarding passes, movie tickets, retail coupons, loyalty cards and more.
§Pass scanner, redemption, providers
§References
§External links
- Passbook - official site
- Passbook apps in the iTunes Store
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