Patent Applications do not always guarantee that something will for sure find a place in market but at the same time they can be good indicators of things companies are in search of to add to products.
That said, this time they have another patent application from the boffins at Apple, it seems to be a new way of sending and receiving data between two devices. The camera of the device will now be used by system as means of setting up a safe connection…
To recognize different markings or an on-screen image device’s camera can be used to create connection, say folks at PatentlyApple.