Why are patents important?  The Cambridge Dictionary defines a patent as “The official legal right (given by the government) to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years.”  Through its parent company Evryx Technologies, LinkMe Mobile (LMM) has a total of 5 issued patents in the area of mobile search – with one more on the way in March 2010 – and 28 more patents pending in the U.S. and around the world.  Each of these patents relates to snapping a picture with the camera on your mobile phone and getting back pertinent information about the picture you’ve taken.

This info is particularly useful for mobile shopping, and can include everything you’ve ever wanted to know about a product: from photos to price comparisons, mobile coupons, special deals, store locations, amazing campaigns and more — you can even make a purchase right from your phone!  Right now, the best example of LMM’s mobile search technology in action in the United States is Barnes & Noble’s bookstore app for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. Get it here.  More than one million people have downloaded the app since its release just a few months ago!  Due to the patents on our technology and our unprecedented 96% image matching rate, it is the most successful bookstore app ever created — check out the rave reviews on Apple’s iTunes website.  We have other amazing apps and campaigns across the globe in Japan, China, Canada and the UK — each of these uses our patented technology.  No other company in mobile search has been around longer — or has the patent portfolio we do — and we’re very proud of it.

To learn more about our patents and exactly how they work, please click here.

If you have any questions about our patents or our technology, please connect with us. We love to hear from partners, users and fans!

Image Credit: U.S. Patent & Trademark Office