History
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2000 - 2009
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2000
6Found Media Socket Inc at Konan Minato-ku, Tokyo
8Launch Multi-media greeting e-mail service for feature phones
2001
2Launch Emotional search ringtone service
Develop music database3Move to Ichiban-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
12Develop JAVA mail application for feature phones
2002
12Establish subsidiary in Silicon Valley, US
2003
4Receive award in communication application at BREW AWARD, US
(Also in 2005, 2006)2004
12Develop first product music recognizing mobile application
2005
3Move to Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo
6Cooperation with KDDI for music search service application
10Launch E-mail service “Decogirl” for mobile phones
2006
9Business and capital alliance with KDDI
2007
1Develop ”au Music Player”
2Launch “LISMO Music Search”
8Company name changed to Sockets Inc.
2008
6Develop video database (MSDB)
Launch “LISMO VIDEO Search”2009
3Offer Comic search service to NTT docomo
4Listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers
5Develop “au Book Player”
8Moved to Sendagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
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2010 - 2019
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2010
6Acquired Privacy Mark
10Offer Recommendation service to Rakuten Books
2011
1Launch Internet Simultaneous FM broadcast service “LISMO WAVE” with KDDI
9Offer Recommendation service to TSUTAYA ONLINE
2012
4Offer Recommendation service to UNEXT
8Underwriting of capital increases of T.C.FACTORY
2013
6Launched personalized radio “LIFE’s radio”
8Business and capital alliance with Culture Convenience Club
9Established joint enterprise with Culture Convenience Club
2014
1Offer Person Profile data to Yahoo! search
5Business alliance with RecoChoku Co.Ltd
Offer Recommendation service to au “Video Pass”
2015
5Offer Personalized recommendation service to NTT docomo “dHits”
2016
2Offer Personalized recommendation service to “RecoChoku Best”
8Offer Music database, Recommendation engine and Music distribution system to “Rakuten Music”
10Offer New recommendation service to NTT docomo “dHits”
2017
1Offer Recommendation service to LINE MUSIC Corporation“LINE MUSIC”
3Business alliance with FISCO Ltd.
5Offer video database to HJ Holdings, Inc. “Hulu”
8Offer Produce Planning Analysis “Artist Analytics” utilizing human emotional AI(artificial intelligence) for record company
9Offer New recommendation service to KDDI “Uta Pass”
10Offer music database to Yahoo! search
12Offer Person database license to NTT docomo
2018
4Offer Broadcast data to Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. "J:COM TV"
7Offer Person database license to NTT Resonant Incorporated "goo dictionary"
11Offer Synchronized lyrics data to karaoke function of LINE LIVE
2019
4Offer Kansei metadata to Shiseido Company, Limited
6Offer metadata grant service to Dinos Cecile Co., Ltd.
7Offer Video search system lisence to milplus
9Launch Japan's first music analysis service "Music Analytics" beta version
11Launch Value-added experience-based search and recommendation service "metα"
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2020 -
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2020
6Launch music analysis service "Music Analytics" Paid service
8Listed market change to the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Offer video database to CyberAgent, Inc. “ABEMA”
10Started management of artist "mononkvl"
2021
3Offer video and Person database to NTT docomo “dTV”
5Offer Kansei metadata to SHUEISHA INC.
11Launch Emotional metadata generation service "emoα"
2022
1Offer video database to NTT DOCOMO, INC. “Hikari TV”
6Launch Cookieless emotional targeting advertising service “Trig’s” commercial service
9Offer video database to Premium Platform Japan, Inc. “Paravi”
Offer video database to Fuji Television Network, Inc. “FOD”
2023
12Business alliance with ORIGRESS PARKS Inc.