Found Media Socket Inc at Konan Minato-ku, Tokyo

Launch Multi-media greeting e-mail service for feature phones

2001

Launch Emotional search ringtone service
Develop music database

Move to Ichiban-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Develop JAVA mail application for feature phones

2002

Establish subsidiary in Silicon Valley, US

2003

Receive award in communication application at BREW AWARD, US
(Also in 2005, 2006)

2004

Develop first product music recognizing mobile application

2005

Move to Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo

Cooperation with KDDI for music search service application

Launch E-mail service “Decogirl” for mobile phones

2006

Business and capital alliance with KDDI

2007

Develop ”au Music Player”

Launch “LISMO Music Search”

Company name changed to Sockets Inc.

2008

Develop video database (MSDB)
Launch “LISMO VIDEO Search”

2009

Offer Comic search service to NTT docomo

Listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers

Develop “au Book Player”

Moved to Sendagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Acquired Privacy Mark

Offer Recommendation service to Rakuten Books

2011

Launch Internet Simultaneous FM broadcast service “LISMO WAVE” with KDDI

Offer Recommendation service to TSUTAYA ONLINE

2012

Offer Recommendation service to UNEXT

Underwriting of capital increases of T.C.FACTORY

2013

Launched personalized radio “LIFE’s radio”

Business and capital alliance with Culture Convenience Club

Established joint enterprise with Culture Convenience Club

2014

Offer Person Profile data to Yahoo! search

Business alliance with RecoChoku Co.Ltd

Offer Recommendation service to au “Video Pass”

2015

Offer Personalized recommendation service to NTT docomo “dHits”

2016

Offer Personalized recommendation service to “RecoChoku Best”

Offer Music database, Recommendation engine and Music distribution system to “Rakuten Music”

Offer New recommendation service to NTT docomo “dHits”

2017

Offer Recommendation service to LINE MUSIC Corporation“LINE MUSIC”

Business alliance with FISCO Ltd.

Offer video database to HJ Holdings, Inc. “Hulu”

Offer Produce Planning Analysis “Artist Analytics” utilizing human emotional AI(artificial intelligence) for record company

Offer New recommendation service to KDDI “Uta Pass”

Offer music database to Yahoo! search

Offer Person database license to NTT docomo

2018

Offer Broadcast data to Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. "J:COM TV"

Offer Person database license to NTT Resonant Incorporated "goo dictionary"

Offer Synchronized lyrics data to karaoke function of LINE LIVE

2019

Offer Kansei metadata to Shiseido Company, Limited

Offer metadata grant service to Dinos Cecile Co., Ltd.

Offer Video search system lisence to milplus

Launch Japan's first music analysis service "Music Analytics" beta version

Launch Value-added experience-based search and recommendation service "metα"

Launch music analysis service "Music Analytics" Paid service

Listed market change to the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Offer video database to CyberAgent, Inc. “ABEMA”

Started management of artist "mononkvl"

Offer video and Person database to NTT docomo “dTV”

Offer Kansei metadata to SHUEISHA INC.

Launch Emotional metadata generation service "emoα"

Offer video database to NTT DOCOMO, INC. “Hikari TV”

Launch Cookieless emotional targeting advertising service “Trig’s” commercial service

Offer video database to Premium Platform Japan, Inc. “Paravi”

Offer video database to Fuji Television Network, Inc. “FOD”

Business alliance with ORIGRESS PARKS Inc.

2024

2025

Developed and launched “MSDB Bridge”, a DMP specialized in IP content and entertainment.