ImaHima

ImaHima in Japanese means "are you free now?" and is the name of a mobile location-based social-networking service created in 1999[1] by the Japanese company of the same name founded by Neeraj Jhanji. ImaHima pioneered[2] the concept of sharing current status (location, activity, mood) among friends using mobile phones. Initially ImaHima started out as an "unofficial"[3] service but was later accepted inside the walled garden of the Japanese mobile carriers (NTT DoCoMo,[4] KDDI, Softbank). At its peak, ImaHima had over 500,000 users in Japan and was also made available in Switzerland and Australia. The service won a few awards including the coveted Prix Ars Electronica in 2001.[5] The fundamental patents for mobile checkin, status updates and location-based advertising pioneered by ImaHima were acquired by Facebook in 2013.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Prix Ars Electronica Archives". 2001-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  2. ↑ "US Patent". 1999-12-14. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  3. ↑ Guth, Robert A. (2000-08-18). "The Wall Street Journal". Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  4. ↑ "Wired - Listening Post". 2001-04-01. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  5. ↑ "Prix Ars Electronica Archives". 2001-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  6. ↑ "Facebook Buys 100 Patents To Spur Virtual Reality, Video, Speech". 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2015-01-06.

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