・Changed the company name to “Giken Shoji International Co., Ltd.”.

・Concluded a technical partnership agreement with Tactician Corporation.

・Launched the F@xEm@il service.

・F@xEm@il was certified as the first “New Business of Communication and Broadcasting” by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

・Received the Nagoya Mayor Prize of Chubu New Business Award.

・Obtained a patent (No. 4548645) for the WebGIS service.

・Obtained a patent (No. 4585594) for an external memory for software license.

・Obtained a patent (No. 4750497) for a content tampering protection system.

・Released MarketAnalyzer for China.

・Obtained a patent (No. 4776170) for a location authentication system.

・Obtained a patent (No. 4981957) for an external memory for software license.

・Obtained a patent (No. 5123422) for a location feature-based profiling system.

・Launched the r4b® (report for biz) reporting cloud service.

・Obtained a patent (No. 5199143) for an anonymized aggregation system.

・Obtained patents (No. 5214054 & 5284548) for a location feature-based profiling system.

・Obtained a patent (No. 5258832) for a demographic-based location analysis model.

・Obtained a patent (No. 5384281) for an area analysis system for direct mail distribution.

・Obtained a patent (No. 5536725) for a store profiling system.

・Obtained a patent (No. 5576784) for a commercial facilities data analysis system.

・Subscribed for the shares issued by Cooytech Co., Ltd. for the capital increase.

・Launched the Marketing Intelligence Platform (MIP) service.

・Started the reporting cloud service (report for biz : r4b-C) in China.

・Obtained a patent (No. 5946372) for a geocoding system.

 ・AGOOP Corporation (SoftBank Group) released “AGPackage – Marketing Specialist powered by MarketAnalyzer™ Cloud”

・Launched a new brand MarketDiscovery to roll out the big data product line that is valuable to business

・Added AudienceOne® by D. A. Consortium Inc. to the area-marketing data lineup for MarketAnalyzer™ 【MarketDiscovery】 

 ・Released a MarketAnalyzer™’s new analysis function based on ProfilePassport by Blogwatcher, Inc. 【MarketDiscovery】

・Obtained a patent (No. 6317940) for a high-precision small-area simulation sytem and program

・Obtained a patent (No. 6359899) for an user behavior analysis system and program

・Obtained a patent (No. 6411148) for a simulation system and program for consumption expenditure data by item

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・GIS (geographic information system) solutions for area marketing

・Census/trade area data and industry-specific databases

・Marketing support and consulting services based on census/trade area  data and industry-specific databases

・Marketing analysis platform for information providing and sharing

・Marketing indexes and trade area analysis reports in China

Patent No. 3914303, 4007720 (FaxEmail service)

Patent No. 4334831 (Direct mail system)

Patent No. 4548645 (Web GIS service)

Patent No. 4585594, 4981957 (External memory for software license)

Patent No. 4750497 (Anti-tampering system)

Patent No. 4776170 (Location authentication system)

Patent No. 5123422, 5214054, 5284548 (Location feature-based profiling system)

Patent No. 5199143, 5276232 (Anonymized aggregation system)

Patent No. 5258832 (Demographic-based location analysis model)

Patent No. 5384281 (Area analysis system for direct mail distribution）

Patent No. 5536725 (Store profiling system)

Patent No. 5576784 (Commercial facilities data analysis system)

Patent No. 5946372 (Geocoding system)

Patent No. 6317940 (High-precision small-area simulation sytem and its program)

Patent No. 6359899 (User behavior analysis system and its program)

Patent No. 6411148 (Simulation system and program for consumption expenditure data by item)