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'''ImaHima''' was a mobile location-based [[social-networking]] service created in 1999 and shut down in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/prix_archive/prix_projekt.asp?iProjectID=10954|title=Prix Ars Electronica Archives |date=2001-09-03|accessdate=2009-08-17}}</ref> This service was launched by the Japanese company of the same name, founded by Neeraj Jhanji. This Japanese name means "are you free now?"<ref>{{cite web|url= |
'''ImaHima''' was a mobile location-based [[social-networking]] service created in 1999 and shut down in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/prix_archive/prix_projekt.asp?iProjectID=10954|title=Prix Ars Electronica Archives |date=2001-09-03|accessdate=2009-08-17}}</ref> This service was launched by the Japanese company of the same name, founded by Neeraj Jhanji. This Japanese name means "are you free now?"<ref>{{cite web|url=://.google.com//|title=US Patent|date=1999-12-14|=2009-08-17}}</ref> This company pioneered the concept of sharing current status (location, activity, mood) among friends using mobile phones. Initially ImaHima started out as an "unofficial"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB96655594017665802|title=The Wall Street Journal|date=2000-08-18|accessdate=2009-08-17 | first=Robert A. | last=Guth}}</ref> service but was later accepted inside the walled garden of the Japanese mobile carriers ([[NTT DoCoMo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.04/eword.html?pg=4|title=Wired - Listening Post|date=2001-04-01|accessdate=2009-08-17}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/prix_archive/prix_projekt.asp?iProjectID=10954|title=Prix Ars Electronica Archives|date=2001-09-03|accessdate=2009-08-17}}</ref> The fundamental patents for mobile checkin, status updates and location-based advertising pioneered by ImaHima were acquired by Facebook in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2014/09/02/facebook-buys-100-patents-tied-to-video-printing-and-speech/|title=Facebook Buys 100 Patents To Spur Virtual Reality, Video, Speech|website=[[Forbes]] |date=2014-09-02|accessdate=2015-01-06}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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ImaHima was a mobile location-based social-networking service created in 1999 and shut down in 2006.[1] This service was launched by the Japanese company of the same name, founded by Neeraj Jhanji. This Japanese name means "are you free now?"[2] This company pioneered 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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[edit]- ^ "Prix Ars Electronica Archives". 2001-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "US Patent". 1999-12-14. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ Guth, Robert A. (2000-08-18). "The Wall Street Journal". Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "Wired - Listening Post". 2001-04-01. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "Prix Ars Electronica Archives". 2001-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "Facebook Buys 100 Patents To Spur Virtual Reality, Video, Speech". Forbes. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2015-01-06.