Sockets, Inc. develops and offers services, applications, and databases for Internet platforms. Its operations are carried out through the following business divisions: Data Service, Recommendation Service, Emotional Metadata Analysis, Specialized Search Service, Developing & Construction Integral System, and Database Service Planning & Developing. The Data Service division offers original metadata of music, video, and books. The Recommendation Service division offers cross-media recommendations by general architect due to efficiency from statistical and supervising data; and possessing whole metadata of music video and books. The Emotional Metadata Analysis division provides advanced analysis technology of machine learning and deep learning, and sockets comprehensive cross-category database, as well as enables service analysis and profiling which brings to ever closer to user insight. The Specialized Search Service division offers structured and specialized search service focused on music, video, and books. The Developing & Construction Integral System provides databases interacting with existing services and business management databases, by data cleansing, web application for multiple platforms and native application as iPhone and Android. The Database Service Planning & Developing division plans and propose new business possibilities by leveraging emotional database. It also provides various marketing support services. The company was founded by Koji Urabe on June 23, 2000 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.