FRONTEO obtains patent in Japan for technology that artificial intelligence supports community formation

FRONTEO Inc.
Masahiro Morimoto, President and CEO
2-12-23 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(Code number: 2158 TSE Mothers)
(NASDAQ ticker symbol: FRONTEO)

FRONTEO Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, formerly UBIC), which is listed on the US NASDAQ and TSE Mothers and is engaged in big data analysis business that makes full use of artificial intelligence, forms a community with artificial intelligence. We have received a copy of the patent approval from the Japan Patent Office regarding the technology that supports FRONTEO.We are pleased to inform you that the procedure for registering the setting of patent rights has been completed.

Application number: Special application 2016-542301 * Registration number not given

Patent filing date: May 2016, 5 (Priority date: October 30, 2014)

The information we come into contact with in our daily lives has become richer due to improvements in hardware performance, cost reductions, and the spread of the Internet.On the other hand, the amount of data distributed to society has increased explosively, making it difficult to actively discover significant information.For example, the spread of SNS has increased the opportunities to passively make "friends", but users identify communities that match their tastes (for example, hobbies, favorite entertainers, favorite foods, etc.) and share them there. It can be said that the threshold for discovering "friendly friends" who have a taste for is raised.

Using this patented technology, our unique artificial intelligence engine "KIBIT" can learn user preferences and propose other SNS users with similar preferences.This allows the user to efficiently find a companion who likes him / her from among many other users.

By further promoting research and development of artificial intelligence application technology and acquisition of intellectual property, we will develop various data analysis solutions in new fields such as healthcare, marketing and business intelligence, including the legal field. We are aiming for it, and by realizing it, we will strive to create a better future.The impact of this matter on the full-year results will be minor.

* A patent trial decision means that the grant of a patent right is approved for an invention for which a patent application has been filed as a result of a trial by a JPO judge.After the patent trial decision, the applicant pays the patent fee, and the patent right is registered in the patent register.This will give you a registration number and give you a patent.

【About KIBIT】

Artificial intelligence "KIBIT" is an artificial intelligence engine originally developed by FRONTEO that combines Landscaping, an artificial intelligence-related technology, and behavioral information science. It is a unit of information and the "subtleties" of the human mind (KIBI). Combined with "BIT", it means "artificial intelligence that understands the subtleties of humans."By reading the meaning of sentences from texts and learning the tacit knowledge and feelings of people, it is possible to reproduce judgments and how to select information on behalf of people.

[About FRONTEO]URL: https://www.fronteo.com/

FRONTEO Co., Ltd. is a data analysis company that supports the analysis of information such as big data using its proprietary artificial intelligence engine "KIBIT".Established in August 2003 as a company that supports e-discovery (electronic discovery), which preserves evidence, investigates and analyzes electronic data necessary for international litigation, and computer forensic investigations.We provide legal proceedings support to companies by making full use of our in-house developed data analysis platform "Lit i View" and "Predictive Coding" technology that supports Asian languages.The unique artificial intelligence-related technology cultivated and developed in this business learns "tacit knowledge" such as the experience and intuition of experts, and realizes prediction of future behavior from analysis of human thoughts.Recently, we have been expanding our business by utilizing it in areas such as healthcare, business intelligence, and marketing. Listed on TSE Mothers on June 8, 2007 and NASDAQ on May 6, 26.The capital is 2013 thousand yen (as of September 5, 16). As of July 1,764,965, 2016, UBIC Co., Ltd. has changed its name to the current company name.

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