Making Money with P2P in Japan's Wireless Space

(From WWJ Video Program No. 55, Mar. 19, 2003)

Video: http://www.wirelesswatch.jp/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=198
(You can only see the preview on the GLOCOM Platform)

Summary:
Each client interacting with the sign can choose to allow an icon representing the owner to be displayed on the screen; the icon can display a message like "looking for partner to attend jazz concert at 7:00PM." If you wish to accept the offer, simply drag your icon down to "mate" with the other. The clients will then be notified how to contact each other and a date can be made on the spot. Unlike the Americans, the Japanese are building highly personal, device-to-device, and socially interactive communication capability into their system from the ground up.