Citizen Number

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Citizen Number is natural evolution of the traditional phone number, improving on it in three major ways:

1. Universal Contact
2. Identity Protection
3. Verifiable History

Universal Contact

Citizen Number provides a SINGLE contact point for an unlimited number of online services and software applications.

A citizen number looks like a traditional phone number and is compatible with normal phone numbers (you can use it to make and receive Voice, Fax and SMS), however it can also be used to contact ANY online service (Email, Chat, Web etc.) - not just phone services.

Get your own Citizen Number now ... with just ONE CLICK.

Adding Value to your Phone Number

Cyberspace Phone Number hides the complexity of multiple online identities behind the simple phone number that everyone are already familiar with.

Cyberspace Number solves usability and control problems with the existing online world:

Usability

Cyberspace Number provides an unified way for others to interact with your Private Cyberspace across multiple mediums using a single number.

It is generated by the Personal Console and register with a Citizen Ecosystem. The service directory e164.name run by the international ecosystem 88.io is used by default.

Control

Cyberspace Numbers are owned by you independent of online services, you can map your numbers at anytime to any online service you wish.

Instead of having to "port" their phone numbers between different mobile phone carriers, citizen simply map their Citizen Number to any carrier they like at anytime.

Maximum Flexibility

Record

Cynerspace N

The default Private Cyberspace you create (with just one click) supports importing National Phone Numbers (e.g +61 for Australia) as well as generating new International Phone Numbers (e.g. with country code +88).

1. Import Phone Number

Anyone can import their existing phone numbers into their Private Cyberspaces or generate new phone numbers for their Private Cyberspaces.

Cyberspace Phone Number are entity based and can have up to 15 digits (maximum allowed in the ITU E.164 standard). The country code can be up to 3 digits long, entity number can be up to 6 digits long and contact number can be up to 6 digits long,

Phone Features	Community Entity	Personal Entity
Privacy Protection	Anonymous	Adaptive
Internet Voice	Direct	Direct
Internet Email	Direct	Direct
Internet Text	Direct	Direct
Internet Web	Direct	Direct
Internet Wallet	Direct	Direct
Traditional Voice	Relay	Direct
Traditional SMS	Relay	Direct
Traditional Fax	No	Direct

1.1 Community Entity Demo

When the quuvoo4ohcequuox community entity registered itself with the 88.io ecosystem, it was given the quuvoo4ohcequuox.0.88.io domain. quuvoo4ohcequuox also asked for a cyberspace phone number was given 39 as its entity code under 88.io's country code of +88, people with a Voice over IP (VoIP) phone can call +8839 cyberspace phone number to reach quuvoo4ohcequuox's entity agent.

Entity Traditional Phone Number

In order to for people on traditional phone networks worldwide to reach +8839, quuvoo4ohcequuox has mapped its traditional phone number +61499331111 to its cyberspace phone number +8839

Alias Cyberspace Phone Number

Private Cyberspace owners within the quuvoo4ohcequuox entity can generate random 6 digits contact numbers for their dynamic aliases using their personal consoles e.g. 123456.

When you first install the personal console on your mobile phone, there is already a Community Entity set up, say that community entity is quuvoo4ohcequuox and your have registered 123456 as your contact number.

The 6-digit contact number can be used across many contact mediums:

1. Phone: +8839123456
2. Email: 123456@quuvoo4ohcequuox.0.88.io
3. XMPP: 123456@quuvoo4ohcequuox.0.88.io

Anyone on the internet can communicate with the Alias behind the contact number 123456 using the above 3 methods.

Alias Traditional Phone Number

Alias in the quuvoo4ohcequuox entity and make use of quuvoo4ohcequuox's traditional phone number +61499331111` to receive phone voice, fax and sms from traditional phones.

Voice Call

Caller rings the entity's traditional phone number +61499331111 and either say through microphone or enter through keypad, the 6-digit contact number of an alias. The entity's entity agent will then forward the incoming call to your cyberspace phone number +8839123456.

SMS Text

Sender sends a text to the entity's traditional phone number +61499331111 by putting the alias's 6-digit contact number as the first line of the text. The entity's entity agent will then forward the incoming SMS to your email address 123456@quuvoo4ohcequuox.0.88.io.

1.2. Personal Entity Demo

When the quuvoo4ohcequuox community entity registered itself with the 88.io ecosystem, it was given the quuvoo4ohcequuox.0.88.io domain. quuvoo4ohcequuox also asked for a cyberspace phone number was given 39 as its entity code under 88.io's country code of +88, people with a Voice over IP (VoIP) phone can call +8839 cyberspace phone number to reach quuvoo4ohcequuox's entity agent.

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e164.arpa to e164.name

e164.name reinvents the ITU EUM standard by putting the control of phone numbers into the hands of the citizens.

e164.name is a privacy preserving public phone number mapping database, designed as a compatible replacement for International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s e164.arpa telephone number mapping system, which has been dying for years.

e164.name's attempt to create a new SIP based voice network has some similarity with the dead iNum network which has been give the +8835100 country code by the ITU but has not been successful.

Unlike traditional telephone numbers, e164.name's focus is end-users instead of the carriers. We plan to apply for a formal global phone number assignment with the ITU for the +89 range, but in the meantime, we will be assigning phone numbers from the parts of the +88 range that are currently free - avoiding other +88 numbers listed on ITU site.

Instead of international country codes like +88 and +89, individual Citizen Ecosystems can use their own country codes (e.g. in Australia net2max.au can use +61 and in China net2max.cn can use +86). This gives each country sovereign control of the contact points of all private cyberspaces hosted on its land.

2. Improvements

The concept of a global telephone number look up directory (e164.arpa) and global telephone number range (+883) can be useful if ran by citizens instead bureaucrats.

All Private Cyberspaces come with contact phone numbers that are routed using the e164.name database.

End users can make and receive calls to their +883 numbers via the web phone inside their Personal Console or use public web phones (e.g. phone.oztralia.org/web.php or by calling into phone portals (e.g. +61499331111).

For SIP telephone carriers and systems, +883 phone numbers are reachable by simply adding e164.name into their ENUM configuration.

Usage

e164.name conforms to the ENUM standard and is a publicly available for any individual or organisation to lookup without charge.

Compatible Devices

Enabling e164.name look up is as simple as adding the word "e164.name" into the ENUM lookup list of any Internet Phone (VoIP) device or system.

For people without ENUM compatible devices or systems, the best way is to request e164.name domain be added to the ENUM domain list of their respective VoIP provider.

Most VoIP provider will be happy to add e164.name since it will reduce their cost of delivery of phone calls to any phone numbers on e164.name

Compatible Providers

If your internet phone device does not support ENUM, tell your Internet Phone (or VoIP) provider to configure ENUM e164.name into its network - there is no charge for using e164.name.

Once your provider has configured the ENUM e164.name domain into their network, ALL their customers can use ENUM e164.name transparently - making it very convenient for its users to tap into this powerful technology.

Your provider can also save money and improve quality by sending phone calls to all the phone numbers in e164.name domain (directly to the end device) WITHOUT going through any intermediate carriers or networks.

Besides using e164.name for lookup, all telephone operators are also welcomed to add their phone numbers into e164.name

If your provider has any questions or want to submit their phone numbers to e164.name please tell them to send an email to peering@net2max.com

Supported Services

There are many ENUM services defined:
https://www.iana.org/assignments/enum-services/enum-services.xhtml

Currently we are only supporting:

Type	URI	RFC
email	mailto	RFC4355
fax	tel	RFC4355
ical-access	https	RFC5333
ical-sched	mailto	RFC5333
pstn	tel	RFC4769
sip	sip, sips	RFC3764
sms	tel	RFC4355
vcard	https	RFC4969
web	https	RFC4002
xmpp	xmpp	RFC4979

Please refer to RFC6118 for general details.

Testing ENUM

It is best to check with your Internet Phone (VoIP) provider on whether they support ENUM e164.name. However, there is a quick way of testing for e164.name support on your network yourself:

Simply make a call from your internet phone to anyone of the phone numbers on the Access Number List.

If you get charged for that call then most likely your Internet Phone Provider has NOT configured e164.name into its network. If it is a free call then most likely your Internet Phone Provider is one of those who have e164.name configured.

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1. Introduction

The traditional telephone network is a globally accessible secondary communication channel to complement the internet that for your Private Cyberspace primarily runs on.

All Private Cyberspaces come with a phone portal:

1. for interaction with people without smart phones
2. when the owners cannot interact with their smart phones (e.g. when driving and walking)
3. as an "out-of-band" communication channel (e.g. for security checks)
4. when internet is not available or of poor quality

You can attach one or more phone number to your private cyberspace so it can interact with others over traditional non-IP telephone networks.

This phone number can be your existing mobile phone number. Once attached you can use it when you want:

• your Private Cyberspace to answer your calls when you are busy
• your friends to call your Private Cyberspace instead of your real phone

Despite the advance of web based technology, the traditional phone network is a great alternative communication channel in some cases:

2. Shared Phone Portal

To save cost, a few Private Cyberspaces can share a common phone portal.

2.1. Public Phone Portal

An easy to remember phone number for the public to pick up short voice messages from your Private Cyberspaces.

Australian Example:
13 88 13

You want to verify you Your private cyberspace
You call into 138813 in Australia

2.2. Member Phone Number

Collects data from caller into your Private Cyberspace using Voice, DTMF, SMS and Fax.

Ways of specifying the phone number of the private cyberspace you want to contact (the destination phone number):

• SMS: put destination phone number as the first word of the SMS message
• OTHERS: added your phone number
• FAX: as the only number in the Called Subscriber Identification (CSID) fax header field.

Australian Example:
+614 99 33 1111

Note: we know CSID is for the SENDER fax phone number but we are using it for the RECEIVER fax number so we can forward the received fax from +614 99 33 1111 to the correct Private Cyberspace.

Specify the phone number of the private cyberspace you want to contact after the call is answered by the Interactive Phone Number.

2.3. Shared Ring Number

For you to ring to supply you phone number to the system. This just get the caller number it does NOT actually answer the phone call.

e.g.
Phone Number Verification process initiated from app.contacttrace.com.au

Australian Example:
1800 180 100

3. Dedicated Phone Portal

If you do NOT want to use the shared portals above, you can get a dedicated phone number for your Private Cyberspace.

With your own dedicated phone number, there is NO need for any portals to forward calls to your Private Cyberspace. All the calls will reach your cyberspace directly.

Australian Example:
A list of available dedicated numbers are here:
https://shop.oztralia.com/product/mobile-dedicated-phone-numbers/
Click "Choose an option" to see a list of available mobile phone numbers.
All those mobile numbers can receive Voice, Fax, SMS.

4. Deployment

Current deployments

1. Australia
2. United States of America

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Alias Phone Numbers

The international country code +883 has been set aside for phone numbers with an international nature by the ITU.

Global uses of +883 range have failed to gain traction (e.g. iNum - which no one seems to want to take responsibility anymore), which is not surprising as there is no incentive for telecommunication carriers to supporting the creation of additional competitors for voice traffic.

Private Cyberspace is using the +8839 number range for INTERNAL phone calls, avoiding overlap with existing assignments listed on the ITU site.

As +8839 has not been assigned by the ITU, so it will NOT work externally with carriers that do NOT use Private Cyberspace's ENUM service (based on the e164.name domain).

+8339 enables you to make free voice calls between web browser on most devices worldwide.

You can generate a +8839 phone number for yourself inside your Personal Console after verifying your phone number in 2 ways:

1. Existing Phone Numbers

A new +8839 number can be created by just adding 8839 in front of your current verified phone number.

For example, say your verified phone number is +61499331111 then your Private Cyberspace number can be +883961499331111. If you friends dial +883961499331111 from their web phone then your web phone will ring!

Note since this Cyberspace Phone Number is based on a real phone number, you will need to perform Phone Number Verification at least once every 90 days. Phone Number Verification is also required when there is a dispute on who is the current owner a particular phone number.

2. Random Phone Numbers

You can also create a +8839 number with 6 to 12 random digits.

For example, +8839123456 and +8839123456789012.

You can normally keep these as long as you keep using them.

3. Nice Numbers

Nice phone numbers are easy to remember e.g. short +8839333, repeating +8839111222333 etc.

They will given to those that have contributed a lot to the ecosystem or sold to raise funds for those in unfortunate circumstances.

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