NSF Proposal Summary

Universal Permanent Number

Hugh Ching, Post-Science Institute, Northwestern Polytechnic University Universal Permanent Numbers (UPN) are universally distinct, permanently existing integer numbers from minus infinity to plus infinity. They form a unique set of distinct integers, each of which represents a permanent entity. The design of UPN is based on the consideration of a number system to infinity in time and space. Almost all the number systems today are incorrectly designed because they are either not universal or not permanent, or both because of the lack of the far-sight of considering to infinity. The recent growing trend of globalization makes the need of UPN apparent and start to expose the long-term defects of all the existing number systems and the consequence of past short-sighted planning.

The main difficulty of UPN is that numbers are hard to remember than, say, English-like representations. The invention of UPN in this proposal is based on the invention of Universal Permanent Software, which can remember UPN for the user of UPN, and which, as its name implies, also is universal and permanent.

Universal Permanent Number can sprout an entirely new industry akin to the real estate industry. The intellectual property of UPN, in fact, should be treated exactly like real property. Every UPN can be resold and should be appraised, recorded, titled, insured, represented by brokers, even taxed, etc. just as for every parcel of real estate. In many ways, this intellectual property should be considered more valuable than real property because it is associated directly with knowledge. One main function of UPN is to give each piece of knowledge a universal, permanent integer name, so that the knowledge can be globally searched. Search engines should be designed for the search of knowledge based on UPN, not just news. UPN is thus an integral part of the foundation of knowledge, especially, when the knowledge is stored in the form of software. The ultimate form of knowledge as software is DNA, which is the ultimate Universal Permanent Software and contains the wisdom of the universe from the infinite past. The amount of knowledge contained in DNA is unlimited, and so is the Universal Permanent Numbers.

Universal Permanent Number is one of the first correct products of the Age of Life Science. Today, several large companies have already reached market capitalization of hundreds of billion dollars because they are producing almost completely automated products, which are still incorrect products of the Age of Life Science. The number of UPN transacted can easily reach trillions. Selling just a dollar per number can bring the market capitalization up to the trillion-dollar range. The service sectors associated with UPN, as in the case of real estate industry should be of equal size. The new industry of UPN should open the eyes of world to the wealth lying in intellectual properties, far beyond the material world, based on complete automation, which characterizes life. A DNA should worth more than a real estate.

Intellectual Merit: UPN is the key in the elimination of technical barriers in knowledge usage. It can be used to represent all the technical barriers to knowledge application, and it is then remembered by the Universal Permanent Software, not the user. This is one of the byproducts of the Software. UPN defines the true nature of intellectual property; it corrects the short-sightedness of a physical world of science and introduces mankind to the enormous value of natural intellectual properties covering the universe.

Broad Transformative Impact: Education is reduced to teaching knowledge, not technical barriers.

Universal Permanent Numbers Explained for Application as
Globally Searchable Unique Identification Integer Names

Universal Permanent Numbers are integers from minus infinity to plus infinity. They can be used as Globally Searchable Unique Identification Integer Names (GSUIIN). GSUIN are like ISBN, the book numbers. ISBN applies only to books, and in a global search, it might come into conflict with other numbers. ISBN can be considered the incorrectly conceived version of GSUIN, or a pre-Internet and pre-globalized number system.

GSUIN as intellectual properties are exactly like real properties. Each integer of the complete set of unique integers from minus infinity to plus infinity is an intellectual property of value. It can be titled, recorded, and transferred, just like a real property and can be just as valuable.

Each integer of GSUIN can represent a book, a person, or a merchandize. It is a globally unique integer name given to an entity or information. What the integer represent will be remembered, updated, and manipulated by the patented Completely Automated And Self-generating Software. For example, if a university buys a million GSUINs for its alumni. It can use the Self-generation Software to arrange and automatically update the alumni information in terms or names alphabetically, professions, ages, etc. and make the information globally searchable.

The practical use of GSUIN is the same as book numbers ISBN, but guarantees permanently that there will be no conflict in a global search. It will put intellectual properties in par with real property and, thus, demonstrate the value of intellectual properties.

The effectiveness of GSUIN has been proven by the need of ISBN, and its value has been proven by the value of Internet domain names. In fact, both ISBN and domain names, and all the other number systems, should switch to GSUIN. Generally, the world should switch from designs based on short-sighted and narrow-minded considerations to designs based on infinite and global views to achieve permanent, not temporary, solutions.

Business Plan

Universal Permanent Number Standard

Selling Globally Searchable Unique Integer Names (GSUIN)

Executive Summary

"Simply the world's best number system." Prof. Ram (C. V. Ramamoorthy)

Universal Permanent Integer ID Numbers are based on the patent on a permanent software ("Completely Automated And Self-generating Software System" Pat. No. 5,485,601), which enables its users to remember and retrieve an unlimited amount of information. Universal Permanent Numbers are the set of distinct integers from minus infinity to plus infinity. They are used as names of permanent entities, such as knowledge in the form of books, journal articles, patents, etc., land parcels, and Unicodes, which are currently permanent numbers (distinct to infinity in time), but not universal (distinct in the infinite space). Naming permanent entities is the first step into the Age of Life Science, which is characterized by the creation of permanent entities and complete automation. Integers are used as the names of the permanent entities because the integer is the native language of the machine or the computer. Due to its unlimited growth in number, Universal Permanent Numbers will eventually have to be remembered and managed by Permanent Software.

The theoretical model of Universal Permanent Number Standard is identical to that of Unicodes. While Unicode only apply to characters of languages, Universal Permanent Number covers all entities, thus, avoiding conflict universally and permanently. The business model of Universal Permanent Number Standard can follow that of ICANN, which checks for uniqueness of domain names, but allows private companies to sell the domain names. In the case of Universal Permanent Numbers, there is only one private company, namely, Complete Automation Laboratory (CAL), which holds the copyright to Universal Permanent Numbers.

There are at least several thousands more web pages than web sites. If search engine companies allows the submission of Universal Permanent Numbers, which corresponds to web pages, search process can be greatly enhanced. Universal Permanent Number Standard should be one of the most valuable intellectual properties in the world today. Charging just $1.00 per Number, the market cap can easily reach trillions of dollars.

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