Contact Service

Self-Organizing White Pages for the World—All with Unlisted Numbers

The Internet should make it easier than ever to reach people. Yet the opposite has become true: Spam and identity theft have made it so dangerous that most of us wouldn't think of publishing an email address or other personal data on the Internet.

Contact Service solves this problem. Available from all XDI.org-accredited i-brokers, Contact Service enables every i-name registrant to have a special Web page through which you can receive contact requests.

The page can reveal as little or as much information as you choose to offer. Spam is blocked because a visitor who wants to submit a contact request must first verify their email address or i-name to the i-broker. So you receive contact requests only from people who have a legitimate need to reach you.

Good News Is Looking for You. Give It a (Privacy-Protecting) Clue

What makes contact service even more useful is that i-name-powered contact pages are searchable on the Web. So old friends, classmates, and business associates can easily find and contact you, but your privacy remains completely protected.

And in a business setting, contact pages make it easy to receive direct, authenticated messages from your Web site and to send them to the right destination within your organization, all without opening yourself up to spam. It's like the Web equivalent of an automated attendant, only it's much easier to set up and navigate and much faster for your customers to use.

For Individuals

• Control exactly what information appears about you on the Web.
• Control the search terms by which you can be found.
• Be reachable without revealing your email address or any other personal contact data.
• At your option, respond to contact requests through your i-broker so you can find out more about a potential contact without revealing your email address or any other personal information.
• Contact pages are automatically indexed by all popular Internet search engines including Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
• The one-click block feature lets you prevent future contact requests from any party.
• It offers a safe Internet address for children, with full parental control over new contacts.

For Businesses

• A simple, fast way to accept authenticated, spam-free messages via the Web and direct them precisely where needed within your organization.
• Allows you to customize the level of authentication required. i-name users can verify their identity instantly using i-name Single Sign-On, while email users can verify via a confirmation email.
• Ideal for job applications, bids, RFPs, surveys, contests, etc.

For Communities

• Contact Service makes it much easier for your community members to share interests and form new relationships.
• Helps overcome members' privacy concerns about sharing their affiliations and other interests online.
• Assures members that they will always stay in control of their email address and personal information and never receive spam.
• Enables you to add additional verification features, such as validation of community membership, mutual contacts, geographic location, etc.