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Intangible Assets (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |  |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 05, 2019 | Oct. 24, 2018 | Jul. 31, 2018 | Jun. 26, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Patent prosecution costs |  |  |  |  | $ 10,000 | $ 20,000
Amortization expense |  |  |  |  | 461,000 | 487,000
Payments to acquire intangible assets |  |  |  |  | (369,735) | (100,138)
Number of shares issued value |  |  |  |  | 7,303,689 | 1,175,755
Aggregate cost of intangible assets |  |  |  |  | $ 934,765 | $ 881,411
Non-Compete Letter Agreement [Member] | Former President and Chief Executive Officer [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Payment of intangible assets per month |  |  | $ 16,000 |  |  |
Amortization expense |  |  | $ 304,000 |  |  |
Agreement description |  |  | The Agreement called for payments of $16,000 per month, for a period of 19 months, as consideration for the two-year non-competition and non-solicitation restrictive covenants. The Company recorded the aggregate cost of the Agreement of $304,000 as an intangible asset to be amortized over the 24-month period commencing August 1, 2018. |  |  |
Fortress Credit Co LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Written down of intangible asset |  |  |  | $ 2,655,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  | $ 295,470 |  |
Guangzhou Hotapps Technology Ltd [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Agreement description |  | Guangzhou Hotapps Technology Ltd., ("Guangzhou Hotapps") a Chinese company, in exchange for a 2-year, $100,000 unsecured promissory note. In connection with this acquisition, the Company acquired the license to do business in China to which the Company allocated a value of $85,734 as well as a related deferred tax liability of $33,333 due to outside basis differences and recorded as an intangible asset that it will amortize over a five-year period. |  |  |  |
Payments to acquire intangible assets |  | $ 33,333 |  |  |  |
Unsecured promissory note |  | 100,000 |  |  |  |
Deferred tax liability |  | $ 85,734 |  |  |  |
Advanced Cyber Security Corp [Member] | Master Distributor Agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to acquire intangible assets | $ 350,000 |  |  |  |  |
Number of common stock shares issues | 130,435 |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued value | $ 144,783 |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate cost of intangible assets | $ 494,783 |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period of intangible asset | 36 months |  |  |  |  |

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