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Legal Settlement Surety Bonds Released to Claimant

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Loss Contingency, Alleged Patent Infringements Countersuit as Filed, Number

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Loss Contingency, Alleged Patent Infringements Countersuit selected for trial, Number

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Loss Contingency, Alleged Patent Infringements Court Approved for Trial Number

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Loss Contingency, Alleged Patent Infringements Selected for Trail, Number

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Loss Contingency, Patent Infringements as filed

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Loss contingency post judgement interest

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Loss contingency settlement credit amount for services

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Loss Contingency Surety Bonds

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Number of Years to Use Court Awarded Technical Support Credit

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The net proceeds or assets obtained in excess of (less than) the net carrying amount of assets recorded, or assets distributed and liabilities assumed less than (in excess of) estimated litigation liability extinguished, in settlement of a litigation matter. Represents (for other than an insurance entity in its normal claims settlement process), the amount of income (expense) recognized in the period to settle pending or threatened litigation and insurance claims.

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The amount recovered from insurance. These recoveries reduce costs and losses that are reported as a separate line item under operating expenses.

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This element represents the gross amount awarded, to be received by, or to be remitted to the entity in settlement of litigation occurring during the period.

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The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the combined total of loss contingency liabilities.

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The charge against earnings in the period to increase loss contingency liabilities, net of any adjustments to reduce previously estimated charges.

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The value (monetary amount) of the award the plaintiff seeks in the legal matter.

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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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The total amount of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency accrual as of the balance sheet date.

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The estimated maximum amount of possible loss from the contingency.

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The amount of cash paid for the settlement of litigation or for other legal issues during the period.

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Legal Proceedings (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	37 Months Ended	46 Months Ended				3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Legal Proceedings (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 05, 2011 Dillard's Inc [Member] i2 [Member] Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Dillard's Inc [Member] i2 [Member] Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Dillard's Inc [Member] i2 [Member] Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Dillard's Inc [Member] i2 [Member] Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Dillard's Inc [Member] i2 [Member] Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]	Oct. 04, 2010 Dillard's Inc [Member] i2 [Member] Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]	Jan. 31, 2010 Dillard's Inc [Member] i2 [Member] Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Oracle [Member] i2 [Member] Years	Jun. 11, 2010 Oracle [Member] i2 [Member] patents case	Apr. 22, 2010 Oracle [Member] i2 [Member] patents	Apr. 29, 2009 Oracle [Member] i2 [Member] patents	Dec. 31, 2011 Sky Technologies LLC [Member] Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]	Apr. 12, 2012 Settlement of Litigation [Member] Sky Technologies LLC [Member] Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency, damages sought, value					$ 8,100,000
Adverse court judgement amount				237,000,000
Post judgement interest (percentage)				5.00%
Supersedeas bond posted							25,000,000
Loss contingency, range of possible loss, minimum						19,000,000
Loss contingency, range of possible loss, maximum						237,000,000
Loss contingency, estimate of possible loss								19,000,000
Loss contingency accrual, at carrying value						14,000,000		5,000,000
Payments for legal settlements		57,000,000												4,000,000
Legal settlement surety bonds released to claimant			25,000,000
Insurance recoveries			3,000,000
Gain (loss) related to litigation settlement			35,000,000
Loss contingency, patent infringements as filed (patents)												11
Loss contingency, alleged patent infringements countersuit as filed, number (patent)											4
Loss contingency, pending claims, number (number of cases)										2
Loss contingency, alleged patent infringements court approved for trial number (patent)										5
Loss contingency, alleged patent infringements selected for trail, number (patent)										4
Loss contingency, alleged patent infringements countersuit selected for trial, number (patent)										1
Loss Contingency Accrual, Carrying Value, Provision													4,000,000
Litigation settlement	(1,500,000)								35,000,000
Litigation settlement, noncash credit amount for services									$ 2,500,000
Number of years to use court awarded technical support credit (in years)									2