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Gain Contingency, Claims Dismissed, Number

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Gain Contingency, Claims, Number

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Loss Contingency, Number of Customers Named in Lawsuit

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Loss Contingency, Number of Subsidiaries Named in Lawsuit

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Number of entity's patents that another entity has allegedly infringed.

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Number of entity's patents that another entity was found to have infringed.

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Number of entity's patents that another entity was found not to have infringed.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Number of another entity's patents that the entity has allegedly infringed.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Gain and Loss Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions						1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended
	Jun. 10, 2015 subsidiary patent customer	Dec. 16, 2014 patent	Jun. 28, 2013 patent	Feb. 01, 2013 claim patent	Mar. 02, 2012 patent	Mar. 31, 2014 patent	Jan. 31, 2015 claim patent	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 10, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 27, 2015 USD ($)
Patent Lawsuit Against Universal Remote Control [Member] \| Pending Litigation [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Gain contingency, patents allegedly infringed upon, number		1	10	4	4
Gain contingency, claims deemed invalid, number \| claim				4
Gain contingency, claims against defendant, number \| claim				24
Gain contingency, patents found not infringed upon, number				1		2
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Maximum \| $									$ 5.7	$ 0.2
Loss Contingency Accrual \| $								$ 0.0
Patent Lawsuit Against Universal Remote Control [Member] \| All Claims Accepted for Review by USPTO [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Gain contingency, patents allegedly infringed upon, number							5
Patent Lawsuit Against Universal Remote Control [Member] \| Certain Claims Accepted for Review by USPTO [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Gain contingency, patents allegedly infringed upon, number							2
Patent Lawsuit Against Universal Remote Control [Member] \| All Claims Denied for Review by USPTO [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Gain contingency, patents found valid, number \| claim							3
Patent Lawsuit Against Universal Remote Control [Member] \| Total Claims Accepted for Review by USPTO [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Gain contingency, patents allegedly infringed upon, number							7
Patent Lawsuit Against UEBV and Telenet [Member] \| Pending Litigation [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Number of Subsidiaries Named in Lawsuit \| subsidiary	1
Loss Contingency, Number of Customers Named in Lawsuit \| customer	1
Patent Lawsuit Against UEBV and Telenet [Member] \| Pending Litigation [Member] \| Design Patents [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Patents Allegedly Infringed, Number	2
Patent Lawsuit Against UEBV and Telenet [Member] \| Pending Litigation [Member] \| Utility Patent [Member]
Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Patents Allegedly Infringed, Number	1