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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Loans Receivable and Accounts Receivable

The Company sometimes extends credit to its licensees in the normal course of business and performs credit evaluations of its licensees, i.e. customers. Loans and accounts receivable are stated as amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts that are outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due. The Company determines its allowance for doubtful accounts by considering a number of factors, including the length of time loan and accounts receivable are past due and the customer's current ability to pay its obligation to the Company. The Company writes off loans and accounts receivable when they become uncollectible.  When the company enters into contracts for license setup fees with terms to pay off the license setup fees within a six month period, the Company recognizes revenue on a cash received basis when the criteria of revenue recognition have been met.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, fair value of financial instruments, at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Significant estimates inherent in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements include recoverability and useful lives of intangible assets, the valuation allowance related to the Company's deferred tax assets, the allowance for doubtful accounts related and notes and accounts receivable and the fair value of stock options and warrants granted to employees, consultants, directors, investors and placement agents.

Revenue Recognition

The Company generates revenues primarily in the form of set up fees, license fees, messaging, equipment and marketing services fees and value added mobile marketing and mobile commerce services.  License fees are charged monthly for support services.  Set-up fees primarily consist of fees for website development services (including support and unspecified upgrades and enhancements when and if they are available), training and professional services that are not essential to functionality.  The Company offers two licenses consisting of our Engage license and our Thrive license.  The revenues for Engage and Thrive license set-up fees are recognized over the training and implementation periods of two and three months, respectively.

 

The Company recognizes revenues when all of the following conditions are met:

 

there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement;

 

the products or services have been delivered to the customer;

 

the amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable; and

 

The collection of the related fees is probable.

 

Signed agreements are used as evidence of an arrangement. Electronic delivery occurs when we provide the customer with access to the software. The Company assesses whether a fee is fixed or determinable at the outset of the arrangement, primarily based on the payment terms associated with the transaction. The Company does offer extended payment terms with regards to the setup fee with typical terms of payment due between one and three years from delivery of license. The Company assesses collectability of the set-up fee based on a number of factors such as collection history and creditworthiness of the licensee. If the Company determines that collectability is not probable, revenue is deferred until collectability becomes probable, generally upon receipt of cash.

 

When contracts contain multiple elements wherein vendor specific objective evidence ("VSOE") exists for all undelivered elements and the services, if any, are not essential to the functionality of the delivered elements, the Company accounts for the delivered elements in accordance with the "Residual Method." Revenues related to term license fees are recognized ratably over the contract term beginning on the date the customer has access to the license and continuing through the end of the contract term.

 

License arrangements may also include set-up fees such as website development, delivery of tablets, professional services and training services, which are typically delivered within 90 days of the contract term. In determining whether set-up fee revenues should be accounted for separately from license revenues, the Company evaluates whether the set-up fees are considered essential to the functionality of the license using factors such as the nature of our products; whether they are ready for use by the customer upon receipt; the nature of our implementation services, which typically do not involve significant customization to or development of the underlying software code; the availability of services from other vendors; whether the timing of payments for license revenues is coincident with performance of services; and whether milestones or acceptance criteria exist that affect the realization of the license fee. Substantially all of our set-up fees arrangements are recognized as the services are performed. VSOE of fair value of set-up fees is based upon stand-alone sales of those services. Payments received in advance of services performed are deferred and recognized when the related services are performed.

 

The Company does not offer refunds and therefore have not recorded any sales return allowance for any of the periods presented. Upon a periodic review of outstanding accounts and notes receivable, amounts that are deemed to be uncollectible are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

Deferred revenue consists substantially of amounts invoiced in advance of revenue recognition for our products and services described above. The Company recognizes deferred revenue as revenue only when the revenue recognition criteria are met.  

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers all investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents primarily represent funds invested in money market funds, bank certificates of deposit and U.S. government debt securities whose cost equals fair market value.

 

From time to time, the Company has maintained bank balances in excess of insurance limits established by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Company has not experienced any losses with respect to cash. Management believes the Company is not exposed to any significant credit risk with respect to its cash and cash equivalents.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment (including kiosks) had been recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets (generally three to five years). Costs incurred for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred and expenditures for major replacements and improvements are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated remaining useful lives. Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $535,286 and $19,861, and $628,999 and $28,250, respectively.  The Company accelerated the depreciation in the amount of approximately $496,000 on the kiosks, which have seven inch screens, to reduce their net book value to zero due to technological obsolescence.  In the fourth quarter, they will be replaced by new ten inch screens and some new seven inch screens which will be able to run offline from wifi, have faster processors and ultra-sharp screens, and have licensee reporting tools.

Software Capitalization

The Company accounts for computer software used in the business in accordance with ASC 350 “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other”. ASC 350 requires computer software costs associated with internal use software to be charged to operations as incurred until certain capitalization criteria are met. Costs incurred during the preliminary project stage and the post-implementation stages are expensed as incurred. Certain qualifying costs incurred during the application development stage are capitalized as property, equipment and software. These costs generally consist of internal labor during configuration, coding, and testing activities. Capitalization begins when (i) the preliminary project stage is complete, (ii) management with the relevant authority authorizes and commits to the funding of the software project, and (iii) it is probable both that the project will be completed and that the software will be used to perform the function intended.  We capitalized approximately $732,500 in software for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.  Software depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $82,456 and $6,308, respectively. Software depreciation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $178,003 and $6,308, respectively.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets

The Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amount. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amounts of the assets exceed the estimated fair value of the assets. There has not been any impairment recorded as of September 30, 2015.

Income Tax Expense Estimates and Policies

As part of the income tax provision process of preparing the Company’s financial statements, the Company is required to estimate the Company’s provision for income taxes. This process involves estimating current tax liabilities together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatments of items for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities. Management then assesses the likelihood that the Company deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent believed that recovery is not likely, a valuation allowance is established. Further, to the extent a valuation allowance is established and changes occur to this allowance in a financial accounting period, such changes are recognized in the Company’s tax provision in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations. The Company’s use of judgment in making estimates to determine the Company’s provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance is recorded against our net deferred tax assets.

 

There are various factors that may cause these tax assumptions to change in the near term, and the Company may have to record a future valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. The Company has provided a valuation allowance for the full amount of deferred tax assets at September 30, 2015 and Deecember 31, 2014. The Company recognizes the benefit of an uncertain tax position taken or expected to be taken on the Company’s income tax returns if it is “more likely than not” that such tax position will be sustained based on its technical merits.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock based compensation arrangements through the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock based payment awards to employees and directors based on estimated fair values. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model to estimate the fair value of the Company’s stock options and warrants at the date of grant. The Black-Scholes option valuation model requires the input of subjective assumptions to calculate the value of options and warrants. The Company uses historical company data among other information to estimate the expected price volatility and the expected forfeiture rate and not comparable company information.

Net Loss per Share

The Company calculates basic earnings per share (“EPS”) by dividing the Company’s net loss and comprehensive net loss applicable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period, without considering common stock equivalents. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net income or net loss and comprehensive net loss applicable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period and the weighted average number of dilutive common stock equivalents, such as options and warrants. Options and warrants are only included in the calculation of diluted EPS when their effect is dilutive.

Derivatives - warrant liability

The Company accounts for the common stock warrants granted and still outstanding as of September 30, 2015 in connection with certain financing transactions (“Transactions”) in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40-15-7D, "Contracts in Entity's Own Equity" whereby under that provision they do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must be recorded as a liability. Accordingly, the Company classifies the warrant instrument as a liability at its fair value and adjusts the instrument to fair value at each reporting period. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised or expires, and any change in fair value is recognized in the Company's statements of operations. The fair value of the warrants issued by the Company in connection with the transactions has been estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation.

 

The Company accounts for certain of its outstanding warrants issued in fiscal 2010, 2012 and 2013 (“2010 Warrants,” “2012 Warrants” and “2013 Warrants, respectively) as derivative liabilities. The 2010 Warrants were determined to be ineligible for equity classification due to provisions of the respective instruments that may result in an adjustment to their conversion or exercise prices.   The Company recognized a gain of $47,209 and a loss of $27,787 in the fair value of derivatives for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company recognized a gain of $19,221 and a gain of $38,750 in the fair value of derivatives for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. These derivative liabilities which arose from the issuance of the 2010 Warrants resulted in an ending balance of derivative liabilities of $0 and $47,209 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Derivatives - bifurcated conversion option in convertible notes

The Company does not use derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to cash-flow, market or foreign-currency risks. However, the Company has issued Convertible Notes with features that are either (i) not afforded equity classification, (ii) embody risks not clearly and closely related to host contracts, or (iii) may be net-cash settled by the counterparty. As required by ASC 815,  Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities, in certain instances, these instruments are required to be bifurcated and carried as derivative liabilities, at fair value, in our financial statements.

 

The Convertible Notes issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 are subject to anti-dilution adjustments that allow for the reduction in the Conversion Price, as defined in the agreement, in the event the Company subsequently issues equity securities including Common Stock or any security convertible or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock for a price less than the current conversion price. The Company bifurcated and accounted for the conversion option in accordance with ASC 815 as a derivative liability, since this conversion feature is not considered to be indexed to the Company’s own stock.

 

The Company’s derivative liability has been measured at fair value at September 30, 2015 using a Monte-Carlo Simulation. Inputs into the model require estimates, including such items as estimated volatility of the Company’s stock, estimated probabilities of additional financing, risk-free interest rate, and the estimated life of the financial instruments being fair valued. In addition, since the conversion price contains an anti-dilution adjustment, the probability that the Conversion Price of the Notes would decrease as the share price decreased was also incorporated into the valuation calculation.

 

The Company recognized a gain of $214,014 in the fair value of derivatives for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The Company recognized a gain of $267,342 in the fair value of derivatives for the three months ended September 30, 2015.  These derivative liabilities which arose from the issuance of the convertible notes resulted in an ending balance of derivative liabilities of $207,376 as of September 30, 2015.  Subsequent changes to the fair value of the derivative liabilities will continue to require adjustments to their carrying value that will be recorded as other income (in the event that their value decreases) or as other expense (in the event that their value increases). In general (all other factors being equal), the Company will record income when the market value of the Company’s common stock decreases and will record expense when the value of the Company’s stock increases. The fair value of these liabilities is estimated using Monte Carlo simulation.

Fair value of assets and liabilities

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value for applicable assets and liabilities, we consider the principal or most advantageous market in which we would transact and we consider assumptions market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of nonperformance. This guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy to prioritize inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

 

· Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;

 

· Level 2: Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and

 

· Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

 

The Company’s financial instruments are cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and derivative liabilities. The recorded values of cash equivalents and accounts payable approximate their fair values based on their short-term nature. The fair value of derivative liabilities is estimated using option pricing models that are based on the individual characteristics of our warrants, preferred and common stock, the derivative liability on the valuation date as well as assumptions for volatility, remaining expected life, risk-free interest rate and, in some cases, credit spread. The derivative liabilities and earn-out liabilities are the only Level 3 fair value measures.

 

A summary of quantitative information with respect to valuation methodology and significant unobservable inputs used for the Company’s warrant liabilities that are categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

Date of Valuation   September 30, 2015     December 31, 2014  
Stock Price   $ 0.46     $ 1.00  
Volatility   66%     67%  
Strike Price   $ 0.75     $ 0.75  
Risk-free Rate     0.0 %     0.21 %
Maturity Date   11/24/15     8/13/15 to 11/24/15  

 

 

A summary of quantitative information with respect to valuation methodology and significant unobservable inputs used for the Company’s conversion options that are categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2015 is as follows:

 

Date of Valuation   September 30, 2015  
Stock Price   $ 0.46  
Volatility   68%  
Strike Price   $ 0.75  
Risk-free Rate     0.1 %
Maturity Date   6/26/16  

 

At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the estimated Level 3 fair values of the liabilities measured on a recurring basis are as follows:

 

        Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2015:  
  Carrying Value   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3  
                         
Earn-out liability   $ 535,462     $ -     $ -     $ 535,462  
Conversion option     207,376       -       -       207,376  
Derivative liability – warrants     -       -       -       -  
Total securities   $ 742,838     $ -     $ -     $ 742,838  
                                 
             
          Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2014:  
  Carrying Value   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3  
                                 
Earn-out liability   $ 594,216     $ -     $ -     $ 594,216  
Derivative liability – warrants     47,209       -       -       47,209  
Total securities   $ 641,425     $ -     $ -     $ 641,425  

 

The following tables present the activity for Level 3 liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015:

 

Fair Value Measurements Using Level 3 Inputs
                         
    Warrant                    
    Derivative Liability  

Conversion

Notes

   

Earn-out

Liability

    Total  
Balance - December 31, 2014   $ 47,209       -       594,216     $ 641,425  
Additions during the period     -       393,402               393,402  
Total Unrealized (gains) or losses include in net loss     (47,209 )     (186,026)       (58,754)       (291,989)  
Balance - September 30, 2015   $ -       207,376       535,462     $ 742,838  
Advertising

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred and is recorded in selling and marketing. The Company has no existing arrangements under which the Company provides or receives advertising services from others for any consideration other than cash. Advertising expenses from continuing operation (primarily in the form of Internet direct marketing) totaled $13,955 and $166,129 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Advertising expenses from continuing operations (primarily in the form of Internet direct marketing) totaled $642,242 and $455,969 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Litigation

From time to time, the Company may become involved in litigation and other legal actions. The Company estimates the range of liability related to any pending litigation where the amount and range of loss can be estimated. The Company records its best estimate of a loss when the loss is considered probable. Where a liability is probable and there is a range of estimated loss with no best estimate in the range, the Company records a charge equal to at least the minimum estimated liability for a loss contingency when both of the following conditions are met: (i) information available prior to issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that an asset had been impaired or a liability had been incurred at the date of the financial statements and (ii) the range of loss can be reasonably estimated. 

Goodwill

The Company accounts for goodwill and other intangible assets under ASC 350 “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other” (“ASC 350”). ASC 350 eliminates the amortization of goodwill and certain other intangible assets and requires an evaluation of impairment by assessing qualitative factors, and if necessary, applying a fair-value based test. The goodwill impairment test requires qualitative analysis to determine whether is it more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, including goodwill. An indication of impairment through analysis of these qualitative factors initiates a two-step process, which requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step of the process consists of estimating the fair value of the Company’s reporting units based on discounted cash flow models using revenue and profit forecasts and comparing the estimated fair values with the carrying values of the Company’s reporting units which include the goodwill. If the estimated fair values are less than the carrying values, a second step is performed to compute the amount of the impairment by determining an “implied fair value” of goodwill. The determination of the Company’s “implied fair value” requires the Company to allocate the estimated fair value to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. Any unallocated fair value represents the “implied fair value” of goodwill, which is compared to the corresponding carrying value.  The Company tested goodwill impairment at December 31, 2014 and concluded that goodwill was not impaired.

Intangible assets

Intangible assets consist of intellectual property/technology, customer lists, and trade-name/marks acquired in business combinations under the purchase method of accounting are recorded at fair value net of accumulated amortization since the acquisition date. Amortization is calculated using the straight line method over the estimated useful lives at the following annual rates:

 

    Useful Lives  
IP/technology     10  
Customer lists     10  
Trade-name/marks     10  

 

The Company reviews its finite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of finite-lived intangible asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of a finite-lived intangible asset is measured by a comparison of its carrying amount to the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the asset is considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset, which is determined based on discounted cash flows.

 

Segments

The Company operates in one reportable segment now due to the discontinuance of our Card Division. On November 26, 2014, the Company decided to wind down the operations of the Card Division and focus on its Mobile and Loyalty Marketing Division in an effort to reduce expenses and focus its resources elsewhere.

 

Accordingly, no segment disclosures have been presented herein.