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2us-gaap_ScheduleOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTableTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse| 1falsefalsefalse00<p style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Intangible assets as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 consisted
of the following: </p>
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<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Estimated</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">June 30,</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">September 30,</font></td>
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<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Useful Lives</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2013</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2012</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="width: 52%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Customer contracts</font></td>
<td style="width: 14%; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">5 years</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 14%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">983,645</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 14%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">983,645</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Technology</font></td>
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">5 years</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">712,500</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">712,500</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Less: accumulated amortization</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(840,456</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">)</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(586,034</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">    Intangible assets, net</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">855,689</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,110,111</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td></tr>
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