CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 412	$ 1,705	$ 1,003	$ 5,176
Cost of sales
Product costs	86	663	86	2,070
Software development costs and license fees	39	245	97	952
Total cost of sales	125	908	183	3,022
Gross profit	287	797	820	2,154
Operating costs and expenses
Product research and development	20	29	55	55
Selling and marketing	19	170	42	610
General and administrative	1,319	1,305	2,441	3,049
Workforce reduction	0	639	0	713
Depreciation and amortization	7	10	14	50
Total operating costs and expenses	1,365	2,153	2,552	4,477
Operating loss	(1,078)	(1,356)	(1,732)	(2,323)
Other expenses (income)
Interest and financing costs (income)	(3)	(1)	(10)	59
Gain on extinguishment of liabilities	0	(524)	0	(1,050)
Gain on asset sales, net	0	(3)	0	(128)
Change in fair value of warrant liability	26	768	26	1,547
Loss before income taxes	(1,101)	(1,596)	(1,748)	(2,751)
Income taxes	0	2	0	3
Net loss	(1,101)	(1,598)	(1,748)	(2,754)
Special cash dividend attributable to preferred shareholders	0	0	(6,002)	0
Conversion features accreted as dividends	0	1,838	0	2,235
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$ (1,101)	$ (3,436)	$ (7,750)	$ (4,989)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:	$ (0.10)	$ (0.52)	$ (0.74)	$ (0.76)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:	11,294,900	6,610,270	10,543,254	6,568,526