CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 315	$ 1,091	$ 1,318	$ 6,267
Cost of sales
Product costs		249	1	2,319
Software development costs and license fees	92	118	274	1,070
Total cost of sales	92	367	275	3,389
Gross profit	223	724	1,043	2,878
Operating costs and expenses
Product research and development	5	37	60	92
Selling and marketing	20	142	62	752
General and administrative	2,841	1,145	5,282	4,194
Workforce reduction		127		840
Depreciation and amortization	7	7	21	57
Total operating costs and expenses	2,873	1,458	5,425	5,935
Operating loss	(2,650)	(734)	(4,382)	(3,057)
Other expenses (income)
Interest and financing costs (income)	(5)	(4)	(15)	55
Gain on extinguishment of liabilities		(415)		(1,465)
Gain on asset sales, net		(50)		(178)
Change in fair value of warrant liability	(159)		(133)	1,547
Loss before income taxes	(2,486)	(265)	(4,234)	(3,016)
Income taxes				3
Net loss	(2,486)	(265)	(4,234)	(3,019)
Special cash dividend attributable to preferred shareholders			(6,002)
Conversion features accreted as dividends		17		2,252
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$ (2,486)	$ (282)	$ (10,236)	$ (5,271)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:	$ (0.94)	$ (0.22)	$ (5.22)	$ (4.53)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:	2,631,640	1,297,451	1,960,643	1,163,063