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Conversion Price Percentage On Sale Transaction

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Debt Instrument Convertible Conversion Price Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Limit

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Debt Instrument Convertible Threshold Percentage Of Investment From Other Than Equity Holders

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Debt Instrument Excess Of Fair Value Over Carrying Value

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Debt Instrument Extended Maturity Term Of Convertible Notes

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Discount On Conversion Price

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Voting Power Ownership Percentage

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Fair value portion of borrowing which can be exchanged for a specified number of another security at the option of the issuer or the holder, for example, but not limited to, the entity's common stock.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Glossary Convertible Security

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Aggregate cash proceeds received from a combination of transactions in which noncurrent assets are sold, which may include the sale of a business, an investment in an affiliate (including an equity method investee), property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. Excludes sales of trading, available-for-sale, and held-to-maturity securities.

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Convertible Notes Payable - December 2012 Convertible Note - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)			0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013 Prior to June 30 2013 [Member] Non-Qualified financing [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 After June 30 2013 [Member] Non-Qualified financing [Member]	Dec. 06, 2012 December 2012 convertible note [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 December 2012 convertible note [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 December 2012 convertible note [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 December 2012 convertible note [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 December 2012 convertible note [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 December 2012 convertible note [Member] Qualified financing [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 December 2012 convertible note [Member] Prior to June 30 2013 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 December 2012 convertible note [Member] Prior to June 30 2013 [Member] Qualified financing [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 December 2012 convertible note [Member] After June 30 2013 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 December 2012 convertible note [Member] After June 30 2013 [Member] Qualified financing [Member]	Dec. 06, 2012 December 2012 convertible note [Member] Operating expense [Member]	Dec. 06, 2012 December 2012 convertible note [Member] Cost of license revenue [Member]	Dec. 06, 2012 December 2012 convertible note [Member] Product [Member]	Dec. 06, 2012 December 2012 convertible note [Member] Distributor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Company borrowed convertible note			$ 12,500,000
Convertible Note initial maturity term			2 years 10 months
Convertible Note additional maturity term			1 year
Maturity Date			Oct. 16, 2015	Oct. 16, 2015
Convertible Note interest percentage			10.00%	10.00%
Transfer of voting power percentage				50.00%
Outstanding principal balance				120,000,000
Conversion price percentage on a sale transaction									133.33%		142.86%
Gross proceeds qualified for conversion								20,000,000
Convertible invested holder of the Company's equity, strategic investors								50.00%
Convertible into share of common stock per share	75.00%	70.00%								75.00%		70.00%
Discount on conversion price						25.00%	30.00%
Estimated fair value of Convertible Notes as of issuance dates			16,355,000	19,072,000	16,545,000
Excess of estimated fair value of Convertible Notes			3,855,000										3,610,000	110,000	135,000	245,000
Change in estimated fair value of financial instruments				$ 1,767,000