Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) [Abstract]

Schedule of quarterly financial data

	Year Ended July 31, 2017
		July 31, 2017			April 30, 2017			January 31, 2017			October 31, 2016			Total
Revenues		$	167		$	167		$	165		$	159		$	658
Direct cost of revenues			16			32			26			41			115
Research and development			149			144			129			160			582
Selling, general and administrative			8,945			3,996			3,596			4,235			20,772
Civil penalty – FCC consent decree			—			—			(15,000	)		—			(15,000	)
Stockholder settlement			—			—			(7,200	)		—			(7,200	)
Interest expense			(493	)		(2,195	)		—			—			(2,688	)
Other income			10			7			6			29			52
Income tax benefits (provision for income taxes)			(3	)		(3	)		—			(7	)		(13	)
Net loss			(9,429	)		(6,196	)		(25,780	)		(4,255	)		(45,660	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests			331			203			355			124			1,013
Net loss attributable to SPCI			(9,098	)		(5,993	)		(25,425	)		(4,131	)		(44,647	)
Loss per share – basic and diluted		$	(0.74	)	$	(0.49	)	$	(2.10	)	$	(0.34	)	$	(3.67	)

	Year Ended July 31, 2016
	July 31, 2016			April 30, 2016			January 31, 2016			October 31, 2015			Total
Revenues	$	122		$	219		$	112		$	1,703		$	2,156
Direct cost of revenues		50			88			13			782			933
Research and development		407			505			374			—			1,286
Selling, general and administrative		3,538			1,528			2,346			1,612			9,024
Other income		14			13			400			10			437
Provision for income tax benefits (income taxes)		(15	)		25			—			(6	)		4
Net loss		(3,874	)		(1,864	)		(2,221	)		(687	)		(8,646	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		80			19			195			55			349
Net loss attributable to SPCI		(3,794	)		(1,845	)		(2,026	)		(632	)		(8,297	)
Loss per share – basic and diluted	$	(0.32	)	$	(0.15	)	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.05	)	$	(0.70	)

	Year Ended July 31, 2015
	July 31, 2015			April 30, 2015			January 31, 2015			October 31, 2014			Total
Revenues	$	2,769		$	2,867		$	2,781		$	4,823		$	13,240
Direct cost of revenues		1,282			1,315			1,338			2,108			6,043
Selling, general and administrative		2,870			1,353			1,605			1,103			6,931
Other income		322			9			9			32			372
Provision for income tax benefits (income taxes)		(2,660	)		801			(100	)		(755	)		(2,714	)
Net income (loss)		(3,721	)		1,009			(253	)		889			(2,076	)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests		529			(211	)		(24	)		(183	)		111
Net income (loss) attributable to SPCI		(3,192	)		798			(277	)		706			(1,965	)
Income (loss) per share – basic and diluted	$	(0.28	)	$	0.07		$	(0.02	)	$	0.06		$	(0.17	)