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Notes payable issued in satisfaction of trade debt.

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Identification of the lender and information about a contractual promise to repay a short-term or long-term obligation, which includes borrowings under lines of credit, notes payable, commercial paper, bonds payable, debentures, and other contractual obligations for payment. This may include rationale for entering into the arrangement, significant terms of the arrangement, which may include amount, repayment terms, priority, collateral required, debt covenants, borrowing capacity, call features, participation rights, conversion provisions, sinking-fund requirements, voting rights, basis for conversion if convertible and remarketing provisions. The description may be provided for individual debt instruments, rational groupings of debt instruments, or by debt in total.

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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 the debt instrument was issued, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying amount of all types of notes payable, as of the balance sheet date, with initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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Cash received from principal payments made on loans related to operating activities.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Convertible Notes Payable (Details Narrative) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
Convertible Notes Payable (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Feb. 21, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Apr. 03, 2017	Mar. 23, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans received in connection with financing		$ 3,475,000
Preferred stock, par or stated value per share		$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Trade debt			$ 150,000
Chief Technology Officer [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.00%
Promissory note issuance date	Feb. 21, 2017
Interest payments	Calculated on a 360-day basis
Borrowed under note			2,500,000
Cal Enterprises LLC [Member] \| PRH Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Borrowed under note			2,500,000
Related Party [Member] \| PRH Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Principal amount borrowed		1,870,000
Borrowed under note		$ 6,870,000
Series D Preferred Stock [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par or stated value per share		$ 0.2862
Subsequent to December 31, 2018 [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans received in connection with financing		$ 3,475,000
Non-Related Parties [Member] \| PRH Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Principal amount borrowed		2,606,000	4,456,000
Borrowed under note		7,062,000	4,456,000
Trade debt			$ 150,000
Maximum [Member] \| Chief Technology Officer [Member] \| Unsecured Promissory Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Principal amount borrowed	$ 2,500,000
Maximum [Member] \| Cal Enterprises LLC [Member] \| PRH Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Principal amount borrowed				$ 2,500,000
2017 Financing [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans received in connection with financing		$ 13,932,000
Interest rate		8.00%
2017 Financing [Member] \| Series D Preferred Stock [Member] \| Final Tranche [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par or stated value per share		$ 0.2862
2017 Financing [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing arrangement amount					$ 10,000,000
2017 Financing [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing arrangement amount					$ 20,000,000