Software Development and Intellectual Property Licenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Software Development Costs and Intellectual Property Licenses

Summarizes the components of software development and intellectual property licenses

The following table summarizes the components of our capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses (amounts in millions):

	At December 31, 2015		At December 31, 2014
Internally developed software costs	$	266	$	262
Payments made to third-party software developers	150		210
Total software development costs	$	416	$	472
Intellectual property licenses	$	30	$	23

Amortization, write-offs and impairments

Amortization, write-offs and impairments of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses are comprised of the following (amounts in millions):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Amortization of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses	$	410	$	272	$	195
Write-offs and impairments	4		—		29