Software Development and Intellectual Property Licenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Software Development Costs and Intellectual Property Licenses

Summary of the components of software development

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

	At December 31,
	2020		2019
Internally-developed software costs	$	485	$	345
Payments made to third-party software developers	27		31
Total software development costs	$	512	$	376

Amortization of software development costs and intellectual property licenses

Amortization of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses was as follows (amounts in millions):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2020		2019		2018
Amortization of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses	$	263	$	241	$	501