Nature of business, basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Nature of business, basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies	1. Nature of business and summary of significant accounting policies Basis of Presentation The financial information contained herein should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Communication Intelligence Corporation and its subsidiary (the "Company" or "CIC") have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly report reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position at the dates presented and the Company's results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The Company's interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year. The Company is a leading supplier of electronic signature products and the recognized leader in biometric signature verification. CIC enables companies to achieve truly paperless workflow in their electronic business processes by providing multiple signature technologies across virtually all applications. CIC's solutions are available both in software-as-a-service ("SaaS") and on-premise delivery models and afford "straight-through-processing," which can increase customer revenue by enhancing user experience and can also reduce costs through paperless and virtually error-free electronic transactions that can be completed significantly quicker than paper-based procedures. To date, the Company primarily has delivered biometric and electronic signature solutions to channel partners and end-user customers in the financial services industry. The Company's research and development activities have given rise to numerous technologies and products. The Company's core technologies can be referred to as "transaction-enabling" technologies. These technologies include various forms of electronic signatures, such as handwritten biometric, click-to-sign and others, as well signature verification, cryptography and the logging of audit trails to show signers' intent. These technologies can enable secure, legal and regulatory compliant electronic transactions that can enhance customer experience at a fraction of the time and cost required by traditional, paper-based processes. The Company's products include SignatureOne® Ceremony® Server, the iSign® suite of products and services, including iSign® Enterprise and iSign® Console™, Sign-it® and the iSign® toolkits. Going Concern The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred significant cumulative losses since its inception and, at June 30, 2014, the Company's accumulated deficit was $121,410. The Company has primarily met its working capital needs through the sale of debt and equity securities. As of June 30, 2014, the Company's cash balance was $415. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in securing adequate capital resources to fund planned operations or that any additional funds will be available to the Company when needed, or if available, will be available on favorable terms or in amounts required by the Company. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate capital resources to fund operations, it may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of its operations, which may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations and ability to operate as a going concern. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Reclassifications Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified between Series C Preferred Stock, Series D-1 Preferred Stock, Series D-2 Preferred Stock and Additional paid in capital on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet to properly reflect accretion of the beneficial conversion feature on certain issuances of the Company's Preferred Stock. These reclassifications do not impact the condensed consolidated statement of operations or the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows. Accounting Changes and Recent Accounting Pronouncements Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted Accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Nature of business, basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of business, basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies

1. Nature of business and summary of significant accounting policies

Basis of Presentation

The financial information contained herein should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Communication Intelligence Corporation and its subsidiary (the "Company" or "CIC") have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly report reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position at the dates presented and the Company's results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The Company's interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.

The Company is a leading supplier of electronic signature products and the recognized leader in biometric signature verification. CIC enables companies to achieve truly paperless workflow in their electronic business processes by providing multiple signature technologies across virtually all applications. CIC's solutions are available both in software-as-a-service ("SaaS") and on-premise delivery models and afford "straight-through-processing," which can increase customer revenue by enhancing user experience and can also reduce costs through paperless and virtually error-free electronic transactions that can be completed significantly quicker than paper-based procedures. To date, the Company primarily has delivered biometric and electronic signature solutions to channel partners and end-user customers in the financial services industry.

The Company's research and development activities have given rise to numerous technologies and products. The Company's core technologies can be referred to as "transaction-enabling" technologies. These technologies include various forms of electronic signatures, such as handwritten biometric, click-to-sign and others, as well signature verification, cryptography and the logging of audit trails to show signers' intent. These technologies can enable secure, legal and regulatory compliant electronic transactions that can enhance customer experience at a fraction of the time and cost required by traditional, paper-based processes. The Company's products include SignatureOne® Ceremony® Server, the iSign® suite of products and services, including iSign® Enterprise and iSign® Console™, Sign-it® and the iSign® toolkits.

Going Concern

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred significant cumulative losses since its inception and, at June 30, 2014, the Company's accumulated deficit was $121,410. The Company has primarily met its working capital needs through the sale of debt and equity securities. As of June 30, 2014, the Company's cash balance was $415. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in securing adequate capital resources to fund planned operations or that any additional funds will be available to the Company when needed, or if available, will be available on favorable terms or in amounts required by the Company. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate capital resources to fund operations, it may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of its operations, which may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations and ability to operate as a going concern. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified between Series C Preferred Stock, Series D-1 Preferred Stock, Series D-2 Preferred Stock and Additional paid in capital on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet to properly reflect accretion of the beneficial conversion feature on certain issuances of the Company's Preferred Stock. These reclassifications do not impact the condensed consolidated statement of operations or the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

Accounting Changes and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted

Accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows.