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Business combination contingent consideration arrangements value of shares issuable.

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Percentage of earnout shares vest and eligible for resale.

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Percentage of remaining earnout shares vest and eligible for resale.

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Sharebased compensation arrangement by sharebased payment award options outstanding weighted average remaining contractual terms2.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested options awarded to employees as compensation.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Number of equity instruments other than options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested instruments.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 17, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Feb. 19, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense			$ 8,579,699
Weighted average period for unrecognized compensation expense expected to be recognized			2 years 10 months 2 days
Purchase of common stock			3,621,853	3,523,065	3,647,705
Recognized compensation expense			$ 988,857	$ 814,060
Unrecognized compensation expense			2,742,665	3,891,848
Total intrinsic value of options exercised			$ 104,842	$ 4,083
Weighted average fair value of options granted			$ 4.31
Weighted-average remaining contractual term			6 years 10 months 24 days	7 years 2 months 12 days
Weighted-average exercise price, outstanding shares			$ 3.73	$ 3.52	$ 3.70
Aggregate intrinsic value, outstanding shares			$ 4,688,679	$ 3,138,317
Percentage of earnout shares vest and eligible for resale			12.50%
Percentage of remaining earnout shares vest and eligible for resale			87.50%
Earnout Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Recognized compensation expense			$ 84,217
Vesting period of shares received			27 months
Common stock trading period			10 days
Earnout Shares [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Delivery period of written statement of calculation of revenue and net income for earnout period			75 days
ID Checker [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Business combination, paid earnout shares issued		137,306
ID Checker [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Business combination, earnout shares	$ 1,000,000		$ 1,000,000
ID Checker [Member] \| Closing Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Recognized compensation expense			302,539
Unrecognized compensation expense			$ 2,074,078
Common stock issued during acquisition, share	712,790
Vesting period of shares received	27 months
2012 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance						4,000,000
Purchase of common stock			2,360,520
Number of common stock reserved for future grants			496,356
2010 Stock Option Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Purchase of common stock			1,261,333
Director Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of common stock reserved for future grants			130,171
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member] \| 2012 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance						2,000,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average period for unrecognized compensation expense expected to be recognized			3 years	2 years 9 months 18 days
Common stock reserved for issuance			1,000,000
Options outstanding			1,769,588		802,917
Recognized compensation expense			$ 500,194	$ 339,970
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| 2012 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options outstanding			1,004,588
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Director Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Purchase of common stock			764,998
Stock options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average period for unrecognized compensation expense expected to be recognized			2 years 9 months 18 days	2 years 10 months 24 days
Recognized compensation expense			$ 488,663	$ 474,091
Restricted stock units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense			$ 5,837,034	$ 2,958,057