Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	NOTE 9 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company has at various times entered into transactions with related parties, including officers, directors and major shareholders, wherein these parties have provided services, advanced or loaned money, or both, to the Company needed to support its daily operations. The Company discloses all related party transactions. In prior periods, the Company incurred interest expense on the Company’s 10% notes issued to United Wireless pursuant to the securities purchase agreement dated October 22, 2015. The notes were extinguished in February 2021 and the Company did not incur interest expense on the notes for the year ended December 31, 2021. The interest expense was approximately $351,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020. See Notes 3 and 5 in connection with the extinguishment of the Company’s 10% notes issued to United Wireless and held by Intelligent Partners as the transferee of United Wireless. See Note 10 with respect to the employment agreement with the Company’s president and chief executive officer. During 2021, the Company contracted with an entity owned by the chief technology officer for the provision of information technology services to the Company. The cost of these services was approximately $434 and $464 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. During 2021, the Company contracted with a law firm more than 10 percent owned, but not controlled, by the father-in-law of the chief executive officer. The firm is engaged on a contingent fee basis and serves as escrow agent in connection with monetization of the Company’s patents in matters where the firm is serving as counsel to the Company. In connection with the engagement, the Company recorded patent service costs of approximately $763,000 and $909,000 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 respectively. The amount recorded in 2020 includes approximately $407,000 in accrued expenses and outstanding as of December 31, 2020. The accrued liability is recorded in “accounts payable and accrued liabilities.” The accrued liability was resolved as part of a resolution with the firm at which the father-in-law of the chief executive was formerly a partner. See Note 3 with respect to the resolution of the dispute with the prior firm. In prior periods, the Company engaged a firm at which the father-in-law of the chief executive was formerly a partner. Because his interest in the prior firm was less than 10%, the prior firm was not considered a related party in prior periods.

Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

NOTE 9 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company has at various times entered into transactions with related parties, including officers, directors and major shareholders, wherein these parties have provided services, advanced or loaned money, or both, to the Company needed to support its daily operations. The Company discloses all related party transactions.

In prior periods, the Company incurred interest expense on the Company’s 10% notes issued to United Wireless pursuant to the securities purchase agreement dated October 22, 2015. The notes were extinguished in February 2021 and the Company did not incur interest expense on the notes for the year ended December 31, 2021. The interest expense was approximately $351,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020. See Notes 3 and 5 in connection with the extinguishment of the Company’s 10% notes issued to United Wireless and held by Intelligent Partners as the transferee of United Wireless.

See Note 10 with respect to the employment agreement with the Company’s president and chief executive officer.

During 2021, the Company contracted with an entity owned by the chief technology officer for the provision of information technology services to the Company. The cost of these services was approximately $434 and $464 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

During 2021, the Company contracted with a law firm more than 10 percent owned, but not controlled, by the father-in-law of the chief executive officer. The firm is engaged on a contingent fee basis and serves as escrow agent in connection with monetization of the Company’s patents in matters where the firm is serving as counsel to the Company. In connection with the engagement, the Company recorded patent service costs of approximately $763,000 and $909,000 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 respectively. The amount recorded in 2020 includes approximately $407,000 in accrued expenses and outstanding as of December 31, 2020. The accrued liability is recorded in “accounts payable and accrued liabilities.” The accrued liability was resolved as part of a resolution with the firm at which the father-in-law of the chief executive was formerly a partner. See Note 3 with respect to the resolution of the dispute with the prior firm. In prior periods, the Company engaged a firm at which the father-in-law of the chief executive was formerly a partner. Because his interest in the prior firm was less than 10%, the prior firm was not considered a related party in prior periods.