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Geographic Concentration (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

GEOGRAPHIC/CUSTOMER CONCENTRATION [Abstract]

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

The table below lists the countries of the headquarters of our licensees and the total revenue derived from each country for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2011				2010				2009
Korea	$	118,078			$	175,614			$	160,470
Japan	61,594				121,113				73,253
Canada	54,728				38,820				27,371
Taiwan	43,993				21,559				15,336
United States	13,719				18,953				9,361
Germany	5,439				10,292				10,394
China	688				6,305				—
Other Europe	3,461				1,877				1,196
Other Asia	42				12				23
Total	$	301,742			$	394,545			$	297,404

Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments [Table Text Block]

During 2011, 2010, and 2009, the following licensees accounted for 10% or more of total revenues:

	2011		2010		2009
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	34%		26%		33%
Research in Motion Limited	14%		< 10%		< 10%
HTC Corporation	11%		< 10%		< 10%
LG Electronics	0%		15%		19%
Sharp Corporation	< 10%		< 10%		10%

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Tabular disclosure of the extent of the entity's reliance on its major customers, if revenues from transactions with a single external customer amount to 10 percent or more of entity revenues, including the disclosure of that fact, the total amount of revenues from each such customer, and the identity of the reportable segment or segments reporting the revenues. The entity need not disclose the identity of a major customer or the amount of revenues that each segment reports from that customer. For these purposes, a group of companies known to the entity to be under common control is considered a single customer, and the federal government, a state government, a local government such as a county or municipality, or a foreign government is each considered a single customer.

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Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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