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Geographic Concentration (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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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 customers and the total revenue derived from each country or region for the periods indicated (in thousands):
| For the Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
South Korea | 144,398 |  |  | 15,334 |  |  | 118,078 |
Taiwan | 115,955 |  |  | 128,551 |  |  | 40,394 |
United States | 53,163 |  |  | 108,728 |  |  | 406,950 |
Japan | 52,194 |  |  | 27,494 |  |  | 39,558 |
Sweden | 24,530 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Canada | 15,422 |  |  | 36,148 |  |  | 40,667 |
Germany | 5,293 |  |  | 4,539 |  |  | 3,470 |
Other Europe | 4,064 |  |  | 3,004 |  |  | 4,700 |
China | 800 |  |  | 1,563 |  |  | 9,246 |
Other Asia | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 415,821 |  |  | $ | 325,361 |  |  | $ | 663,063 |
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Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments [Table Text Block] | ing 2014, 2013 and 2012, the following licensees or customers accounted for 10% or more of total revenues:
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Samsung a | 33 | % |  | — | % |  | 15 | %
Pegatron Corporation b | 18 | % |  | 30 | % |  | < 10% |
Intel Mobile Communications GmbH c | < 10% |  |  | 18 | % |  | < 10% |
Sony Corporation of America | < 10% |  |  | 12 | % |  | < 10% |
Intel Corporation | — | % |  | — | % |  | 57 | %
(a) 2014 revenues include $86.2 million of past patent royalties. (b) 2013 revenues include $71.4 million of past patent royalties. (c) 2013 revenues include $53.3 million of past technology solutions revenue. At December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, we held $278.1 million, $215.9 million and $185.4 million, respectively, or nearly 100% in each year, of our property and equipment and patents in the United States net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. At each of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, we held less than $0.1 million of property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation, collectively, in Canada, the United Kingdom and South Korea.

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- Definition 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. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 1 -Article 5 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 + Details
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