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Selected Quarterly Results (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
SELECTED QUARTERLY RESULTS (Unaudited) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block] | The table below presents quarterly data for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:
| First |  | Second |  | Third |  | Fourth
| (In thousands, except per share amounts, unaudited)
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues (a) | $ | 57,844 |  |  | $ | 194,234 |  |  | $ | 77,622 |  |  | $ | 86,121 |
Net income applicable to InterDigital, Inc.'s common shareholders | $ | (1,861 | ) |  | $ | 78,901 |  |  | $ | 13,512 |  |  | $ | 13,790 |
Net income per common share — basic | $ | (0.05 | ) |  | $ | 1.95 |  |  | $ | 0.34 |  |  | $ | 0.37 |
Net income per common share — diluted | $ | (0.05 | ) |  | $ | 1.93 |  |  | $ | 0.34 |  |  | $ | 0.36 |
2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues (b) | $ | 47,363 |  |  | $ | 67,692 |  |  | $ | 110,623 |  |  | $ | 99,683 |
Net income applicable to InterDigital, Inc.'s common shareholders (c) | $ | (12,269 | ) |  | $ | 9,238 |  |  | $ | 26,660 |  |  | $ | 14,536 |
Net income per common share — basic | $ | (0.30 | ) |  | $ | 0.22 |  |  | $ | 0.65 |  |  | $ | 0.35 |
Net income per common share — diluted | $ | (0.30 | ) |  | $ | 0.22 |  |  | $ | 0.64 |  |  | $ | 0.35 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35737889&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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