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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (Customer Concentration Risk [Member]) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 Customer | Sep. 30, 2013 Customer
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |
Number of major customers | 3 | 2
Revenues [Member] | Customer 1 [Member] |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |
Concentration risk, percentage (in hundredths) | 10.00% | 57.00%
Revenues [Member] | Customer 2 [Member] |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |
Concentration risk, percentage (in hundredths) | 27.00% | 30.00%
Revenues [Member] | Customer 3 [Member] |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |
Concentration risk, percentage (in hundredths) | 50.00% |
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer 1 [Member] |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |
Concentration risk, percentage (in hundredths) | 13.00% | 27.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer 2 [Member] |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |
Concentration risk, percentage (in hundredths) | 34.00% | 50.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer 3 [Member] |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |
Concentration risk, percentage (in hundredths) | 39.00% |

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- Definition For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35750535&loc=d3e13537-108611 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6404-108592 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35750535&loc=d3e13531-108611 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 18 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6351-108592 + Details
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- Definition Number of external customers that accounts for 10 percent or more of an entity's revenues during the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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