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Segment Information and Foreign Operations (Details 2) - customer	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Revenue [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Number of customers representing significant share	2	0	0	0
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Number of customers representing significant share			1		2
Major Customer One [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Percentage share generated by major customers (in hundredths)					11.00%
Major Customer Two [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Percentage share generated by major customers (in hundredths)					10.00%
Top Five Major Customers [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Percentage share generated by major customers (in hundredths)	45.00%	35.00%
Top Five Major Customers [Member] | Revenue [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Number of customers representing significant share	5	5	5	5
Percentage share generated by major customers (in hundredths)			39.00%	35.00%

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