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Revenue | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Revenue | NOTE 13—REVENUE The following table disaggregates the Company’s revenue for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
|  | HW |  |  | Monitoring |  |  | Total |
Year ended December 31, 2020: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PG Segment |  | $ | 1,423 |  |  | $ | 3,565 |  |  | $ | 4,988 |
CP Segment |  |  | 680 |  |  |  | 254 |  |  |  | 934 |
Total Revenue |  | $ | 2,103 |  |  | $ | 3,819 |  |  | $ | 5,922 |
|  | HW |  |  | Monitoring |  |  | Total |
Year ended December 31, 2019: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PG Segment |  | $ | 1,193 |  |  | $ | 3,089 |  |  | $ | 4,282 |
CP Segment |  |  | 970 |  |  |  | 238 |  |  |  | 1,208 |
Total Revenue |  | $ | 2,163 |  |  | $ | 3,327 |  |  | $ | 5,490 |
Deferred revenue activity for the year ended December 31, 2020 can be seen in the table below (in thousands):
|  | HW |  |  | Monitoring |  |  | Total |
Balance at December 31, 2019 |  | $ | 2,663 |  |  | $ | 1,832 |  |  | $ | 4,495 |
Additions during the period |  |  | 1,602 |  |  |  | 3,965 |  |  |  | 5,567 |
Recognized as revenue |  |  | (1,689 | ) |  |  | (3,819 | ) |  |  | (5,508 | )
Balance at December 31, 2020 |  |  | 2,576 |  |  |  | 1,978 |  |  |  | 4,554 |
Amounts to be recognized as revenue in the year ending: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2021 |  |  | 1,471 |  |  |  | 1,743 |  |  |  | 3,214 |
December 31, 2022 |  |  | 846 |  |  |  | 226 |  |  |  | 1,072 |
December 31, 2023 and thereafter |  |  | 259 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 268 |
|  | $ | 2,576 |  |  | $ | 1,978 |  |  | $ | 4,554 |
Other revenue of approximately $414,000 is related to custom design hardware, accessories, repairs, and other miscellaneous charges that are recognized to revenue when sold and are not deferred. Deferred revenue activity for the year ended December 31, 2019 can be seen in the table below (in thousands):
|  | HW |  |  | Monitoring |  |  | Total |
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 2,432 |  |  | $ | 1,629 |  |  | $ | 4,061 |
Additions during the period |  |  | 2,199 |  |  |  | 3,529 |  |  |  | 5,728 |
Recognized as revenue |  |  | (1,968 | ) |  |  | (3,326 | ) |  |  | (5,294 | )
Balance at December 31, 2019 |  | $ | 2,663 |  |  | $ | 1,832 |  |  | $ | 4,495 |
Amounts to be recognized as revenue in the year ending: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2020 |  | $ | 1,350 |  |  | $ | 1,654 |  |  | $ | 2,732 |
December 31, 2021 |  |  | 990 |  |  |  | 174 |  |  |  | 975 |
December 31, 2022 and thereafter |  |  | 323 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 354 |
|  | $ | 2,663 |  |  | $ | 1,832 |  |  | $ | 4,495 |
Other revenue of approximately $196,000 is related to revenue from sales of custom design hardware, accessories, repairs, and other miscellaneous charges that are recognized to revenue when sold and are not deferred. Deferred charges relate only to the sale of equipment. Deferred charges activity for the year ended December 31, 2020 can be seen in the table below (in thousands):
Balance at December 31, 2019 |  | $ | 1,433 |
Additions during the period |  |  | 794 |
Recognized as cost of sales |  |  | (921 | )
Balance at December 31, 2020 |  | $ | 1,306 |
Amounts to be recognized as cost of sales in the year ending: |  |  |  |
December 31, 2021 |  | $ | 764 |
December 31, 2022 |  |  | 420 | *
December 31, 2023 and thereafter |  |  | 122 | *
|  | $ | 1,306 |
* Amounts included in Other Assets in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2020. Data costs (COGS) for monitoring services of approximately $608,000 and the COGS for the miscellaneous revenue from sales of custom design hardware, accessories and repairs of approximately $262,000 are expensed as incurred and are not deferred. Deferred charges activity for the year ended December 31, 2019 can be seen in the table below (in thousands):
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 1,438 |
Additions during the period |  |  | 1,241 |
Recognized as cost of sales |  |  | (1,246 | )
Balance at December 31, 2019 |  | $ | 1,433 |
Amounts to be recognized as cost of sales in the year ending: |  |  |  |
December 31, 2020 |  | $ | 741 |
December 31, 2021 |  |  | 531 | *
December 31, 2022 and thereafter |  |  | 161 | *
|  | $ | 1,433 |
* Amounts included in Other Assets in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2019. Data costs (COGS) for monitoring services of approximately $544,000 and the COGS for the miscellaneous revenue from sales of accessories and repairs of approximately $110,000 are expensed as incurred and are not deferred. The Company pays its employees sales commissions for sales of HW and for first sales of monitoring services (not for renewals). In accordance with Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC 606”), the Company capitalizes as a contract asset the sales commissions on these sales. Contract assets associated with HW are amortized over the estimated life of the units which are currently estimated to be three years. Contract assets associated with monitoring services are amortized over the expected monitoring life including renewals. The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company’s sales commissions contract assets for the year ended December 31, 2020 (in thousands):
|  | HW |  |  | Monitoring |  |  | Total |
Balance at December 31, 2019 |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 138 |
Additions during the period |  |  | 106 |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | 129 |
Amortization of sales commissions |  |  | (71 | ) |  |  | (19 | ) |  |  | (90 | )
Balance at December 31, 2020 |  | $ | 136 |  |  | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | 177 |
The capitalized sales commissions are included in Other Current Assets (approximately $90,000) and Other Assets (approximately $87,000) in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2020. The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company’s sales commissions contract assets for the year ended December 31, 2019 (in thousands):
|  | HW |  |  | Monitoring |  |  | Total |
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 107 |  |  | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 143 |
Additions during the period |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 87 |
Amortization of sales commissions |  |  | (75 | ) |  |  | (17 | ) |  |  | (92 | )
Balance at December 31, 2019 |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 138 |
The capitalized sales commissions are included in Other Current Assets (approximately $60,000) and Other Assets (approximately $78,000) in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2019.

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