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Fee Income (Details Narrative) - Revenue Benchmark [Member] - Customer Concentration Risk [Member]	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Licensee One [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Percentage of fee income	35.00%	18.00%	24.00%	18.00%
Licensee Two [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Percentage of fee income	31.00%	15.00%	21.00%	17.00%
Licensee Three [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Percentage of fee income	17.00%	12.00%	12.00%	13.00%
Licensee Four [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Percentage of fee income		12.00%	11.00%	12.00%
Licensee Five [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Percentage of fee income		11.00%		12.00%
Licensee Six [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Percentage of fee income		11.00%

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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.

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