Acquisitions (Details 1)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Warrant [Member) \| Conexus World Global Llc [Member]
Acquisitions [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	1.71%
Expected term	5 years
Expected price volatility	60.47%
Dividend yield
Warrants And Stock Options [Member] \| Creative Realities LLC [Member]
Acquisitions [Line Items]
Dividend yield	0.00%
Warrants And Stock Options [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Creative Realities LLC [Member]
Acquisitions [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	2.09%
Expected term	7 years
Expected price volatility	143.00%
Warrants And Stock Options [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Creative Realities LLC [Member]
Acquisitions [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	0.49%
Expected term	1 year 3 months 18 days
Expected price volatility	98.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (e)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258

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