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16. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Geographical Information Tables

Geographic breakdown of revenue

		Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
		2012				2011				2012				2011
United States		$	5,678,000			$	5,408,000			$	16,993,000			$	16,231,000
Canada			372,000				464,000				1,138,000				1,535,000
Total revenue		$	6,050,000			$	5,872,000			$	18,131,000			$	17,766,000

		September 30, 2012				December 31, 2011
United States		$	3,897,000			$	4,226,000
Canada			18,000				29,000
Total assets		$	3,915,000			$	4,255,000

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Tabular disclosure of the names of foreign countries from which revenue is material and the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to those countries. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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