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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Revenues Geographic Breakdown | Geographic breakdown of the Company’s revenue for the last two fiscal years were as follows:
|  | For the years ended December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
United States |  | $ | 22,653,000 |  |  | $ | 20,570,000 |
Canada |  |  | 682,000 |  |  |  | 704,000 |
Total revenue |  | $ | 23,335,000 |  |  | $ | 21,274,000 |
Schedule of Contract Liabilities | The table below shows the balance of contract liabilities as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, including the change between the periods.
|  | Deferred Revenue |
Balance at January 1, 2018 |  | $ | 3,627,000 |
New performance obligations |  |  | 1,921,000 |
Recognition of revenue as a result of satisfying performance obligations |  |  | (4,147,000 | )
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  |  | 1,401,000 |
Less non-current portion |  |  | (30,000 | )
Current portion at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 1,371,000 |

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