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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue | The Company disaggregates revenue by material revenue stream as follows:
|  | Years ended December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | $ |  |  | % of Total Revenue |  |  | $ |  |  | % of Total Revenue |
Subscription revenue |  |  | 4,882,000 |  |  |  | 84.2 | % |  |  | 14,278,000 |  |  |  | 72.1 | %
Hardware revenue |  |  | 426,000 |  |  |  | 7.3 | % |  |  | 2,350,000 |  |  |  | 11.9 | %
Other revenue |  |  | 492,000 |  |  |  | 8.5 | % |  |  | 3,178,000 |  |  |  | 16.0 | %
Total |  |  | 5,800,000 |  |  |  | 100.0 | % |  |  | 19,806,000 |  |  |  | 100.0 | %
The table below sets forth the approximate amount of revenue the Company generated from Buffalo Wild Wings corporate-owned restaurants and its franchisees during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the percentage of total revenue that such amount represents for such periods:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Buffalo Wild Wings revenue |  | $ | 199,000 |  |  | $ | 6,820,000 |
Percent of total revenue |  |  | 3 | % |  |  | 34 | %
Schedule of Revenues Geographic Breakdown | The geographic breakdown of the Company’s revenue for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
United States |  | $ | 5,480,000 |  |  | $ | 19,153,000 |
Canada |  |  | 320,000 |  |  |  | 653,000 |
Total |  | $ | 5,800,000 |  |  | $ | 19,806,000 |
Schedule of Contract Liabilities | The table below shows the balance of contract liabilities as of January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, including the change during the period.
|  | Deferred Revenue |
Balance at January 1, 2020 |  | $ | 460,000 |
New performance obligations |  |  | 218,000 |
Revenue recognized |  |  | (600,000 | )
Balance at December 31, 2020 |  |  | 78,000 |
Less non-current portion |  |  | (2,000 | )
Current portion at December 31, 2020 |  | $ | 76,000 |
Schedule of Unamortized Installation Cost and Sales Commissions | The table below shows the balance of the unamortized installation cost and sales commissions as of January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, including the change during the period.
|  | Installation Costs |  |  | Sales Commissions |  |  | Total Deferred Costs |
Balance at January 1, 2020 |  | $ | 187,000 |  |  | $ | 87,000 |  |  | $ | 274,000 |
Incremental costs deferred |  |  | 98,000 |  |  |  | 70,000 |  |  |  | 168,000 |
Deferred costs recognized |  |  | (233,000 | ) |  |  | (137,000 | ) |  |  | (370,000 | )
Balance at December 31, 2020 |  |  | 52,000 |  |  |  | 20,000 |  |  |  | 72,000 |

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