Related Party Convertible Notes Payable (Details Narrative) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Convertible Notes Payable Details Narrative
Short term related party convertible notes payable	$ 380,696us-gaap_ConvertibleNotesPayableCurrent		$ 380,696us-gaap_ConvertibleNotesPayableCurrent
Long term related party convertible notes payable	371,929us-gaap_ConvertibleLongTermNotesPayable		371,929us-gaap_ConvertibleLongTermNotesPayable
Conversion price if warrants issued on November 19, 2010 (warrants expire May 20, 2016) are outstanding	$ 2.44		$ 2.44
Conversion price if warrants issued on November 19, 2010 (warrants expire May 20, 2016) are not outstanding	$ 1.25		$ 1.25
Redemption of short term related party convertible notes payable			25,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfConvertibleDebt
Annual interest rate on short term convertible notes payable, compounded quarterly	8.00%		8.00%
Annual interest rate on long term convertible notes payable, compounded quarterly	18.00%		18.00%
Related party convertible notes payable maturity date			Sep. 04, 2017
Accrued interest on short term related party convertible notes payable	50,520us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent		42,179us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent
Accrued interest on long term related party convertible notes payable	118,752SCKT_InterstPayableNoncurrent		97,900SCKT_InterstPayableNoncurrent
Interest expense on short term related party convertible notes payable	8,342SCKT_InterestExpenseShortTerm	8,200SCKT_InterestExpenseShortTerm
Interest expense on long term related party convertible notes payable	$ 20,853SCKT_InterestExpenseLongTerm	$ 17,486SCKT_InterestExpenseLongTerm

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