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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
11.
Commitments and Contingencies

During September 2012, the Company reached settlement and licensing agreements that effectively ended all of its then on-going intellectual property litigation. Having been approached by the respective counter-parties to each of these lawsuits, and in consultation with the board of directors, the Company determined that it was in its best long-term strategic interests to settle each lawsuit in order to move forward and shift focus to its software products, including our new product initiatives. As a result of such determination, the Company paid $311,000 in aggregate settlement fees during the three-month period ended September 30, 2012. The Company does not intend to pursue intellectual property litigation as an integral part of its strategy to fund future operations.

Operating Leases.
The Company currently occupies approximately 4,400 square feet of office space in Campbell, California. The office space is rented pursuant to a 64-month operating lease, which will expire no later than June 2017. Rent on the Campbell facility will average approximately $12,300 per month over the term of the lease, net of the Company's pro rata share of utilities, facilities maintenance and other costs.

The Company currently occupies approximately 5,560 square feet of office space in Concord, New Hampshire, under a lease that will expired in September 2012. The Company is now renting this space on a month to month basis at a rate of approximately $8,800 per month.

The Company currently occupies approximately 150 square feet of office space in Irvine, California, and Charlotte, North Carolina under leases that each expire in March 2013. Under the terms of these leases, monthly rental payments are approximately $1,200 and $1,000, respectively. The Company plans to vacate each of these facilities upon expiration of their respective leases.

The Company believes that its current facilities will be adequate to accommodate its needs for the foreseeable future.

Future minimum lease payments, which consist entirely of leases for office space, are set forth below. The table assumes that the Company will occupy all currently leased facilities for the full term of each respective lease:
 
Year Ending December 31,
   
2013
 $145,700 
2014
  144,200 
2015
  148,600 
2016
  153,000 
2017
  78,400 
$669,900

Rent expense aggregated approximately $260,700 and $196,800 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Contingencies. Under its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws and certain agreements with officers and directors, the Company has agreed to indemnify its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences arising as a result of the officer's or director's serving in such capacity. Generally, the term of the indemnification period is for the officer's or director's lifetime. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is limited as the Company currently has a directors and officers liability insurance policy that limits its exposure and enables it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. The Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal and has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of December 31, 2012.

The Company enters into indemnification provisions under (i) its agreements with other companies in its ordinary course of business, including contractors and customers and (ii) its agreements with investors. Under these provisions, the Company generally indemnifies and holds harmless the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of the Company's activities or, in some cases, as a result of the indemnified party's activities under the agreement. These indemnification provisions often include indemnifications relating to representations made by the Company with regard to intellectual property rights, and often survive termination of the underlying agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is unlimited. The Company has not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements. As a result, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these agreements is minimal. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of December 31, 2012.

The Company's software license agreements also generally include a performance guarantee that the Company's software products will operate substantially as described in the applicable program documentation for a period of 90 days after delivery. The Company also generally warrants that services that the Company performs will be provided in a manner consistent with reasonably applicable industry standards. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs associated with these warranties and has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of December 31, 2012.

Director Severance Plan and Key Employee Severance Plan

At a meeting of the Company's board of directors held on October 18, 2011, the board approved the Company's Director Severance Plan and Key Employee Severance Plan, each of which had been previously approved by the board, and each of which by its terms had expired on December 31, 2010. The board approved both plans without change (except their expiration date was changed to December 31, 2013) and with immediate effect. Following is a summary description of each of these plans.
 
Director Severance Plan:
This plan provides for accelerated vesting of the director's stock options upon termination of the director's position as a director under certain circumstances. Those circumstances include that the termination must take place after the occurrence of any transaction or series of transactions that constitute a change in the ownership or effective control of us, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of our assets, as defined in regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (such occurrence, a "Designated Event") and that certain other terms and conditions set forth in the plan must have been met.
 
Key Employee Severance Plan:
This plan provides for payment of certain benefits upon termination of the key employee's employment under certain circumstances. The benefits consist of accelerated vesting of stock options, continuation of salary for 12 months after termination (24 months for certain senior management who are so notified in writing), bonus payments that would have been payable but for termination of employment, and payment of certain health and other insurance benefits on behalf of the employee. The circumstances in which these benefits are payable include that the termination of employment must take place after the occurrence of a Designated Event and that certain other terms and conditions set forth in the plan must have been met.
 
The plans provide that we have the right to amend or terminate the plans at any time, except that the plans may not be amended or terminated following the occurrence of a Designated Event. Executive officers first elected or appointed after October 18, 2011 are ineligible to participate in the Key Employee Severance Plan absent prior board consideration and, if requested by one or more directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors.