CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 591	$ 3,471
Cost of sales
Product costs		1,407
Software development costs and license fees	$ 58	707
Total cost of sales	58	2,114
Gross profit	533	1,357
Operating costs and expenses
Product research and development	35	26
Selling and marketing	23	440
General and administrative	$ 1,122	1,744
Workforce reduction		74
Depreciation and amortization	$ 7	40
Total operating costs and expenses	1,187	2,324
Operating loss	(654)	(967)
Other expenses (income)
Interest and financing costs (income)	$ (7)	60
Gain on extinguishment of liabilities		(526)
Gain on asset sales, net		(125)
Change in fair value of warrant liability		779
Loss before income taxes	$ (647)	(1,155)
Income taxes		1
Net loss	$ (647)	$ (1,156)
Special cash dividend attributable to preferred shareholders	$ (6,002)
Conversion features accreted as dividends		$ 397
Net loss attributable to common shareholders	$ (6,649)	$ (1,553)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted:	$ (.66)	$ (0.24)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted:	10,038,127	6,519,600