Investments in Other Entities	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Investments [Abstract]
Investments in Other Entities	Investments in Other Entities Cost Method Investment in Connected Home Service Provider We own 20,000 Series A Convertible Preferred Membership Units and 2,667 Series B Convertible Preferred Membership Units of a Brazilian connected home solutions provider, which represents an interest of 12.4% on a fully diluted basis, and was purchased for $0.4 million. On April 15, 2015, we purchased 2,333 Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Membership Units at $23.31 per unit, for a purchase price of $0.1 million, which increased our aggregate equity interest to 12.6% on a fully diluted basis. On April 20, 2016, we purchased an additional 6,904 Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Membership Units at $20.19 per unit, for a purchase prices of $0.1 million, which increased our aggregate equity interest to 14.3% on a fully diluted basis. The entity resells our products and services to residential and commercial customers in Brazil. Based upon the level of equity investment at risk, the connected home service provider is a VIE. We do not control the marketing, sales, installation, or customer maintenance functions of the entity and therefore do not direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact its economic performance. We have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of the entity and do not consolidate its financial results into ours. We account for this investment using the cost method. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the fair value of this cost method investment was not estimated as there were no events or changes in circumstances that may have had a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investment. The investment is included in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and was $0.6 million as of September 30, 2016 and $0.4 million as of December 31, 2015. Investments in and Loans to an Installation Partner We own 48,190 common units of an installation partner which represents an interest of 48.2% on a fully diluted basis, and was purchased for $1.0 million. The entity performs installation services for security dealers, as well as subsidiaries reported in our Other segment. Based upon the level of equity investment at risk, we determined that the installation partner was not a VIE. We accounted for this investment under the equity method because we have the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the entity. Under the equity method, we recognize our share of the earnings or losses of the installation partner in other income / (expense), net in our condensed consolidated statements of operations in the periods they are reported by the installation partner. In September 2014, we loaned $0.3 million to our installation partner under a secured promissory note that accrues interest at 8.0% per annum. Interest is payable monthly with the entire principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest due on the note's maturity date. This event did not cause us to reconsider our conclusion that the installation partner has sufficient equity investment at risk and therefore was not a VIE. We have continued to account for the investment under the equity method. In the fourth quarter of 2015, accumulated operating losses of our installation partner exceeded its equity contributions, and we began to record 100% of its net losses, which amounted to $0.2 million, against our $0.3 million note receivable. The note was amended in September 2016 to extend the maturity date to September 2018. In our condensed consolidated balance sheets, the $0.1 million note receivable balance was included in other assets as of September 30, 2016 and included in other current assets as of December 31, 2015. On December 11, 2015, we purchased an additional 9,290 common units of the same company for $0.2 million, which did not change our proportional share of ownership interest. This event caused us to reconsider our conclusion that the installation partner has sufficient equity investment at risk and we now consider the installation partner to be a VIE. We do not control the ability to obtain funding, the annual operating plan, marketing, sales or cash management functions of the entity and therefore, do not direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact its economic performance. We have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of our installation partner and do not consolidate its financial results into ours. We continue to account for the investment under the equity method. Due to the terms of the investment, the investment partner received additional equity contributions, and we returned to recording our share of its earnings or losses against our investment. We recorded our share of the installation partner's loss in other income / (expense), net in our condensed consolidated statements of operations, which was less than $0.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 as compared to $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the same periods in the prior year. Our $1.2 million investment, net of equity losses, is included in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and was $0.1 million as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015. Investments in and Loans to a Platform Partner We have invested in the form of loans and equity investment in a platform partner which produces connected devices to provide it with the capital required to bring its devices to market and integrate them onto our connected home platform. In 2013, we paid $3.5 million in cash to purchase 3,548,820 shares of our platform partner’s Series A convertible preferred shares, or an 18.7% interest on as-converted and fully diluted basis. In 2014, we entered into a Series 1 Preferred Stock purchase agreement with the platform partner and another investor. The other investor invested cash to purchase shares of the platform partner’s Series 1 Preferred Stock. As a result of the purchase, our 3,548,820 shares of Series A convertible preferred shares converted into 3,548,820 shares of common stock, and we now hold an 8.6% interest in the platform partner on an as converted and fully diluted basis. In conjunction with the transaction, we received a $2.5 million dividend that we recorded as a return of investment as it was in excess of the accumulated earnings and profits of the investee since the date of the investment. Based upon the level of equity investment at risk, the platform partner is a VIE. We have concluded that we are not the primary beneficiary of the platform partner VIE. We do not control the product design, software development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales functions of the platform partner and therefore, we do not direct the activities of the platform partner that most significantly impact its economic performance. We account for this investment under the cost method. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the fair value of this cost method investment was not estimated as there were no events or changes in circumstances that may have had a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investment. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, our $1.0 million cost method investment in a platform partner was recorded in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Investments in Other Entities

Cost Method Investment in Connected Home Service Provider

We own 20,000 Series A Convertible Preferred Membership Units and 2,667 Series B Convertible Preferred Membership Units of a Brazilian connected home solutions provider, which represents an interest of 12.4% on a fully diluted basis, and was purchased for $0.4 million. On April 15, 2015, we purchased 2,333 Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Membership Units at $23.31 per unit, for a purchase price of $0.1 million, which increased our aggregate equity interest to 12.6% on a fully diluted basis. On April 20, 2016, we purchased an additional 6,904 Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Membership Units at $20.19 per unit, for a purchase prices of $0.1 million, which increased our aggregate equity interest to 14.3% on a fully diluted basis. The entity resells our products and services to residential and commercial customers in Brazil. Based upon the level of equity investment at risk, the connected home service provider is a VIE. We do not control the marketing, sales, installation, or customer maintenance functions of the entity and therefore do not direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact its economic performance. We have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of the entity and do not consolidate its financial results into ours. We account for this investment using the cost method. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the fair value of this cost method investment was not estimated as there were no events or changes in circumstances that may have had a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investment. The investment is included in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and was $0.6 million as of September 30, 2016 and $0.4 million as of December 31, 2015.

Investments in and Loans to an Installation Partner

We own 48,190 common units of an installation partner which represents an interest of 48.2% on a fully diluted basis, and was purchased for $1.0 million. The entity performs installation services for security dealers, as well as subsidiaries reported in our Other segment. Based upon the level of equity investment at risk, we determined that the installation partner was not a VIE. We accounted for this investment under the equity method because we have the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the entity. Under the equity method, we recognize our share of the earnings or losses of the installation partner in other income / (expense), net in our condensed consolidated statements of operations in the periods they are reported by the installation partner.

In September 2014, we loaned $0.3 million to our installation partner under a secured promissory note that accrues interest at 8.0% per annum. Interest is payable monthly with the entire principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest due on the note's maturity date. This event did not cause us to reconsider our conclusion that the installation partner has sufficient equity investment at risk and therefore was not a VIE. We have continued to account for the investment under the equity method. In the fourth quarter of 2015, accumulated operating losses of our installation partner exceeded its equity contributions, and we began to record 100% of its net losses, which amounted to $0.2 million, against our $0.3 million note receivable. The note was amended in September 2016 to extend the maturity date to September 2018. In our condensed consolidated balance sheets, the $0.1 million note receivable balance was included in other assets as of September 30, 2016 and included in other current assets as of December 31, 2015.

On December 11, 2015, we purchased an additional 9,290 common units of the same company for $0.2 million, which did not change our proportional share of ownership interest. This event caused us to reconsider our conclusion that the installation partner has sufficient equity investment at risk and we now consider the installation partner to be a VIE. We do not control the ability to obtain funding, the annual operating plan, marketing, sales or cash management functions of the entity and therefore, do not direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact its economic performance. We have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of our installation partner and do not consolidate its financial results into ours. We continue to account for the investment under the equity method. Due to the terms of the investment, the investment partner received additional equity contributions, and we returned to recording our share of its earnings or losses against our investment.

We recorded our share of the installation partner's loss in other income / (expense), net in our condensed consolidated statements of operations, which was less than $0.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 as compared to $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the same periods in the prior year. Our $1.2 million investment, net of equity losses, is included in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and was $0.1 million as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

Investments in and Loans to a Platform Partner

We have invested in the form of loans and equity investment in a platform partner which produces connected devices to provide it with the capital required to bring its devices to market and integrate them onto our connected home platform.

In 2013, we paid $3.5 million in cash to purchase 3,548,820 shares of our platform partner’s Series A convertible preferred shares, or an 18.7% interest on as-converted and fully diluted basis. In 2014, we entered into a Series 1 Preferred Stock purchase agreement with the platform partner and another investor. The other investor invested cash to purchase shares of the platform partner’s Series 1 Preferred Stock. As a result of the purchase, our 3,548,820 shares of Series A convertible preferred shares converted into 3,548,820 shares of common stock, and we now hold an 8.6% interest in the platform partner on an as converted and fully diluted basis. In conjunction with the transaction, we received a $2.5 million dividend that we recorded as a return of investment as it was in excess of the accumulated earnings and profits of the investee since the date of the investment. Based upon the level of equity investment at risk, the platform partner is a VIE. We have concluded that we are not the primary beneficiary of the platform partner VIE. We do not control the product design, software development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales functions of the platform partner and therefore, we do not direct the activities of the platform partner that most significantly impact its economic performance. We account for this investment under the cost method. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the fair value of this cost method investment was not estimated as there were no events or changes in circumstances that may have had a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investment.

As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, our $1.0 million cost method investment in a platform partner was recorded in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.