Identifiable intangible assets and Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Identifiable intangible assets and Goodwill [Abstract]

Identifiable intangible assets and Goodwill

Note 5— Identifiable intangible assets and Goodwill

The Company’s identifiable intangible assets represent intangible assets acquired from the Brink Software Inc. acquisition as well as internally developed software costs. The Company capitalizes certain costs related to the development of computer software used in its hospitality segment. Software development costs incurred prior to establishing technological feasibility are charged to operations and included in research and development costs. The technological feasibility of a computer software product is established when the Company has completed all planning, designing, coding, and testing activities that are necessary to establish that the product meets its design specifications including functions, features, and technical performance requirements. Software development costs incurred after establishing feasibility (as defined within ASC 985-20 for software cost related to sold as a perpetual license and ASC-350-40 for software sold as a service) are capitalized and amortized on a product-by-product basis when the product is available for general release to customers. Software costs capitalized within continuing operations during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were $659,000 and $410,000, respectively.

Annual amortization, charged to cost of sales when the product is available for general release to customers, is computed using the greater of (a) the straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic life of the product, generally three to seven years or (b) the ratio that current gross revenues for a product bear to the total of current and anticipated future gross revenues for that product. Amortization of capitalized software costs from continuing operations amounted to $263,000 and $187,000, for the three months ending March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

In 2014, the Company acquired identifiable intangible assets in connection with its acquisition of Brink Software Inc. Amortization of intangible assets acquired from the Brink Software Inc. acquisition amounted to $241,000 and $249,000 for the three months ending March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The components of identifiable intangible assets, excluding discontinued operations, are:

	(in thousands)
	March 31, 2016			December 31, 2015			Estimated Useful Life
Acquired and internally developed software costs	$	13,384		$	12,725		3 - 7 years
Customer relationships		160			160		7 years
Non-competition agreements		30			30		1 year
		13,574			12,915
Less accumulated amortization		(2,921	)		(2,417	)
	$	10,653		$	10,498
Trademarks, trade names (non-amortizable)		400			400		N/A
	$	11,053		$	10,898

The expected future amortization of these intangible assets assuming straight-line amortization of capitalized software costs and acquisition related intangibles is as follows (in thousands):

2016	$	1,514
2017		1,918
2018		1,754
2019		1,357
2020		1,181
Thereafter		2,929
Total	$	10,653

The Company tests goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances indicate that there may be impairment. The Company operates in two reportable business segments, Hospitality and Government. Goodwill impairment testing is performed at the sub-segment level (referred to as a reporting unit). The two reporting units within continuing operations utilized by the Company for its impairment testing are: Restaurant and Government. Goodwill is assigned to a specific reporting unit at the date the goodwill is initially recorded. Once goodwill has been assigned to a specific reporting unit, it no longer retains its association with a particular acquisition, and all of the activities within a reporting unit, whether acquired or organically grown, are available to support the value of the goodwill. The amount of goodwill carried by the Restaurant and Government reporting units is $10.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively, at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

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The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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