Software Development and Intellectual Property Licenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Software Development Costs and Intellectual Property Licenses

Software Development and Intellectual Property Licenses

Software Development and Intellectual Property Licenses

The following table summarizes the components of our capitalized software development costs (amounts in millions):

	At December 31,
	2019		2018
Internally-developed software costs	$	345	$	291
Payments made to third-party software developers	31		38
Total software development costs	$	376	$	329

As of both December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, capitalized intellectual property licenses were not material.

Amortization of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses was as follows (amounts in millions):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Amortization of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses	$	241	$	501	$	314

Write-offs and impairments of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses were not material for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017.