Software Development and Intellectual Property Licenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Software Development Costs and Intellectual Property Licenses

Summarizes the components of software development and intellectual property licenses

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

	At December 31,
	2018		2017
Internally-developed software costs	$	291	$	270
Payments made to third-party software developers	38		183
Total software development costs	$	329	$	453

Amortization of software development costs and intellectual property licenses

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

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Amortization of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses	$	501	$	314	$	335