Software development and intellectual property licenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Software development and intellectual property licenses

Software development and intellectual property licenses

5.       Software development and intellectual property licenses

The following table summarizes the components of our capitalizedsoftware development costs and intellectual property licenses(amounts in millions):

	At		At
	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Internally developed software costs	$	131	$	115
Payments made to third-party software developers		108		84
Total software development costs	$	239	$	199
Intellectual property licenses	$	34	$	34

Amortization, write-offs and impairments of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses are comprised of the following (amounts in millions):

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2012		2011
Amortization of capitalized software development costs
	and intellectual property licenses	$	31	$	73
Write-offs and impairments			2		---