Software development and intellectual property licenses

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 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
	September 30,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Internally developed software costs	$	168	$	115
Payments made to third-party software developers		152		84
Total software development costs	$	320	$	199
Intellectual property licenses	$	17	$	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 September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
		2012		2011		2012		2011
Amortization of capitalized software development costs
	and intellectual property licenses	$	22	$	28	$	121	$	158
Write-offs and impairments			---		---		8		---