Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

10. Segment Information

As of January 1, 2014, the Company's businesses are organized, managed and internally reported as four operating segments.  Two of these operating segments, Premier Packaging Corporation, and Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc., dba DSS Plastics Group are engaged in the printing and production of paper, cardboard and plastic documents with a wide range of features, including the Company's patented technologies and trade secrets designed for the protection of documents against unauthorized duplication and altering.     Previously, the Company maintained a separately located operating segment, DSS Printing Group. This operating segment was relocated to the Company's packaging facility in Victor, New York in January 2014. For presentation purposes, the 2013 Printing Group segment and Packaging segment amounts were combined to be consistent with the 2014 segment presentation. The two other operating segments, ExtraDev, Inc., dba DSS Digital Group, and DSS Technology Management, Inc., are engaged in various aspects of developing, acquiring, selling and licensing technology assets and are grouped into one reportable segment called Technology. DSS Technology Management acquires or internally develops patented technology or intellectual property assets (or interests therein), with the purpose of monetizing these assets through a variety of value-enhancing initiatives, including, but not limited to, investments in the development and commercialization of patented technologies, licensing, strategic partnerships and commercial litigation. DSS Digital Group researches and develops intellectual property, products and services for purposes of creating commercial sales of products that are based on internally developed intellectual property and intellectual property assets and rights acquired by DSS Technology Management. DSS Digital Group also provides IT sales and services including remote server and application hosting, cloud computing, secure document systems, back-up and disaster recovery services and custom program development services.

Approximate information concerning the Company's operations by reportable segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 is as follows. The Company relies on intersegment cooperation and management does not represent that these segments, if operated independently, would report the results contained herein:

	Packaging and
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014	Printing		Plastics		Technology		Corporate		Total
Revenues from external customers	$	3,503,000		899,000		481,000		-	$	4,883,000
Depreciation and amortization		106,000		44,000		1,127,000		(11,000)		1,288,000
Stock based compensation		18,000		10,000		24,000		241,000		293,000
Net loss		(263,000)		(13,000)		(1,557,000)		(1,037,000)		(2,344,000)

	Packaging and
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014	Printing		Plastics		Technology		Corporate		Total
Revenues from external customers	$	5,746,000		1,820,000		945,000		-	$	8,511,000
Depreciation and amortization		256,000		87,000		2,245,000		(14,000)		2,602,000
Stock based compensation		92,000		52,000		117,000		579,000		840,000
Net loss		199,000		(22,000)		(3,236,000)		(2,340,000)		(5,399,000)
Identifiable assets		9,143,000		2,059,000		53,786,000		1,321,000		66,309,000

	Packaging and
Three Months Ended June 30, 2013	Printing		Plastics		Technology		Corporate		Total
Revenues from external customers	$	3,048,000		977,000		254,000		-	$	4,279,000
Depreciation and amortization		157,000		42,000		29,000		1,000		229,000
Net income (loss)		46,000		63,000		(177,000)		(1,857,000)		(1,925,000)

	Packaging and
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013	Printing		Plastics		Technology		Corporate		Total
Revenues from external customers	$	5,743,000		1,805,000		501,000		-	$	8,049,000
Depreciation and amortization		304,000		91,000		57,000		2,000		454,000
Net income (loss)		118,000		40,000		(395,000)		(2,820,000)		(3,057,000)
Identifiable assets		9,600,000		2,080,000		903,000		734,000		13,317,000