| **Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Concentration of Credit Risk, Significant Customers and Channel Partners) (Details)** | 12 Months Ended |
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| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]                                                                                              |            |   |   |
| **Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]**                                                                                                                        |            |   |   |
| Concentration Risk, Percentage                                                                                                                                  | 62.00%          |   |   |
| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Franchise Concentration Risk [Member]                                                                                             |            |   |   |
| **Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]**                                                                                                                        |            |   |   |
| Concentration Risk, Percentage                                                                                                                                  | 55.00%          |   |   |
| Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Product Line [Member]                                                                                      |            |   |   |
| **Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]**                                                                                                                        |            |   |   |
| Concentration Risk, Percentage                                                                                                                                  | 67.00%          | 66.00% | 55.00% |
| Customer A [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]                                                                         |            |   |   |
| **Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]**                                                                                                                        |            |   |   |
| Concentration Risk, Percentage                                                                                                                                  | 26.00%          | 26.00% |   |
| Customer B [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]                                                                         |            |   |   |
| **Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]**                                                                                                                        |            |   |   |
| Concentration Risk, Percentage                                                                                                                                  | 24.00%          | 10.00% |   |

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| - Definition
For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.
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| - Definition
Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.
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