Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Basis of Presentation The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of iPass Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries ("iPass" and the “Company”). The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. The interim financial information is unaudited but reflects all normal adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to provide a fair presentation for the interim periods presented. The condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017, were derived from audited financial statements. This interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 , are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future periods. The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results that the Company experiences may differ materially from those estimates. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, the valuation of accounts receivables, other long-lived assets, deferred commissions, recognition of revenue and deferred revenue, network access costs, stock-based compensation, legal contingencies, and income taxes. The Company reports total comprehensive net loss in a single continuous financial statement within its condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company’s comprehensive net loss is equivalent to its total net loss because the Company does not have any transactions that are recorded through other comprehensive loss. Going Concern The Company has historically relied on existing cash and cash equivalents and sales of equity financing for its liquidity needs. As of March 31, 2018, the Company had $2.8 million in cash and cash equivalents. In November 2017, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement ("CSPA") with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC, ("Aspire Capital"). The agreement allows the Company to sell up to $10.0 million worth of common stock to Aspire Capital over a 24 month period. Upon execution of the agreement on November 16, 2017, Aspire Capital purchased from the Company 1,867,692 shares of common stock for a total purchase price of $1.0 million . In addition, the Company issued 840,461 commitment shares to Aspire Capital. Beyond the initial purchase, the Company, at its discretion, has the right to direct Aspire Capital to purchase additional shares up to a daily maximum of 200,000 shares. The Company and Aspire Capital may mutually agree to increase this by an additional 2,000,000 shares in a given business day. However, the total number of shares issued to Aspire Capital cannot exceed 13,341,750 , which represents 19.99% of the Company's total outstanding shares of common stock at the signing of the CSPA. As of March 31, 2018, the Company has issued a total of 4,308,153 shares to Aspire Capital for a gross amount of $1.7 million . The Company cannot sell its common stock under this agreement if the closing price is $0.25 per share or lower. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis in accordance with GAAP. The going concern basis assumes that the Company will continue operations for the next twelve months from the date the condensed consolidated financial statements are issued and will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects that may result from the Company's inability to continue as a going concern. The Company's history of losses, limited liquidity, and other factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company may require additional financing, through either debt or equity arrangements. Equity and debt financing, however, might not be available when needed or, if available, might not be available on terms satisfactory to the Company. If the Company raises additional funds through equity financing, stockholders will experience dilution. Debt financing, if available, may involve covenants restricting operations or the Company's ability to incur additional debt. If the Company is unable to execute its business plan or obtain adequate financing and satisfactory financing terms, its ability to continue to support business growth and to respond to business challenges would be significantly limited as the Company may have to delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate some or all of its initiatives, or reduce expenses which would harm operating results. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In December 2017, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) 118 to address the application of GAAP in situations in which a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) which was signed into law on December 22, 2017. In March 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2018-05, which amended Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 740 to incorporate the requirements of SAB 118. The Company recognized the provisional tax impacts of the Act in the fourth quarter of 2017. During first quarter of 2018, the Company did not receive any additional information regarding these provisional calculations. As a result, the Company continues to anticipate finalizing its analysis in connection with the completion of the Company's tax return for 2017 to be filed in 2018. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) . ASU 2016-02 impacts any entity that enters a lease with some specified scope exceptions. The guidance updates and supersedes Topic 840, Leases. For public entities, ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods with those years, beginning after December 15, 2018,and early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on the Company's consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). Topic 606 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition , and requires entities to recognize revenue through the application of a five-step model, which includes identification of the contract, identification of the performance obligations, determination of the transaction price, allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognition of revenue as the entity satisfies the performance obligations. On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Topic 606 using the modified retrospective method applied to those contracts which were not completed as of January 1, 2018. Results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018, are presented under Topic 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historic accounting under ASC Topic 605. The Company recorded a net decrease to opening accumulated deficit of $0.2 million as of January 1, 2018, due to the cumulative impact of adopting Topic 606. The impact primarily related to the capitalization of costs to obtain customer contracts of $0.3 million, specifically commissions, offset by $0.1 million from the deferral of revenue from certain arrangements. There was no impact to other items on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The adoption of Topic 606 had a less than $0.1 million impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and to each of the line items therein. The costs associated with obtaining a customer contract were previously expensed in the period they were incurred. Under Topic 606, these payments have been deferred on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as other current assets and other assets and amortized over the expected life of the customer contract. Previously, the revenue from certain arrangements was recognized on a straight-line basis on an estimated period of time it was expected end users would activate the service to begin their twelve month trial period. Under Topic 606, the Company will recognize revenue in proportion to end user activation of the twelve month trial period based on expected or historical experience. Revenue Recognition Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the Company's customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The majority of the Company's revenue is derived from monthly recurring arrangements that provide the Company's customers access to the Company's WiFi network footprint. Other sources of revenue include professional services and Veri-Fi TM big data analytics. The Company applies the following five steps to recognize revenue: 1. Identify the contract with a customer: The terms and conditions of the Company's contracts are considered to identify contracts under Topic 606. The Company identifies a contract with a customer once the contract is approved, details each party's rights regarding the services to be transferred, specifies the payment terms for the services, the Company has determined the customer has the ability and intent to pay, and the contract has commercial substance. Typically, the terms of contracts with customers is twelve months. Payment terms less than 90 days are not considered a significant financing component. 2. Identify the performance obligations in the contract: Performance obligations in contracts are identified based on the services that will be transferred to the customer that are both capable of being distinct, whereby the customer can benefit from the service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available from third parties or from the Company, and are distinct in the context of the contract, whereby the transfer of the services is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. The most significant performance obligations identified by the Company consist of 1) access to the Company's Wi-Fi network footprint via the iPass SmartConnect TM application (which forms a monthly series of performance obligations together with technical support and unspecified upgrades), 2) professional services and 3) Veri-Fi big data analytics. As the Company's product offerings continue to evolve, the Company could identify further performance obligations based on the terms of the contract. 3. Determine the transaction price: The transaction price is based on the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring services to the customer. The Company concludes that because fees are consistently priced throughout the contract on a monthly basis, there is no need to allocate potential variable consideration. None of the Company's contracts contain a significant financing component. 4. Allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract: If the contract contains a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to that performance obligation. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on a relative standalone selling price ("SSP"). 5. Recognize revenue when the performance obligation is satisfied: Revenue is recognized at the time the related performance obligation is satisfied by transferring the promised services to a customer. The Company recognizes revenue when the Company transfers control of the services to the customers for an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those services. Typically, access to the Company's Wi-Fi network footprint is recognized over time, such as over a month or quarter, and at a point in time for when professional services or Veri-Fi big data analytics obligations are satisfied. Costs to Obtain a Customer Contract The Company capitalizes sales commissions that are incremental to the acquisition of contracts with customers. These costs are recorded as other current assets and other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company determines whether costs should be deferred based on sales compensation plans and agreements when the costs are in fact incremental and would not have occurred absent the customer contract. The deferred commission amounts are deemed recoverable through future revenue streams and positive margins. Deferred commissions are amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected customer contract life and included in sales and marketing expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. As of March 31, 2018, the estimated customer contract life is deemed to approximate three years. The Company periodically reviews these deferred costs to determine whether events or changes in circumstances have occurred that could impact the period of benefit of these deferred sales commissions. There were no material impairment losses for deferred sales commissions through March 31, 2018. |