General form of registration statement for all companies including face-amount certificate companies

Shareholders' Equity (Detail)

Shareholders' Equity (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended					12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Shareholders' Equity (Detail) (USD $)	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Nov. 30, 2012	Sep. 21, 2012	Jul. 06, 2011 Restatement Adjustment [Member] Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Stock Compensation Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Stock Compensation Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Consultants [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Consultants [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Current and Future Non-Employee Directors [Member] Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 New Executive Team [Member] Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 President and Chief Executive Officer [Member] Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Senior Vice President of Engineering [Member] Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 New Strategic Advisor [Member] Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Chairman [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Chairman Compensation for his post and prior Services [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Director Compensation for Recruiting New Management Team [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Share 2003 Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Share 2003 Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Aug. 29, 2012 Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Share 2010 Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Stock Option Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Stock Option Plan [Member]
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	300,000,000	240,000,000		240,000,000	240,000,000	240,000,000
Common Stock, Additional Series, Shares Authorized						300,000,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Issued for Services (in Dollars)									$ 7,100,818	$ 9,256,045	$ 76,000	$ 113,000
Share-based Compensation (in Dollars)				927,000	1,819,000				927,000	1,819,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services											457,172	510,564
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period																						332,172			510,564
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized	500,000	500,000		500,000	500,000
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in Dollars per share)	$ 100	$ 100		$ 100	$ 100
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized								27,000,000													70,000,000					30,000,000	15,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant													60,000					1.5			48,545			1,255,020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Purchased for Award	0	1,840,000	950,000											40,000,000	16,000,000	8,000,000	16,000,000						41,500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Per Share Weighted Average Price of Shares Purchased (in Dollars per share)		$ 0.145		$ 0.145
Employee Benefits and Share-based Compensation (in Dollars)				85,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price (Deprecated 2012-01-31) (in Dollars per share)																													$ 0.2175
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Intrinsic Value (in Dollars per share)				$ 54,750																								$ 1,660,000
Options Exercisable at January 31, 2013																					16,290,045			1,928,750				555,575
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Intrinsic Value (in Dollars)																					211,000			73,346				23,056
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross																			750,000	750,000	60,000			3,060,000	5,135,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in Dollars per share)				$ 0.2225
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Number							250,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Exercisable, Number		500,000		500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Exercisable, Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in Dollars)		$ 18,250		$ 18,250