Logging and reproduction of automated test operations for computing systems

Patent 6058493 Issued on May 2, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 15, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Talley, Stephen C.

Application

No. 842683 filed on 04/15/1997

US Classes:

714/38, Of computer software714/25, Fault locating (i.e., diagnosis or testing)717/124Testing or debugging

Examiners

Primary: Le, Dieu-Minh

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Holland & Hart llp

International Class

G06F 011/00

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for performing an evaluation of a software product wherein a logging module stores in a storage area, such as log file, a description of each loggable test step performed by automated test software. When the automated test is complete or when the software product has filed the automated test, the logging module can write the contents of the log file to a tangible medium so that a user can determine the source of the error or manually reproduce the test steps.