Patent ReferencesSystem and method for automated testing and monitoring of software applications Method and apparatus for applying if-then-else rules to data sets in a relational data base and generating from the results of application of said rules a database of diagnostics linked to said data sets to aid executive analysis of financial data Diagnostic module dispatcher Real-time manufacturing process control monitoring method Model-based diagnostic system with automated procedures for next test selection Software test case client/server system and method Technique for test coverage of visual programs Automated diagnostic system File menu option for making file templates from pre-existing files System for remote debugging of client/server application InventorsApplicationNo. 271016 filed on 03/17/1999US Classes:714/46, Operator interface for diagnosing or testing434/350, Response of plural examinees communicated to monitor or recorder by electrical signals715/506Form creationExaminersPrimary: Beausoliel, RobertAssistant: Bonzo, Bryce P. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 011/00AbstractA centralized product testing system and method for its operation are disclosed. The system has a test application server that communicates with remote users as a web-based application. Equipment testers login to the system through their web browser. They can then run tests while viewing instructions for the test and entering results in dynamically-generated web browser forms tailored to their test. Completed forms (including files generated by test equipment tied to a tester's computer) can then be uploaded to the testing system. The testing system relates the test data to the product under test and stores the data in a relational database. The test data can then be used to dynamically generate preliminary or formal test reports for compliance and other purposes.The system has many benefits. For example, because test procedures, data, and report forms are all centrally stored, they can be reliably maintained and quickly updated. Each user need only have a working web browser in order to be walked through a complicated testing process. The system reduces errors and greatly decreases effort as compared to a manual system where each tester must create report documents individually and manually. | |