Application test automation transmitting data via phone/voice calls

• US 10,095,608 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2015
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ekambaram, Vijay, Mathur, Ashish K., Sharma, Vivek
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DIEU MINH T
• Application Number:
  US14/854,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075797A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• Field of Search: 714 3814, 714 39, 714 381, 714 3811, 714 3812, 714 3813, 717124, 717125, 717126
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3684 for test design, e.g. generating new test cases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3692 for test results analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

An application for testing is determined. A test script associated with the application for testing is determined. The application is tested using the test script. The testing requires transferring data form the application to an out-of-band channel.

Claims

1. A method for testing a mobile application, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by one or more computer processors, an indication, wherein the indication includes an application for testing;

determining, by one or more computer processors, a test script associated with the application for testing;

determining, by one or more computer processors, a view object ID/position in the application for testing based, at least in part, on the test script;

recording, by one or more computer processors, a data found in the view object ID/position in the application for testing; and

testing, by one or more processors, the application using the test script, wherein the testing requires transferring the recorded data to an out-of-band channel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the out-of-band channel is an audio communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the out-of-band channel is a phone call.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the out-of-band channel is a textual communication.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is a one-time password.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data found in the view object ID/position is recorded in a first media type and transferred in a second media type.

7. A computer program product for testing a mobile application, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive an indication, wherein the indication includes an application for testing;

program instructions to determine a test script associated with the application for testing;

program instructions to determine a view object ID/position in the application for testing based, at least in part, on the test script;

program instructions to record a data found in the view object ID/position in the application for testing; and

program instructions to test the application using the test script, wherein the testing requires transferring the data to an out-of-band channel.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the out-of-band channel is an audio communication.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the out-of-band channel is a phone call.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the out-of-band channel is a textual communication.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the data is a one-time password.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the data found in the view object ID/position is recorded in a first media type and transferred in a second media type.

13. A computer system for testing a mobile application, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive an indication, wherein the indication includes an application for testing;

program instructions to determine a test script associated with the application for testing;

program instructions to determine a view object ID/position in the application for testing based, at least in part, on the test script;

program instructions to record a data found in the view object ID/position in the application for testing; and

program instructions to test the application using the test script, wherein the testing requires transferring the data to an out-of-band channel.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the out-of-band channel is an audio communication.

15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the out-of-band channel is a phone call.

16. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the out-of-band channel is a textual communication.

17. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the data is a one-time password.

18. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the data found in the view object ID/position is recorded in a first media type and transferred in a second media type.