Universal device testing interface

• US 10,122,611 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Contec LLC (Contec LLC /Management/)
• Original Assignee: Contec LLC (Contec LLC /Management/)
• Inventors: Kumar, Samant, Kumar, Dinesh, Diddimani, Shivashankar, Samaiya, Gunjan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Cheung
• Application Number:
  US14/866,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20170093683A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/273 Tester hardware, i.e. output processing circuits G06F11/263 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2733 Test interface between tester and unit under test
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3668 Software testing software testing in telephone exchanges H04M3/242, testing of hardware G06F11/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]

Abstract

An operator dashboard (user interface) used for testing disparate devices simultaneously and independently and further capable of asynchronous communication is disclosed.

Claims

1. A testing machine, comprising:

a test bench having a plurality of test slots, each of the test slots configured to receive and connect to one device under test (DUT) of a plurality of devices under test (DUTs);

at least one core testing processor connected to the plurality of test slots and configured to execute test scripts on at least one DUT of the plurality of DUTs;

a user interface having a plurality of I-Frames, wherein;

each I-Frame of at least a subset of the plurality of I-Frames is configured to communicate with a respective test slot of the plurality of test slots; and

a plurality of client side web sockets associated with the plurality of I-Frames, wherein;

each client side web socket of at least a subset of the plurality of client side web sockets communicates with a corresponding web socket in a middleware web socket layer for achieving isolation and independent testing of each respective DUT from other DUTs of the plurality of DUTs.

2. The testing machine of claim 1, wherein the middleware websocket layer enables real-time asynchronous communication between the user interface and the at least one core testing processor.

3. The testing machine of claim 1, wherein the middleware web socket layer enables real-time bi-directional communication between the user interface and the at least one core testing processor.

4. The testing machine of claim 1, wherein the client side web sockets communicate with the middleware web socket layer using TCP/IP communication.

5. The testing machine of claim 1, wherein the middleware web socket layer communicates with the at least one core testing processor using TCP/IP communication.

6. The testing machine of claim 1, wherein the middleware web socket layer can be a cloud based implementation.

7. A system for simultaneously testing a plurality of devices under test, comprising:

a test bench having a plurality of test slots, each of the test slots configured to receive and connect to one device under test of a plurality of devices under test;

at least one testing subsystem connected to the plurality of test slots and configured to execute test scripts on the plurality of devices under test; and

an operator dashboard for providing information to and receiving input from a user and configured to communicate with the at least one testing subsystem, the operator dashboard including a plurality of frames where each frame of the plurality of frames is associated with one test slot of the plurality of test slots,

wherein

each frame of the plurality of frames is configured to communicate information regarding one test slot of the plurality of test slots independently and asynchronously of other frames and their respective test slots and enables the user to configure each test slot and interact with each device under test independently.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein at least one frame of the plurality of frames is an HTML iframe.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames is configured to communicate with the testing subsystem via a web socket.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein each test slot of the plurality of test slots comprises at least one probe configured to communicate with one device under test of the plurality of devices under test.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one probe is selected from a group comprising Ethernet WAN, Ethernet LAN, MoCA WAN, MoCA LAN, Wi-Fi, USB, video, and audio.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein each probe is associated with a virtualization container that abstracts a connection between the probe and one of the plurality of devices under test.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one testing subsystem is further configured to identify test scripts relevant to each device under test of the plurality of devices under test and retrieve inputs required by the test scripts.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames is further configured to provide a user with real-time continuous feedback regarding its respective device under test.

15. A test system for simultaneously testing a plurality of devices under test, comprising:

a test bench having a plurality of test slots, each test slot of the plurality of test slots configured to receive and connect to one device under test of a plurality of devices under test; and

an operator dashboard for providing information to and receiving input from a user, the operator dashboard including a plurality of frames where each frame of the plurality of frames is associated with one test slot of the plurality of test slots, wherein

each frame is configured to communicate information regarding one test slot of the plurality of test slots independently and asynchronously of other frames and their respective test slots.

16. The test system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of frames comprise HTML iframes.

17. The test system of claim 15, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames is configured to communicate with a testing subsystem via a web socket.

18. The test system of claim 15, wherein each test slot comprises at least one probe configured to communicate with one device under test of the plurality of devices under test.

19. The test system of claim 18, wherein each probe of the plurality of probes is associated with a virtualization container that abstracts a connection between the probe and one device under test of the plurality of devices under test.

20. The test system of claim 15, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames is further configured to provide a user with real-time continuous feedback regarding its respective device under test.