Browser on test equipment
First Claim
1. A portable telecommunication test set, comprising:
- a housing including;
a processing unit;
a testing module coupled to said processing unit, wherein the testing module is configured to receive a first indication from the processing unit and to responsively initiate one or more test operations for a telecommunication entity; and
a web browser module coupled to said processing unit, wherein the web browser module is configured to receive a second indication from the processing unit and to responsively initiate data communications between said web browser module and a source of information located external to the portable telecommunication test set.
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Abstract
A portable telecommunication test set, such as a telephone line butt set, with a web browser incorporated therein. A standard HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) or WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browser may be incorporated within the portable test set, allowing a network technician to access the Internet as well as other remotely-located sources of information to retrieve data and other useful technical information while in the field for communication network or telephone line maintenance, troubleshooting or repair. The test set may contain memory to locally store certain technical information, e.g., telephone line-specific data or circuit information, that may be retrieved and “read” by the built-in browser module when prompted by the network technician. The web browser may display the content of the requested information on a display provided on the test set. Line-specific (as well as manufacturer-specific) test information need not be in a manufacturer-dictated proprietary format, but, instead, may be in a generally available text format, e.g., the HTML format or the WML (Wireless Mark-up Language) format. Testing-related data may thus be supplied (as hardware or software plug-in modules) by a vendor other than the manufacturer of the test set.
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22 Claims
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1. A portable telecommunication test set, comprising:
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a housing including;
a processing unit;
a testing module coupled to said processing unit, wherein the testing module is configured to receive a first indication from the processing unit and to responsively initiate one or more test operations for a telecommunication entity; and
a web browser module coupled to said processing unit, wherein the web browser module is configured to receive a second indication from the processing unit and to responsively initiate data communications between said web browser module and a source of information located external to the portable telecommunication test set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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