Tester information web service
First Claim
1. A Tester Information Web Service and a programmable tester, both connected to the Internet, wherein the Tester Information Web Service provides a product identifier and a related test identifier and the tester queries the Tester Information Web Service with the product identifier and the Tester Information Web Service returns the related test identifier to the tester.
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Abstract
This invention is related to the communication of information to support the validation and test operations in a distributed manufacturing or repair process.
In the present invention, a product is manufactured or repaired. To verify that the product is operating correctly, the product is tested using programmable test equipment. When a product is tested, the correct test program must be activated in the programmable test equipment. The present invention provides a centralized facility from which a product is related to a test program and from which, when the product is tested, the related test program is determined. The centralized facility is provided as an Internet Web service so the testers, which may be distributed over a wide geography, are easily connected to the central facility. As a Web service, the functions of a centralized facility are provided without the need for physical hardware or programs for the users of the facility except for a computer with a browser and Internet connection. The central facility also collects tester information related to testing the product and information about the tester. The information and statistics based on the information are generated and published on the Web service.
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- 1. A Tester Information Web Service and a programmable tester, both connected to the Internet, wherein the Tester Information Web Service provides a product identifier and a related test identifier and the tester queries the Tester Information Web Service with the product identifier and the Tester Information Web Service returns the related test identifier to the tester.
- 9. A Tester Information Web Service and a computer with a Web browser both connected to the Internet wherein the Tester Information Web Service provides a product identifier and a related test identifier and the product identifier of the product to be tested is entered in a Web page on the computer to query the Tester Information Web Service and the Tester Information Web Service returns the related test identifier to the computer in a Web page.
- 17. A Tester Information Web Service billing calculation wherein the use of the Tester Information Web Service is measured and usage of the service is part of the calculation to determine the price of the use of the service.
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