METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING CALL FLOW TEST SCRIPTS

• US 20070232237A1
• Filed: 06/05/2007
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hossein Eslambolchi, Marian Croak
• Original Assignee: Hossein Eslambolchi, Marian Croak
• Inventors: Croak, Marian, Eslambolchi, Hossein
• Application Number:
  US11/758,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20070232237A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/67.140
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13034 A/D conversion, code compression/expansion
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1305 Software aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13056 Routines, finite state machines
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1316 Service observation, testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13164 Traffic (registration, measurement,...)
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13166 Fault prevention
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1325 Priority service
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 LAN, internet

Abstract

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for generating at least one test script for testing at least one service. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining information associated with at least one call flow associated with the at least one service, automatically constructing a call flow representation using the information, and automatically generating the at least one test script, wherein the at least one test script is generated using at least a portion of the call flow representation.

Claims

1. A method for generating at least one test script for testing at least one service, comprising:

obtaining information associated with at least one call flow associated with said at least one service;

automatically constructing a call flow representation using said information; and

automatically generating said at least one test script, wherein said at least one test script is generated using at least a portion of said call flow representation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said information comprises at least one network parameter, at least one service parameter, and at least one call flow parameter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said information comprises at least one network endpoint, at least one network component, at least one call setup message, and at least one call handling treatment.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adapting at least a portion of said call flow representation in response to at least one change to at least one service parameter associated with said at least one service.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said at least one change to at least one service parameter comprises at least one of:

at least one change to at least one service feature and at least one change to at least one service interaction.

6. A computer readable medium storing a software program, that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

obtaining information associated with at least one call flow associated with at least one service;

automatically constructing a call flow representation using said information; and

automatically generating at least one test script, wherein said at least one test script is generated using at least a portion of said call flow representation.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein said information comprises at least one network parameter, at least one service parameter, and at least one call flow parameter.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein said information comprises at least one network endpoint, at least one network component, at least one call setup message, and at least one call handling treatment.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 6, further comprising:

adapting at least a portion of said call flow representation in response to at least one change to at least one service parameter associated with said at least one service.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein said at least one change to at least one service parameter comprises at least one of:

at least one change to at least one service feature and at least one change to at least one service interaction.

11. An apparatus for generating at least one test script for testing at least one service, comprising:

means for obtaining information associated with at least one call flow associated with said at least one service;

means for automatically constructing a call flow representation using said information; and

means for automatically generating said at least one test script, wherein said at least one test script is generated using at least a portion of said call flow representation.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said information comprises at least one network parameter, at least one service parameter, and at least one call flow parameter.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said information comprises at least one network endpoint, at least one network component, at least one call setup message, and at least one call handling treatment.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

means for adapting at least a portion of said call flow representation in response to at least one change to at least one service parameter associated with said at least one service.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said at least one change to at least one service parameter comprises at least one of:

at least one change to at least one service feature and at least one change to at least one service interaction.