MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CAPABLE OF TESTING APPLICATION AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120151269A1
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Helix Technology Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Helix Technology Incorporated
• Inventors: PARK, Sung Bin
• Granted Patent: US 8,732,529 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/38.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3672 Test management

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for testing an application in a testing agent which resides on an application layer of a mobile communication terminal mounted with a platform designed so that applications of the application layer operate independently from each other and a command is not directly transferred between the applications. The method includes: receiving a command for testing a test target application from a testing apparatus; generating an event corresponding to the transferred command; and registering the generated event in a window manager positioned on a framework layer in order to transfer the generated event to the test target application.

Claims

1. A method for testing an application in a testing agent which resides on an application layer of a mobile communication terminal mounted with a platform designed so that applications of the application layer operate independently from each other and a command is not directly transferred between the applications, the method comprising:

receiving a command for testing a test target application from a testing apparatus;

generating an event corresponding to the transferred command; and

registering the generated event in a window manager positioned on a framework layer in order to transfer the generated event to the test target application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the receiving of the command, the command is received through an android debug bridge (ADB).

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring events by directly accessing an event driver positioned on a library layer;

analyzing and classifying the acquired events;

extracting only an event corresponding to the test target application among the classified events; and

transferring the extracted event to the testing apparatus.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein in the extracting, only an event content is extracted from the event corresponding to the test target application.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein in the transferring, the extracted event is transferred to the testing apparatus through the android debug bridge (ADB).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the platform is an android platform.

7. A method for testing an application in a testing agent which resides on an application layer of a mobile communication terminal mounted with a platform designed so that applications of the application layer operate independently from each other and a command is not directly transferred between the applications, the method comprising:

acquiring events by directly accessing an event driver positioned on a library layer;

analyzing and classifying the acquired events;

extracting only an event corresponding to the test target application among the classified events; and

transferring the extracted event to a testing apparatus.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein in the extracting, only an event content is extracted from the event corresponding to the test target application.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the platform is an android platform.

10. A mobile communication terminal capable of testing an application, which is mounted with a platform designed so that applications of an application layer operate independently from each other and a command is not directly transferred between the applications, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a communication unit for communicating with a testing apparatus for testing an application operation; and

a control unit including a command analyzing portion analyzing a command for testing a test target application, which is transferred from the testing apparatus through the communication unit, an event generating portion generating an event corresponding to the analyzed command, and an event registering portion registering the generated event in a window manager of an application framework layer in order to transfer the generated event to the test target application.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit further includes:

an event acquiring portion acquiring events by directly accessing an event driver positioned on a library layer;

an event analyzing portion analyzing the acquired events; and

an event extracting portion extracting only an event corresponding to the test target application according to the analysis result and transferring the extracted event to the testing apparatus.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10, wherein the platform is an android platform.