METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR TESTING APPLICATIONS ON A HANDHELD DEVICE

• US 20150089298A1
• Filed: 09/18/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Original Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Inventors: Dhanapal, Karthikeyan Balaji, Rai, Harikrishna Gandhinagara Narayana, Deepak, Krishnamurty Sai, Somasundara, Arun Agrahara
• Granted Patent: US 9,749,397 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/38.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Techniques for testing one or more applications running on a handheld device include: receiving, by a tester system, an error state corresponding to the one or more applications; retrieving, by the tester system, one or more tests script parameters corresponding to the error state from a database, wherein the one or more test script parameters corresponding to the error state are stored in the database; providing, by the tester system, the one or more test script parameters to an input subsystem, wherein the input subsystem is connected to the handheld device; notifying a user to provide one or more inputs corresponding to the error state, wherein the one or more test script parameters are not stored in the database; receiving, by the tester system, the one or more inputs from the user; and providing, by the tester system, the one or more inputs to the input subsystem.

Claims

1. A method for testing one or more applications running on a handheld device, comprising:

receiving, by a tester system, an error state corresponding to the one or more applications;

retrieving, by the tester system, one or more test script parameters corresponding to the error state from a database, wherein the one or more test script parameters corresponding to the error state are stored in the database;

providing, by the tester system, the one or more test script parameters to an input subsystem, wherein the input subsystem is connected to the handheld device;

notifying, by the tester system, a user to provide one or more user inputs corresponding to the error state, wherein the one or more test script parameters are not stored in the database;

receiving, by the tester system, the one or more user inputs from the user; and

providing, by the tester system, the one or more user inputs to the input subsystem.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the error state is received by the tester system through an output subsystem, wherein the output subsystem captures a screen image of the error state from the handheld device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the output subsystem further captures the screen image from the handheld device at one or more predetermined intervals.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the error state is displayed on a display unit.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more user inputs from the user are stored in the database.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input subsystem processes the one or more test script parameters and the one or more user inputs on the handheld device.

7. A tester system for testing one or more applications, the one or more applications being processed on a handheld device, the tester system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the method comprising;

receiving an error state corresponding to the one or more applications;

retrieving one or more test script parameters corresponding to the error state from a database, wherein the one or more test script parameters corresponding to the error state are stored in the database;

providing the one or more test script parameters to an input subsystem, wherein the input subsystem is connected to the handheld device;

notifying a user to provide one or more user inputs corresponding to the error state, wherein the one or more test script parameters are not stored in the database;

receiving the one or more user inputs from the user; and

providing the one or more user inputs to the input subsystem.

8. The tester system of claim 7, wherein the error state is received through an output subsystem, wherein the output subsystem captures a screen image of the error state from the handheld device.

9. The tester system of claim 8, wherein the output subsystem further captures the screen image from the handheld device at one or more predetermined intervals.

10. The tester system of claim 7, wherein the error state is displayed on a display unit.

11. The tester system of claim 7, wherein the one or more user inputs from the user are stored in the database.

12. The tester system of claim 7, wherein the input subsystem processes the one or more test script parameters and the one or more user inputs on the handheld device.

13. A system for testing one or more applications, the system comprising:

an input subsystem;

an output subsystem; and

a tester system, wherein the tester system comprises of;

a processor; and

a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the method comprising;

receiving an error state corresponding to the one or more applications from the output subsystem, wherein the output subsystem is configured to capture a screen image of the error state from the handheld device and transmits the screen image of the error state to the tester system;

retrieving one or more test script parameters corresponding to the error state from a database, wherein the one or more test script parameters corresponding to the error state are stored in the database;

providing the one or more test script parameters to the input subsystem, wherein the input subsystem comprises;

a subsystem receiver configured to receive the one or more test script parameters and the one or more user inputs from the tester system; and

a processing module configured to process the one or more test script parameters and the one or more user inputs on the handheld device;

notifying a user to provide one or more user inputs corresponding to the error state, wherein the one or more test script parameters are not stored in the database;

receiving the one or more user inputs from the user; and

providing the one or more user inputs to the input subsystem.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the output subsystem comprises an imaging device for capturing the screen image of the error state from the handheld device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the imaging device further captures the screen image of the handheld device at one or more predetermined intervals.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the tester system further comprises a display unit for displaying the error state.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the database of the tester system further stores the one or more user inputs corresponding to the error state.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the processing module of the input subsystem comprises a 3-axis robot, wherein the 3-axis robot moves in a 2-D plane and performs one or more of pressing, holding and scrolling on the handheld device.

19. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for performing a method, using one or more computing devices, for testing one or more applications running on a handheld device, the method comprising:

receiving, by a tester system, an error state corresponding to the one or more applications;

retrieving, by the tester system, one or more test script parameters corresponding to the error state from a database, wherein the one or more test script parameters corresponding to the error state are stored in the database;

providing, by the tester system, the one or more test script parameters to an input subsystem, wherein the input subsystem is connected to the handheld device;

notifying, by the tester system, a user to provide one or more user inputs corresponding to the error state, wherein the one or more test script parameters are not stored in the database;

receiving, by the tester system, the one or more user inputs from the user; and

providing, by the tester system, the one or more user inputs to the input subsystem.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the error state is received by the tester system through an output subsystem, wherein the output subsystem captures a screen image of the error state from the handheld device.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the output subsystem further captures the screen image of the handheld device at one or more predetermined intervals.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the error state is displayed on a display unit.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the one or more user inputs from the user are stored in the database.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the input subsystem processes the one or more test script parameters and the one or more user inputs on the handheld device.