Method for managing and using test system

• US 6,615,153 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2001
• Issued: 09/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Tong S., Liu, Yi Bo, Lin, Kuang Shin
• Primary Examiner(s): Barlow, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Walling, Meagan S.
• Application Number:
  US09/881,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20020072873A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: 702/121, 702/122, 702/123, 700/83-85, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/223, 709/224, 709/225
• US Class Current: 702/121
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database

Abstract

A method for managing and using a test system is proposed, which is applied to the test system comprising a test server and a test workstation, and allows a user to perform a test and obtain a test report according to the user'"'"'s right for accessing the test server and an actual operating state of the test workstation. The users are assigned to different test groups set up in the test server. The test workstation activates a start-up window for the user to input data thereto and transmits the data to the test server. The test server then processes the transmitted data and produces the corresponding test report according to the right of the user and the right of the test group which the user belongs to for accessing the test server.

Claims

1. A method for managing and using a test system having a test server and a test workstation, for allowing a user to perform a test and obtain a test report according to the user'"'"'s right for accessing the test server and an actual operating state of the test workstation, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) setting up users, test groups for the users and rights for accessing the test server for the users and the test groups for the users in the test server;

(b) activating the test workstation for displaying a start-up window thereof, which allows the user to input data thereto for performing the test;

(c) inputting or selecting the test group, and inputting an account, a password or other information by the user in the start-up window;

(d) transmitting the information inputted by the user to the test server via the test workstation;

(e) processing the transmitted information via the test server according to the right of the user and the right of the test group for the user for accessing the test server;

(f) generating the test report corresponding to the processed information and transmitting the test report to the test workstation via the test server;

(g) displaying the test report via the test workstation for the user; and

the setting up rights step (h) comprises the steps of;

(h1) inputting a user'"'"'s message by the user for creating or deleting an account;

(h2) authenticating the user'"'"'s message for properly creating or deleting the account;

(h3) managing the accounts and the test groups in the test server for assigning certain rights via adding, modifying, deleting the rights for the users and for the test groups for the users in the test server, so as to assign a new user to the test group according to type of the user and to accordingly assign the user with the certain right upon creating a new account; and

(h4) managing the accounts of the database for properly creating or deleting the account for assigning certain rights via adding, modifying, deleting the rights for the users and for the test groups in the test server, so as to assign a new user to the test group according to type of the user and to accordingly assign the user with the certain right upon creating a new account.

2. A method for managing and using a test system having a test server and a test workstation, wherein the test server is built with a message input level, an account management level, a server investigation level, a database investigation level and a database, for allowing a user to perform a test and obtain a test report according to the user'"'"'s right for accessing the test server and an actual operating state of the test workstation, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) setting up the message input level, the account management level, the server investigation level, the database investigation level and the database in the test server, and setting up users, test groups for the users and rights for accessing the test server for the users and the test groups in the test server;

(b) activating the test workstation for displaying a start-up window thereof, which allows the user to input data thereto for performing the test;

(c) inputting or selecting the test group, and inputting an account, a password or other information by the user in the start-up window;

(d) transmitting the information inputted by the user to the test server via the test workstation;

(e) processing the transmitted information via the test server according to the right of the user and the right of the test group for the user for accessing the test server;

(f) generating the test report corresponding to the processed information and transmitting the test report to the test workstation via the test server; and

(g) displaying the test report via the test workstation for the user.

3. The method for managing and using a test system of claim 2, further comprising a step (h) of setting up rights for accessing the database of the test server for the users and the test groups for the users in the test server.

4. The method for managing and using a test system of claim 3, wherein the setting up rights step (h) comprises the steps of:

(h1) setting up the message input level for inputting a user'"'"'s message via the user and for creating or deleting an account accordingly;

(h2) setting up the account management level for authenticating the user'"'"'s message and for properly creating or deleting the account accordingly;

(h3) setting up the server investigation level for managing the accounts and the test groups in the test server for assigning certain rights via adding, modifying, deleting the rights for the users and for the test groups for the users in the test server, so as to assign a new user to the test group according to type of the user and to accordingly assign the user with the certain right upon creating a new account; and

(h4) setting up the database investigation level for managing the accounts of the database for properly creating or deleting the account for assigning certain rights via adding, modifying, deleting the rights for the users and for the test groups in the test server, so as to assign a new user to the test group according to type of the user and to accordingly assign the user with the certain right upon creating a new account.