System and method for providing secure testing aids
First Claim
1. A method for testing, utilizing a handheld computer comprising a launcher and a multiplicity of previous applications, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) erasing all of the previous applications in the handheld computer;
(b) loading one or more new applications into the handheld computer;
(c) loading a verification application into the handheld computer;
(d) launching by a proctor of the verification application and verifying whether or not the handheld computer contains only the new applications and the launcher, and proceeding only if it does;
(e) performing the testing with the aid of the new applications;
(f) erasing the new applications from the handheld computer;
(g) restoring the previous applications to the handheld computer.
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Abstract
A method for testing utilizing a handheld computer having software which includes a launcher and a multiplicity of previous applications includes the steps exchanging the contents of the internal flash-ROM memory for the contents of an external memory module which contains a testing application and a verification application. The verification application ensures that after the exchange the contents of the flash-ROM memory contains only programs which have been authorized by the testing agency to be present when the test is taken, and that all communications and networking capability of the handheld computer are disabled during testing. At the conclusion of testing the handheld computer is returned to its original configuration by a second exchange between the flash-ROM memory and the external memory module.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for testing, utilizing a handheld computer comprising a launcher and a multiplicity of previous applications, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) erasing all of the previous applications in the handheld computer; (b) loading one or more new applications into the handheld computer; (c) loading a verification application into the handheld computer; (d) launching by a proctor of the verification application and verifying whether or not the handheld computer contains only the new applications and the launcher, and proceeding only if it does; (e) performing the testing with the aid of the new applications; (f) erasing the new applications from the handheld computer; (g) restoring the previous applications to the handheld computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for testing utilizing a handheld computer comprising a launcher and a multiplicity of previous applications, all stored in an internal memory in the form of an old image, and further comprising an external memory which further comprises a new image, the new image further comprising a verification application and one or more new applications, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) exchanging the new image on the external memory with the old image on the internal memory; (b) launching by a proctor of the verification application and verifying whether or not the handheld computer contains only the new applications and the launcher, and proceeding only if it does; (c) performing the testing with the aid of the new applications; and (d) exchanging the old image on the external memory with the new image on the internal memory. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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