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Testing a mobile application

  • US 9,785,544 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2015
  • Issued: 10/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for testing a mobile application on mobile devices, said method comprising:

  • receiving, by a first computer, an identification of test cases that specify types of available mobile devices and a number of available mobile devices to be selected by the second computer for testing the mobile application;

    in response to said receiving the identification of test cases from the second computer, said first computer sending, to the second computer, information comprising a list of mobile devices available for being tested;

    said first computer receiving, from the second computer, an identification of mobile devices selected, by the second computer, from the list of multiple mobile devices sent by the first computer to the second computer;

    in response to said receiving the identification of the selected mobile devices, said first computer using a test engine to perform operations comprising identifying test platform requirements of each test case, configuring test environments for each test case based on the test platform requirements, and assigning the mobile application to be tested and the test cases to each selected mobile device;

    said first computer establishing a network connection between the first computer and each selected mobile device;

    said first computer connecting the test engine to each selected mobile device;

    said first computer pushing the test environment for each test case and the mobile application to each selected mobile device;

    said first computer receiving confirmation from each selected mobile device that each selected mobile device is eligible to test the mobile application; and

    said first computer receiving test data, from each selected mobile device, resulting from testing the mobile application by each selected mobile device.

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