Granted Patent B2

US 8,850,274 · App. 13/363,754 · Granted Sep 30, 2014

Abstract

Claims (54)

1. A computer-implemented method of embedding configuration data in a non-configuration document generated by a testing system, comprising the steps of:

performing a test on a device under test with the testing system, the testing system configured to use one or more system settings among a plurality of system settings of the testing system to perform the test;

generating the non-configuration document through the testing system, the non-configuration document including one or more results associated with the test, a file format of the non-configuration document supporting embedding of additional data;

aggregating the one or more system settings into a configuration set; and

automatically embedding the configuration set in the non-configuration document; and

further comprising enabling a user of the testing system to rerun the test, said enabling including enabling the user to load the non-configuration document to the testing system.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step of aggregating the one or more system settings into a configuration set further includes the steps of:

displaying the plurality of system settings;

enabling the user to select a set of user selected settings among the plurality of system settings; and

adding the set of user selected settings to the configuration set.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of system settings includes settings of the device under test.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of system settings includes user interface settings of the testing system.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step of embedding the configuration set in the non-configuration document includes the steps of:

storing the configuration set in a configuration file; and

embedding the configuration file in the non-configuration document.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step of embedding the configuration set in the non-configuration document includes the step of storing the configuration set in one or more metadata fields of the non-configuration document.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising the step of enabling a user of the testing system to load the one or more system settings into the testing system by importing the non-configuration document into the testing system.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step of enabling a user of the testing system to rerun the test comprises, after enabling the user to load the non-configuration document to the testing system, rerunning the test on the device under test with the testing system, including the steps of:

extracting the configuration set from the non-configuration document;

applying the one or more system settings from the configuration set to the testing system; and

performing the test on the device under test with the testing system.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step of enabling a user of the testing system to rerun the test comprises, after enabling the user to load the non-configuration document to the testing system rerunning the test on a different device under test with the testing system, including the steps of:

extracting the configuration set from the non-configuration document;

applying the one or more system settings from the configuration set to the testing system; and

performing the test on the different device under test with the testing system.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of system settings includes formatting and style settings of the non-configuration document.

11. A computer-implemented method of rerunning a previous test performed with a testing system on a device under test, comprising the steps of:

importing a non-configuration document generated by the testing system after execution of the previous test, the non-configuration document including one or more results associated with the previous test and including an embedded configuration data, the embedded configuration data including one or more settings among a plurality of system settings used by the testing system to perform the previous test;

extracting the embedded configuration data from the non-configuration document;

applying the one or more settings to the testing system; and

enabling execution of a new test of the device under test with the testing system, the testing system using the one or more settings.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the step of applying the one or more settings includes the step of:

displaying to the user one or more current values associated with the one or more settings in the testing system; and

enabling the user to select at least one value among the one or more current values to be overridden with a corresponding value from the one or more settings.

13. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the embedded configuration data includes one or more external settings associated with the device under test, further comprising the step of applying the one or more external settings to the device under test.

14. A computer-implemented method of embedding configuration data in a non-configuration document generated by a system, comprising the steps of:

generating the non-configuration document through the system, the system configured to generate non-configuration documents using one or more functions provided by the system and using one or more system settings among a plurality of system settings of the system, a content of the non-configuration document not including the one or more system settings, a file format of the non-configuration document configured to support embedding of additional data;

aggregating the one or more system settings into a configuration set; and

embedding the configuration set in the non-configuration document; and

further comprising enabling a user of the system to reuse the one or more system settings when generating a different non-configuration document with a different system, including enabling the user to load the non-configuration document into the different system.

15. The method as recited in claim 14 , wherein the step of aggregating the one or more system settings into a configuration set further includes the steps of:

displaying to a user of the system the plurality of system settings;

enabling the user to select a set of user selected settings among the plurality of system settings; and

adding the set of user selected settings to the configuration set.

16. The method as recited in claim 14 , wherein the plurality of system settings includes user interface settings of the system.

17. The method as recited in claim 14 , wherein the step of embedding the configuration set in the non-configuration document includes the steps of:

storing the configuration set in a configuration file; and

embedding the configuration file in the non-configuration document.

18. The method as recited in claim 14 , wherein the step of embedding the configuration set in the non-configuration document includes the step of storing the configuration set in one or more metadata fields of the non-configuration document.

19. The method as recited in claim 14 , further comprising the step of enabling a user of the system to load the one or more system settings to the system by loading the non-configuration document into the system.

20. The method as recited in claim 14 , wherein the step of enabling a user of the system to reuse the one or more system settings when generating a different non-configuration document with a different system further includes

extracting the configuration set from the non-configuration document;

applying the one or more system settings from the configuration set to the different system; and

enabling the user to generate the different non-configuration document using the one or more system settings.

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