205 results about "Distributed testing" patented technology

The present invention provides systems, devices, and methods for point-of-care and/or distributed testing services. The methods and devices of the invention are directed toward automatic detection of analytes in a bodily fluid. The components of the device can be modified to allow for more flexible and robust use with the disclosed methods for a variety of medical, laboratory, and other applications. The systems, devices, and methods of the present invention can allow for effective use of samples by improved sample preparation and analysis.

Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for automated distributed testing of software. A testing service may utilize a distributed architecture that provides a standardized framework for writing tests, scheduling the tests, and gathering and reporting results of the tests. Multiple distributed labs are integrated into the testing service and their environments can be centrally managed by the testing service. The testing service permits the scheduling and performance of tests across multiple machines within a test lab, or tests that span across multiple test labs. Any of the machines in the test labs may be selected based on variety of criteria. The testing service may then automatically locate the appropriate machines that match or satisfy the criteria and schedule the tests when the machines are available. The testing service may also automatically create and set up a desired test environment according to the desired specifications for the test.

In general, in one aspect, a method for distributed testing includes providing a testing framework for the distributed testing of software to a number of clients at least some of which have a different operating environment than other of the clients, transmitting to each testing framework a component for testing, receiving client environment data and testing results from each testing framework, storing the testing results and environment data in a database; and reporting the results of running the tests on the clients.

A method for distributed automated software GUI testing includes maintaining a centralized queue, which stores test instances to be executed by distributed test execution computers (“test computers”). Each test computer includes a client platform and is connected to one or more server platforms, the client and server platforms collectively providing client-server combinations against which the tests may be executed. For each test computer: (1) a request for a test instance is received from a test computer in response to completion of a preceding test by the test computer; (2) in response, a test instance is retrieved from the queue and communicated to the test computer for execution using a testing component supported by the test computer; (3) the component performs automated software GUI testing and produces test results; and (5) in response to execution of the instance, a test result for the executed instance is received and stored.

The invention discloses a software testing automation framework (STAF)-based fault injection automation testing platform and an STAF-based fault injection automation testing method for a high-end fault-tolerant computer, and relates to a fault injection technology. The invention provides a fault injection automation testing platform and a fault injection automation testing method, which are applicable for the high-end fault-tolerant computer. The method is implemented by adopting an embedded software distributed testing environment. An application layer in software is an application program operated in general control end service, manages data and information in an automation testing process by utilizing a relational database and a file system, and provides a friendly graphic interface; a proxy layer is operated between the application layer and a realization layer to realize task proxy, and takes charge of executing an automation testing task submitted by a user from the interface; and the realization layer packages the communication among an automation testing control server and testing proxies of various platforms, and executes specific operations of various automation tests. The STAF-based fault injection automation testing platform is a distributed and automatic fault injection platform which is constructed on the basis of an open source automation testing tool STAF, and can integrate various software fault injection tools.

The invention discloses a game testing method for mobile devices. The method comprises the steps that a testing request sent by a user is received by means of a plurality of Web interfaces, one or more slave nodes are selected, using states of all the mobile devices connected with the slave nodes are detected, and a testing task is distributed to the one or more spare mobile devices to be executed; a testing file uploaded by the user is received, and the slave nodes are used for distributing testing cases corresponding to the testing file and the testing request to the mobile devices synchronously; the mobile devices are controlled to install and start game software, and system files of the mobile devices are read in real time in the running process of the game software to obtain performance parameters; the performance parameters are analyzed to generate a test result, and the test result is stored in a database connected with the Web interfaces. The invention further provides a game testing system for the mobile devices. The method and the system have the advantages that a PC and the mobile devices are dispatched conveniently, and the testing efficiency and reliability are high.

Techniques are disclosed for improved monitoring and analysis of VoIP communications, multimedia communications or other types of network traffic in a network-based communication system. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, endpoint devices of the network-based communication system are configurable so as to collectively implement a distributed monitoring and analysis system which does not require a centralized testing server or other centralized controller. Distributed test units associated with the endpoint devices may be utilized in implementing the distributed monitoring and analysis system, and are preferably configured to support a web-based user interface providing access to measurement data. The endpoint devices may be advantageously organized into a hierarchy comprising a plurality of zones, with each of the endpoint devices belonging to at least one zone. For each zone, one of the endpoint devices may be designated as a zone leader for controlling the periodic generation of communications between selected endpoint devices that belong to subzones of that zone in the hierarchy.

The invention relates to a noise source identifying and testing method for high speed train. The method comprising the following steps: partitioning noise sources into a steering frame wheel track noise testing area, an equipment noise testing area, a pantograph noise testing area and a pneumatic noise testing area; distributing testing points respectively according to the transmission paths of air sound and structure sound in each area; acquiring testing point data; analyzing through sound and vibration transmission paths; separating the air sound from the structure sound; calculating the contribution of each noise source to interior noise. According to the noise source identifying and testing method, sound sources and vibration sources causing interior noise of the high speed train can be identified, the contribution of each noise source and each vibration source to the interior noise is determined, sound source control and path control of the interior noise are realized fundamentally, and a scientific basis is laid for the vibration and noise reduction structural design of the high speed train.

A system and method for testing a radio network. A user at a central site may choose specific radios to be tested and specific test parameters for each one. The user may specify start and stop times, sample rates, whether one or multiple links are to be simultaneously tested, whether results should be presented as snap shots, statistical tables/graphs/charts, or as correlated data from multiple links. Distributed testing is permitted, in which the operational characteristics of one radio are varied, and another radio is monitored for a corresponding change. Once data has been gathered from one or more tests on one or more links, the data may be returned to the central site for analysis and presentation to the user in the selected format.

The invention provides a test case description oriented GUI (Graphical User Interface) automatic test system and a test method thereof, belonging to the field of software test. The test system comprises a test management subsystem and a test executive subsystem, wherein the test management subsystem is used for providing test case oriented normalized description language elements to generate a test case in a test step; and the test executive subsystem is used for transmitting a corresponding test script to a corresponding test node in an automatic conversion test step and is used for executing the test script to generate a test result. In the test method, a normalized test step is generated, the test script is automatically generated aiming at the step, a test execution coordination message is increased in the test script, and automatic testing is realized aiming at a distributed test system. Through the system and the method, the conventional heavy test script editing task of GUI automatic testing is simplified, time and labor are saved, and the problem of coordination confronted by performing the GUI automatic testing aiming at the distributed system is solved.

The invention discloses a cloud testing service platform, and relates to management and TaaS of cloud testing items. The cloud testing service platform comprises the two main constitution parts of an IaaS and a PaaS. The IaaS provides calculation and storage resources, and manages a virtual cloud testing server. The PaaS is oriented to a cloud testing user, is established on the IaaS and uses basic sources provided by the IaaS. The cloud testing service platform enables distributed testing resources to be effectively called and to be embodied to the user in a unified platform or service mode. The cloud testing research progress and the application status are introduced first, then the overall structure of the cloud testing service platform is provided, infrastructures such as a testing system, a server, a storage device, a network and various platforms are used for conducting virtualization, the design and the implementation of the service platform are achieved based on a basic structure, and an available automatic testing platform capable of achieving sharing is provided for enterprises and organizations.

A distributed test system for implementing enhanced BIT (Built-In-Test) within an ESM (Electronic Surveillance Monitoring) or RF receiver system. The distributed test system includes a system processor, a programmable RF source element or other comparable test signal generating arrangement, and switched path coupled elements and various measurement elements, each embedded at strategic locations within the ESM system so as to effect maximum path coverage and test benefit.

Disclosed are a distributed testing method and device. The method comprises the steps executed on a testing control side and the steps executed on testing executing sides. In the steps executed on the testing control side, activation instructions, used for activating a testing side, of all the testing executing side are received; the effectiveness of attribute information of all the testing executing sides is verified and communication is established with the testing executing side with the effective attribute information; a configuration file is generated according to attribute information of the testing control side, testing programs and the configuration file are packaged to obtain a testing program package, and the testing program package is sent to the testing executing side; testing instructions used for starting all the testing executing sides are received and testing cases are sent to the corresponding testing executing sides according to the testing instructions. In the steps executed on the testing executing sides, the testing program package sent by the testing control side is received, and testing programs in the testing program package are installed; communication with the testing control side is established according to the configuration file in the testing program package and the existence states of the testing executing sides are fed back to the testing control side; the testing cases are received and testing is conducted on a system to be tested according to the testing cases. By means of the distributed testing method and device, the efficiency is improved.

An Application Specific Distributed Test Engine (ASDTE) that provides an optimized set of test resources for a given application. The test engine resources, configuration, functionality, and even the number of test engines can be changed as different devices are tested, or as different test methodologies are used with the system. This can be done by including the test engine configuration as a part of the application files that are loaded during the system set-up. This approach differs from conventional testing systems which limit testing to a fixed, limited, or standard stimulus/response engine configuration intended to test a variety of devices. Some of the benefits of the Application Specific Distributed Test Engine Architecture include: (1) a very high test throughput, (2) the ability to adapt system functionality and capabilities to meet different and new, unforeseen device test requirements on a lot-by-lot basis on a production test floor, and (3) the ability to change the number of test engines to optimize tester channels and system utilization.

The invention discloses a virtualization server performance monitoring method, which comprises the following steps that a virtual machine server side starts socket monitoring in a server thread pool, and a linking request of a client side is monitored; a test machine client side uses TCPs (transmission control protocols), UDP (user datagram protocols) or TCP/UDP hybrid network protocols to carry out socket communication with the virtual machine server side, a test task is executed, a test result is collected, and the test result is sent to a main control machine; a main control machine manager sends a test command to a client side test machine, and distributed test results are collected and counted; the main control machine manager sends a RPC (remote procedure call) request to a virtual machine, and various performance indexes of the virtual machine are obtained and are displayed in a chart form. The virtualization server performance monitoring method and a virtualization server performance monitoring system have the advantages that the network performance test and evaluation is realized in virtualization environment, and in addition, the RPC is provided for remotely monitoring various operation system performance indexes of the virtual machine in real time.

A test framework for testing peer-to-peer applications allocates a test case manager and a plurality of distributed test units for each test case, which has a sequence of actions each to be performed by one of the test units. To enable the test units to perform the test case actions, the test case manager loads dynamic link library files (DDLs) containing the test case to each test unit, and creates on each test unit a test object that can be remotely activated using an object-remoting framework. To execute the test case, the test case manager goes through the sequence of test case actions. For each action, the test case manager calls the test object on a corresponding test unit to perform the action. In this way, the test case manager directs the test units to carry out the test case actions. The results of the test case actions are logged by the distributed test units and then collected for analysis and diagnosis.

A system includes a platform server with a software platform on which platform targeting applications (PTAs) execute. An update server may be coupled to the platform server to provide an update to this software platform. Responsive to notification to independent software vendors of the PTAs, results of regression testing performed on at least some of the PTAs can be received in a test server, which may enable commitment of the update based on at least some of the results.

A method for testing integrated circuits is provided. The method provides for incorporating compression and decompression logic into each sub-component of an integrated circuit, developing test modes that target different sub-components of the integrated circuit, selecting one of the test modes, applying a test pattern to one or more sub-components of the integrated circuit targeted by the one test mode, comparing a response from application of the test pattern to a known good response, and diagnosing the response to determine which part of the one or more sub-components targeted by the one test mode failed when the response does not match the known good response.

The invention provides an optical fiber sensing method which takes a full-scale distribution type and has locally and highly precise collineation, and a system of the optical fiber sensing method comprises the parts of a Brillouin sensing demodulation device, a fiber grating demodulation device, an optical switch (or a coupler) and an FRP-FBG-OF sensing probe, etc. One or a plurality of fiber gratings are written onto an ordinary single mode fiber with arbitrary length and made into the sensing probe through the encapsulation of FRP, and the sampling optical switch or the coupler is respectively connected with the fiber grating demodulation device and a Brillouin distributed testing system, thus forming an intelligent sensing monitoring system which implements the large-scale, full-distributed and locally and highly precise testing of structural damage, achieves the full-scale damage positioning and quantitative testing of important projects and the mutual checking effect, and provides complete, direct and reliable information for structural safety evaluation. The optical fiber sensing method is especially applicable to structural damage monitored objects which are characterized by wide distribution range, long distance and concealed position, etc., and has the advantages of compact system, low cost, strong operability, good stability and durability and reliable result, etc.

An invention is provided for testing in a Java based environment. The method includes launching a test harness in a first JVM, and starting a virtual machine (VM) agent in a second JVM. The VM agent is placed in communication with the test harness. The VM agent then executes a test application such that both the test application and the VM agent execute in the second JVM. In this manner, the VM agent is restarted using the test harness if the second JVM fails.

The invention provides a software testing method and a software testing system based on a distributed testing node cluster, and the method comprises: a server receiving a testing request which is sentby a current user through a front end and is used for executing a target testing item for to-be-tested software, and the testing request comprising an identifier of a target resource and demand information of the target testing item; the server judging whether the target resource meets the demand information of the target test item or not; if yes, the server obtaining an identifier of a target test node corresponding to the identifier of the target resource from a corresponding relation between the identifier of the resource stored in the database and the identifier of the test node; througha message-oriented middleware, the server sending a test instruction to the target test node according to the identifier of the target test node, wherein the test instruction comprises the identifierof the target resource, so that the target test node determines the target resource from the resources deployed by the target test node according to the identifier of the target resource, and tests the target test item on the to-be-tested software by adopting the target resource, so that the software test efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a communicating system apparatus and detecting method thereof. The apparatus includes an on-line testing controller, connected to a master control board for managing a testing database, wherein the controller is used for distributing testing data and transmitting testing data sequences to apparatus boards through the master control board, or colleting testing data sequences from apparatus boards; and board external testing interfaces, respectively set up on the back board in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of apparatus boards, wherein, on-line testing terminal ports of integrated circuit chips on each apparatus are connected in series to form a board on-line testing chain, the input-output terminal ports of the board on-line testing chain are connected onto the back board and the board external testing interface corresponding to the apparatus board. The invention can perform on-line or periodically failure testing and locating to the communicating system apparatus, preventing and maintaining the probable existing faults beforehand, thereby improving reliability of the communicating system apparatus.

A system and method for testing information handling systems distributes test units across a network to communicate with a test server. The test server communicates test executables and runtimes to the test units according to scripts of a script package, test engines associated with the test server and a test unit profile. To load and execute an executable and runtime on a test unit, a test controller associated with the test server sends an execution identifier to a test unit process abstraction layer controller. A validator of the test unit controller responds to the execution identifier with test unit configuration profile information that the test server controller applies to one or more test engines and a script to generate an executable and runtime that is sent to the test unit controller. An activator of the test unit process abstraction layer controller activates the executable scripts through the runtime and tracks test results. The test unit process abstraction layer controller provides improved stability during test unit failures and remote control of runtime functions, such as dynamic runtime duration, pause and abort functionality.