Patents by Inventor George Allyn Polk

George Allyn Polk has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for testing embedded examples in GUI documentation
    Patent number: 7100150
    Abstract: A method of testing an embedded example in a graphical user interface documentation includes creating an extractable embedded example by tagging the embedded example, extracting the extractable embedded example from the graphical user interface documentation to generate an extracted example, selecting a tagged entity from the extracted example, interpreting the tagged entity to generate an interpreted tagged entity, creating a test suite using the interpreted tagged entity, selecting a graphical tool against which to execute the test suite, executing the test suite against the graphical tool to generate an output response, and verifying the output response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: George Allyn Polk
  • Method and apparatus for extending coverage of GUI tests
    Patent number: 6871327
    Abstract: A method of testing a graphical user interface includes selecting a widget of the graphical user interface, associating an access mode with the widget, generating a mode-specific input message based on the widget and the access mode, sending the mode-specific input message to the graphical user interface, detecting a mode-specific response from the graphical user interface using a detection tool, and evaluating the graphical user interface based on the mode-specific response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: George Allyn Polk
  • Method and apparatus for testing embedded examples in GUI documentation
    Publication number: 20030227480
    Abstract: A method of testing an embedded example in a graphical user interface documentation includes creating an extractable embedded example by tagging the embedded example, extracting the extractable embedded example from the graphical user interface documentation to generate an extracted example, selecting a tagged entity from the extracted example, interpreting the tagged entity to generate an interpreted tagged entity, creating a test suite using the interpreted tagged entity, selecting a graphical tool against which to execute the test suite, executing the test suite against the graphical tool to generate an output response, and verifying the output response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventor: George Allyn Polk
  • Method and apparatus for extending coverage of GUI tests
    Publication number: 20030164854
    Abstract: A method of testing a graphical user interface includes selecting a widget of the graphical user interface, associating an access mode with the widget, generating a mode-specific input message based on the widget and the access mode, sending the mode-specific input message to the graphical user interface, detecting a mode-specific response from the graphical user interface using a detection tool, and evaluating the graphical user interface based on the mode-specific response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: George Allyn Polk