Patents by Inventor Harold Brooks Foley

Harold Brooks Foley 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for testing user interfaces
    Patent number: 8627295
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for testing user interfaces are disclosed herein. An example method includes extracting object data from a file associated with a user interface; storing a plurality of object definitions corresponding to the extracted object data in a computer readable storage medium; and generating, at a computer having a tangible memory, a test script for the user interface using the object definitions, wherein the test script is to be generated based on one or more test definitions defining one or more attributes of the object definitions to be tested in the test script, and wherein the test script is to be generated based on one or more automation rules defining how the object definitions are to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harold Brooks Foley, Christine Peeters
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING USER INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20110088018
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for testing user interfaces are disclosed herein. An example method includes extracting object data from a file associated with a user interface; storing a plurality of object definitions corresponding to the extracted object data in a computer readable storage medium; and generating, at a computer having a tangible memory, a test script for the user interface using the object definitions, wherein the test script is to be generated based on one or more test definitions defining one or more attributes of the object definitions to be tested in the test script, and wherein the test script is to be generated based on one or more automation rules defining how the object definitions are to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harold Brooks Foley, Christine Peeters