Abstract: A system may receive an instruction to execute a test represented by code in a test file. The system may initialize a first process instance associated with executing the test. The system may initialize a second process instance associated with loading the test file and executing the test. The second process instance may be different from the first process instance. The system may load the test file using the second process instance. The system may execute the test using the first process instance, the second process instance, and the test file without loading the test file into the first process instance. The system may update the test file during execution of the test without interrupting execution of the test.

Abstract: A system may receive an instruction to execute a test represented by code in a test file. The system may initialize a first process instance associated with executing the test. The system may initialize a second process instance associated with loading the test file and executing the test. The second process instance may be different from the first process instance. The system may load the test file using the second process instance. The system may execute the test using the first process instance, the second process instance, and the test file without loading the test file into the first process instance. The system may update the test file during execution of the test without interrupting execution of the test.

Abstract: The present application provides a user configurable test system for the automatic detection of events on a set-top box (STB) and the determination of their timing. The system relies upon performing metric calculations on the A/V output of the STB and measuring the duration of the event by reference to a set of user defined metrics satisfying a set of user defined conditions.

Abstract: A video conferencing system comprises a video codec 24 and an ISDN interface 34 for selectively sending still or video images from a locally attached camera 62 to a remote video conferencing system, and for displaying such images received from the remote system on a local monitor 26. A graphics card 16 also allows a local application program, such as a web browser, to be run and its output viewed on a second local monitor 28. In order to allow the application to be viewed also by the remote system, the output of the application program currently displayed on the second monitor can be transmitted as a still image to the remote system in the same manner as a still image from the camera.