Patents by Inventor Malcolm Alasdair Couldwell

Malcolm Alasdair Couldwell 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 system for graphical user interface testing
    Patent number: 8225140
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for testing a graphical user (GUI) (204). The method includes applying a test step (208, 222) to a GUI under test (204) and finding a control in the GUI under test (204) to which the test step is to be applied. A model (210) is built dynamically of representations of the contents of the GUI under test (204) as a new control is found. The method includes finding a collection of dependent controls and representing the collection of controls in the GUI model (210) as a generalised pattern of the controls. The method applies a test step to the model (210) simultaneously with the GUI under test (204) and compares the results of the test step from the GUI under test (204) and from the model (210). If a test step is applied to the model and it is determined that a representation of the control to which the test step is to be applied is not provided in the model (210), a building rule (212) is executed to add a representation of the control to the model (210).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Malcolm Alasdair Couldwell, Ian Gerald Craggs, James Clive Stewart
  • Method and System for Graphical User Interface Testing
    Publication number: 20080155514
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for testing a graphical user (GUI) (204). The method includes applying a test step (208, 222) to a GUI under test (204) and finding a control in the GUI under test (204) to which the test step is to be applied. A model (210) is built dynamically of representations of the contents of the GUI under test (204) as a new control is found. The method includes finding a collection of dependent controls and representing the collection of controls in the GUI model (210) as a generalised pattern of the controls. The method applies a test step to the model (210) simultaneously with the GUI under test (204) and compares the results of the test step from the GUI under test (204) and from the model (210). If a test step is applied to the model and it is determined that a representation of the control to which the test step is to be applied is not provided in the model (210), a building rule (212) is executed to add a representation of the control to the model (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Malcolm Alasdair Couldwell, Ian Gerald Craggs, James Clive Stewart