Patents by Inventor Michael Schaffrath
Michael Schaffrath 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).
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Patent number: 8954931Abstract: Various embodiments include at least one or systems, methods, and software providing abilities to automatically generate a test plan that mitigates risk involved in testing less than an entirety of a software system following modification. Some embodiments operate to allow a user to influence the scope of an optimized test plan while also reducing a number of tests and test execution effort involved. Such embodiments may identify portions of the software system to test and portions of the software system that will not be tested in a manner that reduces a total testing effort involved. Reductions in testing effort are performed in generation of the test plan in view of testing preferences which are utilized not only to reduce the total effort in executing a test plan, but also does so to optimize the test plan.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Marcus Wefers, Reinhold Konnerth, Thierry Lieu, Abdelhak Nezzari, Michael Schaffrath, Torsten Kamenz, Andreas Kemmler
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Publication number: 20140040867Abstract: Various embodiments include at least one or systems, methods, and software providing abilities to automatically generate a test plan that mitigates risk involved in testing less than an entirety of a software system following modification. Some embodiments operate to allow a user to influence the scope of an optimized test plan while also reducing a number of tests and test execution effort involved. Such embodiments may identify portions of the software system to test and portions of the software system that will not be tested in a manner that reduces a total testing effort involved. Reductions in testing effort are performed in generation of the test plan in view of testing preferences which are utilized not only to reduce the total effort in executing a test plan, but also does so to optimize the test plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Marcus Wefers, Reinhold Konnerth, Thierry Lieu, Abdelhak Nezzari, Michael Schaffrath, Torsten Kamenz, Andreas Kemmler
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Patent number: 7305659Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for handling parameters in a test script for testing a computer program application. A method includes executing a test script for testing a function of a computer program, the test script including a command invoking the function, the command having arguments, the command arguments in the test script including a set of test input parameters for the function; determining the required input parameters for the function; and detecting an error if there is a mismatch between the required input parameters and the test input parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2002Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Horst Müller, Jan Olsen, Thomas Lendroth, Marc Webster, Nils Kirstaedter, Jens Fichtner, Michael Schaffrath
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Patent number: 7174541Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for testing a feature of a software application includes forming a feature call by incorporating test data into a data structure that is part of a test script and sending the feature call to the software application containing the feature for testing.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: SAP AktiengesellschaftInventors: Horst Müller, Jan Olsen, Thomas Lendroth, Marc Webster, Nils Kirstaedter, Jens Fichtner, Michael Schaffrath
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Patent number: 7124401Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for use in testing a computer program application, including an application having multiple versions. Information identifying a target system is obtained. Application information identifying the actual version of the application as installed on the target system is obtained. A test script is selected from multiple test script versions based on the actual version of the application. The selected test script is used to test the application as installed on the target system.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2002Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: SAP AktiengesellschaftInventors: Horst Müller, Jan Olsen, Thomas Lendroth, Marc Webster, Nils Kirstaedter, Jens Fichtner, Michael Schaffrath
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Patent number: 6772083Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, providing a test configuration having an associated test script and one or more associated data containers. Each data container defines a set of parameters and one or more sets of variants, each set of variants specifying a value for each of the parameters in the set of parameters. Each data container is reusable with multiple test configurations. The test script has a set of test parameters and the test configuration further has a set of test parameter variants, each of the test parameter variants being a set of values for respective test parameters in the set of test parameters. The test parameter variants include one or more references for obtaining data values from one or more of the associated data containers.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: SAP AktiengesellschaftInventors: Horst Müller, Jan Olsen, Thomas Lendroth, Marc Webster, Nils Kirstaedter, Jens Fichtner, Michael Schaffrath
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Publication number: 20040044992Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for handling parameters in a test script for testing a computer program application. A method includes executing a test script for testing a function of a computer program, the test script including a command invoking the function, the command having arguments, the command arguments in the test script including a set of test input parameters for the function; determining the required input parameters for the function; and detecting an error if there is a mismatch between the required input parameters and the test input parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2002Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventors: Horst Muller, Jan Olsen, Thomas Lendroth, Marc Webster, Nils Kirstaedter, Jens Fichtner, Michael Schaffrath
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Publication number: 20040044993Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for use in testing a computer program application, including an application having multiple versions. Information identifying a target system is obtained. Application information identifying the actual version of the application as installed on the target system is obtained. A test script is selected from multiple test script versions based on the actual version of the application. The selected test script is used to test the application as installed on the target system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2002Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventors: Horst Muller, Jan Olsen, Thomas Lendroth, Marc Webster, Nils Kirstaedter, Jens Fichtner, Michael Schaffrath
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Publication number: 20040044494Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, providing a test configuration having an associated test script and one or more associated data containers. Each data container defines a set of parameters and one or more sets of variants, each set of variants specifying a value for each of the parameters in the set of parameters. Each data container is reusable with multiple test configurations. The test script has a set of test parameters and the test configuration further has a set of test parameter variants, each of the test parameter variants being a set of values for respective test parameters in the set of test parameters. The test parameter variants include one or more references for obtaining data values from one or more of the associated data containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2002Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventors: Horst Muller, Jan Olsen, Thomas Lendroth, Marc Webster, Nils Kirstaedter, Jens Fichtner, Michael Schaffrath
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Publication number: 20040003325Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for testing a feature of a software application includes forming a feature call by incorporating test data into a data structure that is part of a test script and sending the feature call to the software application containing the feature for testing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Inventors: Horst Muller, Jan Olsen, Thomas Lendroth, Marc Webster, Nils Kirstaedter, Jens Fichtner, Michael Schaffrath