Patents by Inventor Randall L. Tackett

Randall L. Tackett 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 creating functional model of test cases
    Patent number: 9600403
    Abstract: A method, product and apparatus for creating functional model of test cases. The method comprising obtaining a set of test cases, wherein each test case of the set of test cases comprises free-text; defining one or more tags, wherein each tag of the one or more tags is associated with a query that is configured, when applied, to determine possession of the tag with respect to a test case based on the free-text; applying the queries on the set of test cases to determine possession of the of the one or more tags for each test case; and generating a functional model based on the set of test cases, wherein the functional model comprising for each tag of the one or more tags, a corresponding functional attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Orna Raz, Randall L Tackett, Paul A Wojciak, Marcel Zalmanovici, Aviad Zlotnick
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING FUNCTIONAL MODEL OF TEST CASES
    Publication number: 20170060734
    Abstract: A method, product and apparatus for creating functional model of test cases. The method comprising obtaining a set of test cases, wherein each test case of the set of test cases comprises free-text; defining one or more tags, wherein each tag of the one or more tags is associated with a query that is configured, when applied, to determine possession of the tag with respect to a test case based on the free-text; applying the queries on the set of test cases to determine possession of the of the one or more tags for each test case; and generating a functional model based on the set of test cases, wherein the functional model comprising for each tag of the one or more tags, a corresponding functional attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Orna RAZ, Randall L. Tackett, Paul A. Wojciak, Marcel Zalmanovici, Aviad Zlotnick