Patents by Inventor William Jacob Cobb, JR.

William Jacob Cobb, JR. 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).

  • Adaptation of automated test scripts
    Patent number: 9767009
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computerized method for adapting automating test scripts, said method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: receiving, at an input device, an original test script created to test an application; utilizing the original test script to test, using the processor, a variant of the application; identifying, using the processor, failures in the original test script when the variant of the application is being tested; and modifying, using the processor, the original test script to overcome the identified failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Jacob Cobb, Jr., Yandrapally RahulKrishna, Saurabh Sinha, Suresh Thummalapenta
  • ADAPTATION OF AUTOMATED TEST SCRIPTS
    Publication number: 20160132421
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computerized method for adapting automating test scripts, said method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: receiving, at an input device, an original test script created to test an application; utilizing the original test script to test, using the processor, a variant of the application; identifying, using the processor, failures in the original test script when the variant of the application is being tested; and modifying, using the processor, the original test script to overcome the identified failures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: William Jacob Cobb, JR., Yandrapally RahulKrishna, Saurabh Sinha, Suresh Thummalapenta