Patent ID: 8661411
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method executed by a processing unit for testing computer executable software code of a speech application, the speech application containing at least one path describing a call flow, the at least one path represented as a sequence of prompts graphically connected together, the method comprising acts of: detecting a new code section of computer executable software code which has not been previously validated by execution of an evaluation process; associating a subpath specified by a developer with said new code section, wherein the subpath is a portion of said at least one path; identifying a first path through the speech application to said new code section; configuring the first path to said new code section, wherein the act of configuring comprises automatically assigning a value to one or more variables associated with one or more prompts along said first path, and making a transition to said new code section; generating a test file for automatically testing said new code section based on a test entry on a drop-down menu list, wherein the drop-down menu includes a wizard feature for graphically identifying the subpath; and executing the test file to evaluate the new code section, wherein the act of executing the test file comprises providing one or more test examples in response to at least one prompt of the new code section, and evaluating at least one functionality of the new code section based on a response of the new code section to the one or more test examples.