Patent ID: 8312428
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system for identifying GUI widgets of software, comprising a processor configured to perform: during runtime of the software, determining a GUI window object and an ID thereof; determining all GUI widgets or all GUI widgets belonging to a same type in the GUI window object; partitioning the display area of the GUI window object into a plurality of area such that each of the GUI widgets is uniquely contained in one area; specifying a unique ID for each partitioned area containing a GUI widget; and, identifying a GUI widget using the ID of the GUI window object and the ID of the area where the GUI widget resides, or the ID of the GUI window object, the ID of the type to which the GUI widget belongs and the ID of the area where the GUI widget resides, so as to get the ID property of the GUI widget.