Patent ID: 6779134
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A software test system comprising:at least one user unit operative to produce a test job bundle containing test station configuration information; at least one test center server operatively responsive to queue the test job bundle, obtain target software to be tested, and test software used to test the target software; a plurality of dynamically configurable software test stations, operatively coupled to the at least one test center server wherein a first test station has a first hardware configuration and wherein a second test station has a different hardware configuration; and a software imager, operatively coupled to the plurality of dynamically configurable software test stations, and operatively responsive to the test job bundle to copy a source image of an operating system or selected software to hard drive memory associated with a selected test station so that the selected test station is configured with a selected operating system and selected software to be tested as defined by the test job bundle.