Patent ID: 8781390

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions, which when loaded and run in a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for processing and managing test data, the method comprising: providing a plurality of questions for a test in a tool, the tool being located in a first shared folder; providing a data storage device on a second shared folder, wherein the data storage device comprises a plurality of database files, wherein each database file of the plurality of database files is assigned to a user name from a list of user names used to identify a plurality of users; retrieving time-stamps of the database files from directory information of the database files; retrieving date-times from the retrieved time-stamps and assigning the date-times to the corresponding user names in the list of user names; if a user from the plurality of users performs the test and submits a test result, storing the test result in a database file corresponding to a user name of the user, and updating the time-stamp of said corresponding database file; and in response to receiving a request for generating a test report: comparing the date-time of a user name and the time-stamp of a database file corresponding to user name; and when the date-time does, not match the time-stamp, accessing the database file to retrieve a test result, and appending the retrieved test result to the test report.