Patent ID: 7050921

Claim:
A product that provides a test executive system for controlling tests upon a device under test that is distinct and separate from said test executive system said product comprising: instructions for directing a processing unit to: display a plurality of run selection choices, each said run selection choice corresponding to a different set of tests: said plurality of run selection choices comprising at least two of the choices selected from the group consisting of “run all tests”, “run marginal tests”, “run failed tests”; “run erroneous tests', “run selected tests”, and combinations thereof; receive an input identifying one of said run selection choices; determine whether said run selection choice is “run marginal/failed tests”; determine whether said run selection choice is “run selected tests”; determine whether said run selection choice is “run all tests”; execute tests of said device under test indicated by said run selection choice; display results of said executed tests; and the product further comprising a media readable by said:processing unit that stores said instructions; and wherein said instructions to receive said input comprises: instructions for directing said processing unit to: display tests available to run; receive test input corresponding to one or more of said available tests; and update a list of tests to run.