Patent ID: 7546584

Claim:
A system for testing a computer program executing on a first computer from a second computer within a network, the system comprising: the first computer operative to execute the computer program, the first computer comprising an operating system independent video and input/output redirection device operative: to transmit the video output of the first computer to the second computer, the video output associated with the computer program, to receive user input commands transmitted from the second computer, and to provide the user input commands to the first computer as if the user input commands were physically generated at the first computer; the first computer further operative to execute the user input commands to control the computer program, wherein the user input commands test an interaction between the computer program executed by the first computer and a third computer connected to the network; and the second computer operative to execute a software application, the software application operative: to receive the video output of the first computer, to display the video output of the first computer, to receive the user input commands generated by an automated testing program executing on the second computer and directed toward the displayed video output of the first computer, wherein the user input commands test an interaction between the computer program executed by the first computer and the third computer, and to transmit the user input commands to the operating system independent video and input/output redirection device.