Patent ID: 8065663

Claim:
A system for performing a testing process, the system comprising: at least one processor operatively connected to a memory, the at least one processor configured to execute a test program for performing the testing process; the test program configured to execute a plurality of test procedures on a plurality of test instruments through a mapping to a virtual multisite instrument, wherein the test program when executed, performs at least one test procedure on at least two test instruments located at least two test sites, wherein the plurality of test instruments have a respective one or more driver programs; the virtual multisite instrument entity adapted to execute the plurality of test procedures on the plurality of test instruments, wherein the virtual multisite instrument entity accesses the plurality of test instruments through the respective one or more driver programs, wherein the virtual multisite instrument entity is adapted to execute the plurality of test procedures on the plurality of test instruments transparently to the test program; and wherein the virtual multisite instrument entity is further adapted to execute the at least one test procedure on the at least two test instruments located at the at least two test sites, wherein the virtual multisite instrument entity is mapped to a respective one or more driver programs on each of the at least two test instruments located at the at least two test sites.