Patent ID: 6980947

Claim:
An evaluation system for evaluating a computer device on a plurality of computer systems, comprising using a unified diagnostics platform to generate a desired computer system and evaluating the computer product on that computer system and further including: connecting an external input system to the computer devices; providing an external output system that allows connection of the computer product to be evaluated; creating a connection with at least one switching multiplexor between the computer devices and the computer product based on a selection; creating multiple combinations and configurations of computer processors, operating systems, computer peripherals and computer products to be evaluated of the switching multiplexor with a plurality of switches allowing; communicating a controller with the switching multiplexor for providing selection control as to which combination and configuration of computer devices connected to the unified diagnostics platform are selected; creating a hardware and a software selector of the controller with a physical control that includes both human intervention and computer control for controlling the selection control; and creating a multi-way, multi-function switch that facilitates the multiple connection combinations; wherein the desired computer system is generated by connecting a plurality of computer devices to the unified diagnostics platform.