Patent ID: 7962305

Claim:
A method for conducting remote witness product testing, comprising: assembling at a remote test site a test apparatus comprising: a subject device to be tested; a thermal test booth to substantially enclose the subject device; a plurality of remote sensors; a two-way real-time digital audiovisual system; at least one remote computer with at least: one or more communications lines for communicating over a communications network; a set of programmed instructions stored on each of said at least one remote computer for displaying data; and, a set of programmed instructions stored on each of said at least one remote computer for sending and receiving data over one or more communications networks and for remote display; conducting tests on the subject device in accordance with predetermined testing procedures; communicating data from the plurality of remote sensors to each of said at least one remote computers located at the remote test site during the conduct of the test; transmitting test data from each of said at least one remote computers to a local computer, wherein the local computer is co-located with a party designated to observe the testing and geographically distant from the remote test site; and verifying, by the party designated to observe the testing, the test data; wherein display, storage, and transmission of test data is controlled by the local computer and the local computer permanently records said test data.