Patent ID: 7133141

Claim:
A method of automatically registering variable settings associated with a plurality of computer application programs, comprising: supplying a data structure; while executing a first computer application program to perform a first task, automatically extracting a first set of variable settings in addition to performing the first task; while executing a second computer application program to perform a second task, automatically extracting a second set of variable settings in addition to performing the second task; loading said first set of variable settings and said second set of variable settings into said data structure so as to associate said first set of variable settings with said first computer application program and said second set of variable settings with said second computer application program; and testing a third computer application program by executing, in sequence, said first and second computer application programs using said first and second sets of variable settings in said data structure to perform said first and second tasks automatically, wherein said first and second tasks utilize the third computer application program.