Patent ID: 7099438

Claim:
A communications platform testing system: wherein the communications platform comprises a plurality of Communications Channels through which telephony communications pass via at least two different Interface Protocols; the communications platform testing system comprising: a Test Scenario builder comprising means for defining a Test Function for controlling a first Communications Channel through which communications may pass using a first Interface Protocol; means for defining a Test Function for controlling a second Communications Channel through which communications may pass using a second Interface Protocol; means for graphically displaying icons representing Test Functions to be performed on the first and second Communications Channels, a first icon having an output area and a second icon having an input area; means for defining synchronicity between the Test Functions of different Communications Channels such that the execution of a Test Function of a second Communications Channel does not begin until completion of a Test Function on the first Communications Channel; wherein the means for defining synchronicity includes means for recognizing a cursor movement from the output area of the first icon to the input area of the second icon, such that a connection between the output area of the first icon and the input area of the second icon is graphically displayed an Execution Manager that: sends Communications Channel control commands to the communications platform in accordance with a Test Scenario, receives information regarding a status of the communications platform in response to sending the Communications Channel control commands to the communications platform; and is responsive to a defined synchronization between Test Functions in a Test Scenario for two different Communications Channels; and a Results Reporter operable to report the status of the plurality of Communications Channels during execution of a Test Scenario.