Patent ID: 7353439

Claim:
A cross-platform test environment automatic setup method for use on an information platform that is running on a particular kind of operating system, for the purpose of providing the information platform with a cross-platform test environment automatic setup capability to allow a particular test procedure to be capable of being conducted under the operating system on the information platform; the cross-platform test environment automatic setup method comprising: building a parameter database which prestores a number of sets of parameters respectively for a number of different test procedures for setup of a test environment within different kinds of operating systems; performing a test procedure selecting procedure for user-operated selection of a desired test procedure from a group of test procedures; detecting the particular kind of the operating system currently installed on the information platform; retrieving a corresponding set of parameters from the parameter database based on the user-selected test procedure and the detected kind of operating system on the information platform; and configuring the operating system on the information platform based on the retrieved set of parameters for a test environment to run the user-selected test procedure on the information platform under the operating system.