Patent ID: 7984428

Claim:
A system for evaluating a performance of a module via a network, the system comprising: a plurality of evaluation modules; a plurality of evaluation module computers for evaluating the evaluation modules, the evaluation module computers running end user interfaces for interfacing with the evaluation module computers; a server storing membership information of users belonging to communities and rights of the communities to access the plurality of evaluation modules and the plurality of evaluation module computers, the server storing a schedule of when the plurality of evaluation modules and the plurality of evaluation module computers are available for evaluation, the server displaying to a primary user one or more platforms that are accessible by the primary user based on the rights of one or more communities to which the primary user belongs and that are available for evaluation based on the schedule, each platform being a pair of an evaluation module and an evaluation module computer, the server receiving a selection of one of the one or more platforms from the primary user; a first terminal linked to the server through the network, the first terminal having a memory storage device, wherein the first terminal displays to the primary user the end user interface running on the selected evaluation module computer of the selected platform and enables the primary user to control the selected evaluation module computer through the network to evaluate the selected evaluation module; and a second terminal linked to the server through the network, wherein the second terminal is a shadow terminal operable to display to the shadow user the end user interface displayed at the first terminal and enables the shadow user to control the evaluation module computer of the platform selected by the primary user, and to evaluate the evaluation module of the platform selected by the primary user by shadowing the first terminal, and the second terminal is capable of accessing the memory storage device of the first terminal.