Patent Document ID: 9098635
Application ID: 12143174

Base Claim:
1. A method for testing a user interface for an application comprising: extending a hardware verification language by defining one or more custom libraries such that the extended hardware verification language can be used to interface with a user interface to a software application in addition to hardware designs, wherein the hardware verification language is different from a programming language used to create the user interface to the software application, and is a programming language specifically designed for verification of hardware designs, and wherein the extended hardware verification language is extended by providing an API (applications programming interface) corresponding to the e language; generating a test for the user interface to the software application written in the extended hardware verification language; using the test written in the extended hardware verification language to drive one or more elements of the user interface to the software application; collecting data resulting from driving the user interface to the software application using the test; analyzing the data from driving the user interface to the software application; and displaying analysis results or storing the analysis results in a computer readable medium.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 in which the test is re-used for a different application user interface.