Patent Document ID: 8281286
Application ID: 11396064
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for performing an automated test of one or more applications using an application independent GUI map, said method comprising: changing a physical description of an object of a general class of objects in said GUI map in real time to identify a specific object in a particular application of said one or more applications, wherein said general class of objects comprises a plurality of general objects that are not application dependent, wherein the general objects are mapped to the specific object independently of said particular application; identifying a location of said specific object in said particular application using said physical description; associating said specific object with said physical description; selecting a predefined operation based on a keyword included in said automated test, wherein said predefined operation comprises one or more of said plurality of general objects; and operating on said specific object during said automated test using said predefined operation, wherein said automated test comprises a plurality of keywords associated with separate predefined operations of said general class of objects.