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Patent drawing for Techniques for visual software test automation management
US 20,220,374,338 A1
Computing US 20,220,374,338 A1 Expired

Techniques for visual software test automation management

This invention is about automatically creating software tests by watching and recording what a user does on a computer. It captures a series of screen images and user actions during a session, like clicks or typing. These recordings are then used to build automated test steps, specifically by identifying unique screens based on their visual content and tracking interactions through events on the webpages.

Why it matters: Filed before the widespread application of large vision models. Today, such models could interpret captured page images and user interactions more semantically, making the generation of resilient automated test workflows significantly more robust and less dependent on simple image checksums.

Status
ExpiredProtection ended and was never renewed
How hard to build
SpecializedSoftware logic, screen capture, UI automation.

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