| US 7,539,591 B2 | ||
| Enterprise test data management system utilizing hierarchical test data models and related methods | ||
| Richard W. House, Austin, Tex. (US); Cesar R. Gamez, Pflugerville, Tex. (US); Chris Neil, Cedar Park, Tex. (US); and Chandrasekhar Venkatraman, Hyderabad (India) | ||
| Assigned to VI Technology, Inc., Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/112,083. | ||
| Application 11/112083 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/012772, filed on Dec. 15, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Application 11/012772 is a continuation of application No. 10/225825, filed on Aug. 22, 2002, granted, now 7,113,883. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/570702, filed on May 14, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/314922, filed on Aug. 24, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0268171 A1, Dec. 01, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 702—122 | 28 Claims |
| 1. An enterprise test data management system having a hierarchical test data model, comprising:
a plurality of test systems configured to operate test software to conduct at least one test on a device to produce test data
and to operate a data management software component, at least two of the test systems being directed to different test operations;
and
one or more server systems coupled to a database and configured to communicate with the plurality of test systems to receive
the test data through operation of the data management software components on the plurality of test systems and to manage
and store data in the database according to a test data model;
wherein the test data model includes hierarchical data objects configured to store test data related information, the test
data model comprising product test objects (PTOs) hierarchically positioned above result table objects (RTOs), which are configured
to store information about test results.
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