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Testing usability of a software program

US7673287B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Dietrich Mayer-Ullmann · Ilvesheim, DE
Ute Weber-Schaefer · Herbstein, DE
Theo Held · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 2005
Grant date	Mar 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3696
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Usability of a software program can be tested by generating a first electronic record of input events that a user executes with at least one input device during a test session. The operations comprise applying the generated first electronic record to a predictive model to generate a prediction for performing the predefined task. Usability of a software program can be tested by registering input events that a user executes with at least one input device during a test session in which the user performs a predefined task of a software program. The operations comprise generating a first electronic record associated with the test session. The first electronic record includes at least one characteristic of the registered input events and a prediction for performing the predefined task. The prediction is generated by applying the registered input events to a predictive model.

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