# US 10,122,866 B2 · Automated test suite mechanism

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- Number: US 10,122,866 B2
- Document ID: US10122866B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/256,123
- Filed: 2016-09-02
- Published: 2018-03-08
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-02
- Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Applicants: Stephen Jared Mandry; Katie Ashley Eng; David Ward
- Inventors: Stephen Jared Mandry; Katie Ashley Eng; David Ward
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122866B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/00031: {Testing, i.e. determining the result of a trial (H04N1/00029 takes precedence; using test signals for transmission mode changing H04N2201/33371)}
- G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data}
- G06F 3/1211: {Improving printing performance}
- G06F 3/1215: {achieving increased printing speed, i.e. reducing the time between printing start and printing end}
- G06F 3/123: {Software or firmware update, e.g. device firmware management}
- G06F 3/1244: {Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding}
- G06F 3/1248: {by printer language recognition, e.g. PDL, PCL, PDF}
- G06F 3/1254: {Automatic configuration, e.g. by driver}
- G06F 3/1256: {User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks}
- G06F 3/1263: {based on job priority, e.g. re-arranging the order of jobs, e.g. the printing sequence}
- G06F 3/1282: {High volume printer device}
- H04N 1/00063: {using at least a part of the apparatus itself, e.g. self-testing}
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A method is disclosed. The method includes generating a set of test case tags that describe attributes included in a test case and store the set of test case tags and the test case, receiving input information, and dynamically generating a test suite of one or more test cases based on input attributes data included in the input information, wherein the input information comprises code change information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A printer test system comprising:
a memory to store:
tag generation logic;
test suite generation logic; and
a test driver; and
a processor to execute:
the tag generation logic to receive print job data as a test case, and parse the print job data to generate a set of test case tags that describe attributes of the print job data to be included in the test case and store the set of test case tags and the test case;
the test suite generation logic to receive input information, and dynamically generate a test suite of one or more test cases to test a printing system based on input attributes included in the input information, wherein the input information comprises code change information; and
the test driver to execute a test suite.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the test suite generation logic comprises test case selection logic to select one or more test cases to test one or more attributes indicated in the input information.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein the test suite generation logic further comprises a parser to parse the input information to acquire the input attributes included in the input information.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the input information further comprises at least one of: issue information and user input information.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, wherein the test case selection logic gathers one or more test cases based on a match between input attributes included in the input information and a tag within the set of tags corresponding to the one or more test cases.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The system of claim 5, wherein the test case selection logic filters the test cases to determine valid test cases.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the test case selection logic orders the test cases into an ordered list based on a priority.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the priority of the ordered list is based upon user criteria.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the user criteria comprises at least one or more of: a user selected confidence level and a user selected execution time period.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the test case selection logic generates the test suite based on the priority of the ordered list.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The system of claim 10, wherein the test case selection logic determines whether the user criteria has been met prior to execution of the test suite.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the test case comprises:
a job ticket; and
a page description language (PDL) datastream.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The system of claim 12, wherein the tag generation logic parses the job ticket to generate a set of tags and store the test case and the set of tags.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the test case selection logic reorders the test cases in the test suite prior to execution of the test suite.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the test case selection logic reorders the test cases in the test suite to maintain test priority and consecutively execute test cases having identical configuration information.