Methods and systems for navigating deterministically through a graphical user interface

A system for generating a map that associates a graphics element of a graphical user interface of a software application with an executable feature of the software application, the system comprising:

• a capture agent for retrieving information descriptive of the graphics element, the information including an executable feature associated with the graphics element;
• an application driver for storing the executable feature in association with the graphics element;
• and
• a command agent for executing an executable feature stored in association with a graphics element.

A method for systematically invoking an executable feature of a software application having a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface displaying a graphics element associated with the executable feature, the method comprising:

• retrieving information descriptive of the graphics element, the information including an executable feature associated with the graphics element;
• storing the executable feature in association with the graphics element;
• selecting from the stored information an executable feature not previously executed;
• and
• executing the selected executable feature.