Testing mobile wireless devices during device production
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorLianghua Yang
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Abstract
A system and method of testing a wireless communication device during device production comprises designating as a data log buffer when the device is being produced, at least part of random access memory (RAM) of the device that is allocated for virtual machine and/or application usage when the device is operational; and testing the device and storing test log data in the buffer. After testing, the data can be obtained from the buffer and processed using a debugging and log analysis tool.
Claims26
A method of testing a wireless communication device during device production, comprising:
- (a) designating as a data log buffer, when the device is being produced, at least part of a random access memory (RAM) of the device that is allocated for virtual machine or application usage when the device is operational in end-user mode;
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- (b) testing the device and storing test log data in the data log buffer.
A system for testing a wireless communication device during device production, comprising:
- (a) a testing station communicative with the device and for testing the device during production;
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- (b) a computer readable memory communicative with the device and having recorded thereon statements and instructions to designate as a data log buffer, when the device is being produced, at least part of a RAM of the device that is allocated for virtual machine or application usage when the device is operational in end-user mode, and to store test log data in the data log buffer obtained from testing of the device.
A computer program product for testing a wireless communication device during device production, the product comprising:
- a memory having computer readable code embodied therein, the code including statements and instructions to
- (a) designate as a data log buffer when the device is being produced, at least part of a RAM of the device that is allocated for virtual machine or application usage when the device is operational in end-user mode;
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- (b) store test log data in the data log buffer obtained from testing of the device.
A method of assembling a wireless communication device comprising
- (a) providing components of the device to a production line, the components including a random access memory (RAM);
- (b) assembling the components into a completed device on the production line;
- (c) before and/or during and/or after assembly of the components, designating as a data log buffer at least part the RAM of the device that is allocated for virtual machine or application usage when the device is operational in end-user mode;
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- (d) before and/or during and/or after assembly of the components, testing the device and storing test log data in the data log buffer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.