Auto-Complete Testing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025053502-A1
Application number	US-202318231233-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 7, 2023
Priority date	Aug 7, 2023
Publication date	Feb 13, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

One or more characters are input into an auto-complete field. Text of a displayed list of one or more candidate items is retrieved. The text of the displayed list of the one or more candidate items is compared to a predefined candidate item. In response to the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items not having the predefined candidate item or not being withing a defined ranking, test results are flagged where the predefined candidate item is missing from displayed list of the one or more candidate items or is not withing the defined ranking. This allows the for automated testing of the auto-complete fields.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
a microprocessor; and a computer readable medium, coupled with the microprocessor and comprising microprocessor readable and executable instructions that, when executed by the microprocessor, cause the microprocessor to: input one or more characters into an auto-complete field; retrieve text of a displayed list of one or more candidate items; compare the text of the displayed list of the one or more candidate items to a predefined candidate item; and in response to the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items not having the predefined candidate item or not being within a ranking range, flag, in a test result, that the predefined candidate item is missing from displayed list of the one or more candidate items or is not withing the ranking range.

2 . The system of claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more characters comprise a plurality of characters; wherein inputting the plurality characters into the auto-complete field comprises inputting each of the plurality of characters one at a time; wherein retrieving the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items comprises retrieving a plurality texts of a plurality of displayed lists of the one or more candidate items; wherein comparing the text of the displayed list of the one or more candidate items to the predefined candidate item comprises comparing the plurality texts of the plurality of the displayed lists of the one or more candidate items to a plurality of predefined candidate items; and wherein in response to the text of the plurality texts of the plurality of displayed list of one or more candidate items not having the predefined candidate item or not being withing the ranking range, flagging, in the test result, that the one or more of the plurality of predefined candidate items is missing from the test result or is not withing the ranking range.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of predefined candidate items each comprise a list of a plurality candidate items and wherein each of the lists of the plurality of candidate items is different as each of the plurality of characters are input one at a time.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein one or more of the plurality of predefined candidate items has the ranking range.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more characters comprises a plurality of characters that are input at the same time.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the displayed list of the one or more candidate items comprises a plurality of candidate items and wherein the predefined candidate item has to be in the ranking range in the list of the one or more candidate items.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more characters are for a language that requires multiple keystrokes to generate a character.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items comprises one of:
retrieving the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items from a browser plugin; or capturing an image of the displayed list of the one or more candidate items and converting the displayed list of the one or more candidate items in the image using optical character recognition.

9 . A method comprising:
inputting, by a microprocessor, one or more characters into an auto-complete field; retrieving, by the microprocessor, text of a displayed list of one or more candidate items; comparing, by the microprocessor, the text of the displayed list of the one or more candidate items to a predefined candidate item; and in response to the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items not having the predefined candidate item or not being within a ranking range, flag, in a test result, that the predefined candidate item is missing from displayed list of the one or more candidate items or is not withing the ranking range.

10 . The method of claim 9 ,
wherein the one or more characters comprise a plurality of characters; wherein inputting the plurality characters into the auto-complete field comprises inputting each of the plurality of characters one at a time; wherein retrieving the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items comprises retrieving a plurality texts of a plurality of displayed lists of the one or more candidate items; wherein comparing the text of the displayed list of the one or more candidate items to the predefined candidate item comprises comparing the plurality texts of the plurality of the displayed lists of the one or more candidate items to a plurality of predefined candidate items; and wherein in response to the text of the plurality texts of the plurality of displayed list of one or more candidate items not having the predefined candidate item or not being withing the ranking range, flagging, in the test result, that the one or more of the plurality of predefined candidate items is missing from the test result or is not withing the ranking range.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of predefined candidate items each comprise a list of a plurality candidate items and wherein each of the lists of the plurality of candidate items is different as each of the plurality of characters are input one at a time.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein one or more of the plurality of predefined candidate items has the ranking range.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more characters comprises a plurality of characters that are input at the same time.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the displayed list of the one or more candidate items comprises a plurality of candidate items and wherein the predefined candidate item has to be in the ranking range in the list of the one or more candidate items.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more characters are for a language that requires multiple keystrokes to generate a character.

16 . The method of claim 9 , wherein retrieving the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items comprises one of:
retrieving, by the microprocessor, the displayed list of one or more candidate items from a browser plugin; or capturing an image of the displayed list of the one or more candidate items and converting the displayed list of the one or more candidate items in the image using optical character recognition.

17 . A non-transient computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that cause a processor to execute a method, the method comprising instructions to:
input one or more characters into an auto-complete field; retrieve text of a displayed list of one or more candidate items; compare the text of the displayed list of the one or more candidate items to a predefined candidate item; and in response to the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items not having the predefined candidate item or not being within a ranking range, flag, in a test result, that the predefined candidate item is missing from displayed list of the one or more candidate items or is not withing the ranking range.

18 . The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17 ,
wherein the one or more characters comprise a plurality of characters; wherein inputting the plurality characters into the auto-complete field comprises inputting each of the plurality of characters one at a time; wherein retrieving the text of the displayed list of one or more candidate items comprises retrieving a plurality texts of a plurality of displayed lists of the one or more candidate items; wherein

Assignees

• Micro Focus Llc

Inventors

• Ren yi-qun
• Hu Kai
• Shen Gen-Cheng

Classifications

• G06F11/3692

  for test results analysis · CPC title

• G06F11/3668

  Testing of software · CPC title

• G06F40/274 Primary

  Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs · CPC title

• G06F11/3688 Primary

  for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites · CPC title