KR101579486B1 - System for verifying application remotely based on cloud - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cloud-based remote application verification system and method for enabling a user of a smart device application to verify an application over a network at a remote location, and more particularly to a cloud-based remote application verification system for transmitting a verification application remotely via a network, A user terminal for displaying a verification result of the verification application; And an application verification device for installing a verification application transmitted over the network to a test terminal and for executing the verification application in accordance with the condition and command transmitted from the user terminal to verify the verification application, The verification result of the verification application or the application execution image of the test terminal is acquired and transmitted to the user terminal so that the user terminal can verify the development application on a cloud basis.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a cloud-based remote application verification system,

The present invention relates to cloud-based remote application verification, and more particularly, to a cloud-based remote application verification system that enables an application user to verify a cloud-based application developed over a network from a remote location.

As the development and dissemination of smart devices such as mobile communication terminals are rapidly expanding and convergence tendency of multimedia functions is shown, the complexity of software increases, so that tools and test tasks for software verification of smart devices are essential Is required.

The developer who developed the application of the smart device verifies the application according to the request of the mobile communication company. As an application verification method, there is a method of verifying an application directly through a fusion device by executing an application developed while purchasing all the fusion devices for verification, a method of making a reservation by going to a place provided with a verification system for application verification, There is a way to verify your application. Here, the fusion device may be various kinds of smart devices (test terminals) for mounting an application. In particular, in the case of a smart phone, various types of smartphones manufactured by various manufacturers can be used.

Since the first verification method requires the application user to have all the fusion devices for verification, there is a drawback that the equipment purchase for the verification is burdensome. Therefore, since the user must directly verify the application while connecting with various smart devices, There is a drawback that it takes a lot of time.

The second verification method is a method of reserving a place where the application verification system is provided and verifying the application. Therefore, it is difficult to verify the application in real time, and the application verification time is long when a large number of reservation waiters are used.

On the other hand, another prior art for verifying the developed application is disclosed in the following Patent Document 1: Korean Published Patent Application No. 10-2012-0102967 (published on September 19, 2012).

The prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a verification automation server which is defined according to a request of an application manager or an application developer or an application developer and provides a test item including a test instruction word, The test result data is generated by receiving the execution result of the application according to the command signal from the test terminal by transmitting the command signal according to the test item to the test terminal installed with the application and performing the test, And verification automation tools that are sent to the verification automation server.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0102967 (disclosed on September 19, 2012)

However, the above-described general smart device application verification method and conventional technology have the following problems.

That is, the method of implementing the verification system by the user directly and verifying the application is a costly and time-consuming disadvantage, and the method of verifying the application through the reservation of the place where the verification system is provided is not capable of real- When there are many waiters, there is a problem that the verification time is long.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cloud-based remote application verification system and method for verifying an application developed by a user of a remote site over a network, .

It is another object of the present invention to provide a cloud-based remote application verification system and method that enables an application user to conveniently verify an application in real-time without implementing a verification system for application verification.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a cloud-based remote application verification system and a method thereof that enable an application user to verify an application remotely without space-time constraints even without implementing a verification system.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a cloud-based remote application verification system and a method for providing a cloud center for easily testing a smart device application and verification system remotely.

In order to achieve the above object, a cloud-based remote application verification system according to the present invention is a system for transmitting a verification application remotely via a network, inputting a test condition of the application, A user terminal; And an application verification device for installing a verification application transmitted through the network to a test terminal and executing the verification application according to a condition and an instruction transmitted from the user terminal to verify the verification application,

The application verifying apparatus obtains a verification result of the verification application or an application execution image of the test terminal and transmits the verification execution result to the user terminal so that the user terminal can verify the development application on a cloud basis.

The user terminal may be a personal computer or a smart device, and may include a communication module for transmitting and receiving data to and from a remote application verification device through the network. A control unit for performing overall control for application verification; And a display unit for displaying the application verification result information transmitted from the application verification apparatus on the screen.

Wherein the user terminal further comprises an operation unit for selecting a verification mode of the application and inputting operation commands and conditions for operating the application, wherein the verification mode includes an automatic mode for automatically executing and verifying an application, A manual execution mode for executing the application according to a manual operation of a user, a real time execution mode for verifying an application in real time, and a scheduled execution mode for verifying an application at a reserved time through reservation.

Wherein the application verifying apparatus comprises: a database server storing test and statistical data; A web server for transmitting the application verification result information to the user terminal; And a video processing system for interfacing with the web server and installing a verification application in a test terminal, executing the application to verify the application, and transmitting the application execution image and application verification result information of the test terminal to the web server .

The application verifying apparatus may further include a video device for capturing an application execution video of the test terminal and delivering the video to the video processing system, wherein the test terminal is a smart device including a smart phone.

The video processing system includes a video / sound data processing unit for processing video and sound data generated when a verification application is executed through a test terminal; A control signal processing unit for controlling the execution of the verification application according to the verification command and condition transmitted from the user terminal; And an event signal and a log data processing unit for processing an event that occurs when executing the verification application and processing the log data.

The video processing system includes a mobile control software storage unit storing mobile control software for controlling a test terminal; A shared memory for storing data generated upon verification of an application; And a system status information providing unit for providing status information of the video processing system.

The video processing system includes a hard disk drive for storing an image generated upon application verification; And a service management unit for storing and managing the terminal information, the member information, the service information, and the database information.

In addition, the cloud-based remote application verification method according to the present invention includes the steps of: (a) connecting to an application verification device through a network at a user terminal; (b) selecting a terminal to verify the application based on the test terminal information transmitted from the application verification apparatus, and transmitting the terminal selection information to the application verification apparatus; (c) selecting, by the application verification device, a terminal to verify an application based on terminal selection information; (d) transmitting an application execution file to be verified in the user terminal to the application verification apparatus; (e) installing a verification application at the test terminal selected at the user terminal in the application verification device; (f) transmitting an application verification mode to the application verification device in accordance with the developer's verification mode selection at the user terminal; (g) initiating verification of the application by driving the selected test terminal in the application verification device; (h) transmitting the application verification result data to the user terminal either at the request of the user terminal or periodically or non-periodically at the application verification device; (i) displaying application verification result data received from the user terminal on a screen.

According to the present invention, there is an advantage that an application manager or an App store manager or an application developer can verify an application on a cloud basis from a remote site.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that an application user can conveniently verify an application in real time without implementing a verification system for application verification, thereby reducing the verification cost of the developed application .

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cloud-based remote application verification system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a block diagram of the cloud-based remote application verification system of Figure 1;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an application verification apparatus among the cloud-based remote application verification systems of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the user terminal of FIG. 1;
5 is a flow diagram illustrating a cloud-based remote application verification method in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a cloud-based remote application verification apparatus and method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cloud-based remote application verification system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a cloud-based remote application verification system, Fig.

A cloud-based remote application verification system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 100, a network 200, a local area network (LAN) 300, and an application verification device 400.

Herein, the local area network 300 refers to a network that allows computers and peripheral devices to be connected within a building or a limited area using a local communication line to share information and programs. The actual local area network 300 may be omitted and the user terminal 100 and the application verifying apparatus 400 may be connected through the network 200. [

The user terminal 100 transmits a verification application remotely through the network 200, inputs test conditions of the verification application, and displays verification results of the verification application.

The user terminal 100 may be implemented as a smart device such as a personal computer (PC) or a smart phone. The user terminal 100 is a user operation device for controlling a test terminal remotely and confirming an application execution result of the test terminal. A plurality of user terminals 100 can be connected to the application verification apparatus 400 via the network 200 at the same time.

As shown in FIG. 4, the user terminal 100 includes a communication module 110 for transmitting and receiving data to and from a remote application verification device 400 via the network 200; A control unit 130 for performing overall control for application verification; A display unit 150 for displaying the application verification result information transmitted from the application verification apparatus 400 on a screen; A development application storage unit 140 for storing the development application in the form of a file; An application verification result storage unit 160 for storing application verification result information; And an operation unit 120 for selecting a verification mode of the development application and inputting operation commands and conditions for operating the development application.

Here, the verification mode includes an automatic mode for automatically executing and verifying an application, a manual mode for executing the application according to a manual operation of a user, a real time execution mode for verifying an application in real time, And a schedule execution mode for verifying the schedule execution mode.

The application verifying apparatus 400 may install the verification application transmitted through the network 200 in the test terminal 450 and execute the verification application in accordance with the condition and command transmitted from the user terminal 100 It is responsible for verifying the application.

Here, the application verifying apparatus 400 acquires the verification result of the verification application or the application execution image of the test terminal 450 and transmits the verification execution result to the user terminal 100 so that the user terminal 100 can access the development application on the cloud basis It can help you verify.

The application verifying apparatus 400 includes a database server (DB Server) 410 storing test and statistical data; A Web server 420 for transmitting the application verification result information to the user terminal 100; The verification application is executed to verify the developed application and the application execution image and the application verification result information of the test terminal 450 are transmitted to the web server 420, To a server (420). Here, the test terminal 450 is preferably implemented as a smart device including a smart phone.

The application verification apparatus 400 may further include an imaging device 440 that captures an application execution image of the test terminal 450 and transmits the image to the video processing system 430. Here, the imaging device 440 is preferably implemented as an imaging device such as a camera, an image scanner, or the like, which acquires a video image through shooting.

The video processing system 430 includes a video / sound data processing unit 433 for processing video and sound data generated when a verification application is executed through a test terminal 450; A control signal processing unit 432 for controlling the execution of the verification application according to the verification command and condition transmitted from the user terminal 100; An event signal and log data processing unit 431 for processing an event that occurs when executing the verification application and processing log data; A mobile control software storage unit 435 storing mobile control software for controlling the test terminal 450; A shared memory 438 for storing data generated upon validation of the development application; And a system status information providing unit 434 for providing status information of the video processing system 430. [

In addition, the video processing system 430 includes a hard disk drive (HDD) 436 for storing an image generated upon verification of the development application; And a service management unit 437 for storing and managing the terminal information, the member information, the service information, and the database information.

The operation of the cloud-based remote application verification system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail.

In order to verify a development application for use in a smart device (mobile communication terminal) such as a smart phone with a cloud based, an application user (an app developer, an app store operator, an application developer, The application verification apparatus 400 is connected to the remote application verification apparatus 400 via the network 200 using the application verification apparatus 110. Here, it is desirable that the application verification is verified according to the conditions required by the application manager or the app store developer or the application developer.

The web server 420 of the application verifying apparatus 400 manages the user information in cooperation with the video processing system 430 when the user terminal 100 is connected through the network 200. [ That is, the service management unit 437 of the video processing system 430 acquires the user information and manages it as the member information.

When the user terminal 100 and the application verification apparatus 400 are connected via the network 200, the user sets the verification condition of the application developed through the operation unit 120. [ Here, the verification condition of the application may include a verification period, a number of test terminals, and the like.

If the verification conditions match, the application verification apparatus 400 provides the user terminal 100 with information such as the type and the number of the test terminals 450 held. The communication module 110 of the user terminal 100 is received and transmitted to the control unit 130. The control unit 130 stores the communication module 110 in the internal memory and simultaneously displays the communication module 110 on the display unit 150. [ When the type information of the test terminal is displayed on the display unit 150, the user selects the test terminal through the operation unit 120. [ The selected test terminal selection information is transmitted to the application verification apparatus 400 through the communication module 110. [

The web server 420 of the application verification apparatus 400 transmits the test terminal information to the video processing system 430 when the type and the algebraic information of the test terminal are received. The service management unit 437 of the video processing system 430 stores the received test terminal information.

The user terminal 100 then transmits the verification application file stored in the development application storage unit 140 to the application verification apparatus 400 via the communication module 110. [ The control signal processing unit 432 of the application verifying apparatus 400 stores the received application file and simultaneously installs the verification application in the test terminal 450 selected by the user. Here, the plurality of test terminals 450 may be installed, and each of the selected test terminals may be provided with a verification application.

This process creates an environment for remotely validating applications based on the cloud.

Next, the user sets a condition for verifying the application through the operation unit 120 of the user terminal 100. [ Here, the application verification corresponds to a verification condition (or a test item) required by an application manager or an App store manager or an application developer. In addition, the user sets a verification mode for a verification mode, that is, an automatic mode for automatically verifying the manual mode or a verification mode for a manual mode for performing verification while manually operating, through the operation unit 120 of the user terminal 100, and inputs an execution command. Here, the automatic mode is a method of verifying an application in the application verification apparatus 400 according to a verification condition and transmitting the resultant information to the user terminal 100. The passive mode is a method for the user to verify the application while controlling the test terminal 450 remotely located directly using the user terminal 100. [ This is reflected when there is a user's operation command in the verification using the automatic mode, and it is possible to verify the application in the manual mode and set the verification mode in the automatic mode as needed. When the real-time execution mode is selected in the verification mode, the verification is executed in real time. When the scheduled execution mode is selected, the application verification is automatically performed at the scheduled time.

The control signal processing unit 432 of the application verification apparatus 400 extracts software for controlling the test terminal (mobile) 450 stored in the mobile control software storage unit 435 according to the verification mode setting, And controls the terminal 450. Here, a plurality of test terminals 450 may be provided, and the types thereof may also be different from each other.

The verification application installed in the test terminal 450 in which the development application is installed is executed to verify the developed application.

When the verification of the application is started through the test terminal 450, the event signal and the log data processing unit 431 collect the verification result data of the application executed in the test terminal 450 in real time, .

When the verification of the application is started through the test terminal 450, the video device 440 captures an application execution screen of each of the test terminals 450 in real time and delivers the captured video to the video processing system 430. The image / sound data processing unit 433 of the video processing system 430 compresses the image data generated in the image device 440 according to a predetermined image compression method and stores the compressed image data in the hard disk drive 436. At this time, the audio data generated when the application is executed through the test terminal 450 is also compressed by the compression method set through the video / sound data processing unit 433, and then stored in the hard disk drive 436.

The control signal processing unit 432 executes the application of the test terminal 450 on the basis of the operation command or the like generated from the user terminal 100 and executes the application execution, And controls such as condition setting processing, compression processing, streaming processing, text input processing, sound quality processing, image quality processing, URL connection processing, and screen shot processing.

Event signals and log data generated during the verification of the application based on the cloud are processed in real time by the event signal and log data processing unit 431 and stored in the hard disk drive 436.

In addition, the system status information providing unit 434 may include status information of the system occurring during application verification, for example, image capture status information (capture / non-resolution, resolution information), streaming status information And stores status information such as streaming control information (request / stop) in the hard disk drive 436 in real time.

When an operation command is generated by the user during the application verification, the user interface unit 439 interfaces the control command signal to the control signal processor 432. The control signal processor 432 controls the test terminal according to the user operation command , Application verification control, and system control.

In addition, the web server 420 starts verification of the cloud-based application, generates verification result information according to application execution from the test terminal 450 and stores the verification result information in the hard disk drive 436 or via the video device 440 When the generated image information is stored in the hard disk drive 436, the hard disk drive 436 is periodically, real-time, or non-periodically retrieved to obtain application verification result information. And transmits the obtained application verification result information to the user terminal 100 through the network 200. [

The user terminal 100 receives the application verification result information transmitted from the application verification device 400 through the communication module 110, and transmits the application verification result information to the control unit 130. The control unit 130 displays the received application verification result information on the display unit 150 and stores it in the application verification result storage unit 160. [

The user confirms the application verification result in real time through the display unit 150 or the application verification result information stored in the application verification result storage unit 160 through the operation unit 120 and confirms the necessary verification result information.

Here, as another feature of the present invention, the user can control the test terminal 450 directly installed remotely using the user terminal 100 on a cloud-based basis, and confirm the result information according to the control in real time.

In addition, when the application is verified using a plurality of test terminals, the result information of the test terminal that verifies the current application on one screen may not be displayed all at all. In this case, when a specific test terminal is designated through the operation unit 120, only the result information of the corresponding test terminal is displayed through the display unit 150, so that it is possible to easily check only the application verification result of the specific test terminal. Also, when a plurality of test terminals are designated through the operation unit 120, application verification results of the plurality of test terminals are simultaneously displayed on the display unit 150 through screen division. Therefore, the user can simultaneously check the application verification results of a plurality of test terminals through one screen.

According to the present invention described above, an application user of a smart device can conveniently and accurately verify an application developed on a remote basis from a cloud without having a verification system. In addition, the application verifying apparatus includes a plurality of types of test terminals, connects the test terminals requested by the user with the user through the network, and enables verification of the application, thereby enabling the application verification service business to be performed.

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5 is a flowchart illustrating a cloud-based remote application verification method according to the present invention. The method includes: (a) connecting (S101) with an application verification apparatus through a network at a user terminal; (b) selecting a terminal for which the application is to be verified based on the test terminal information transmitted from the application verification apparatus, and transmitting the terminal selection information to the application verification apparatus (S102 to S103); (c) selecting (S104) a terminal to verify the application based on the terminal selection information in the application verification apparatus; (d) transmitting (S105) an application execution file to be verified in the user terminal to the application verification apparatus; (e) installing (S106) a verification application to the test terminal selected by the user terminal in the application verification device; (f) transmitting (S107 to S108) an application verification mode to the application verification device in accordance with the developer's verification mode selection at the user terminal; (g) starting verification of the application by driving the selected test terminal in the application verification apparatus (S109); (h) transmitting (S110) the application verification device with the user's request or the application verification result data periodically or non-periodically to the user terminal; (i) displaying the application verification result data received from the user terminal on the screen (S111 to S112).

The cloud-based remote application verification method according to the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

First, in step S101, a user uses a user terminal to verify an application such as a smart device, and connects with an application verification device via a network.

Next, in step S102, the user terminal selects a terminal to which the application is to be verified based on the test terminal information transmitted from the application verification apparatus, and in step S103, To the verification device.

Thereafter, in step S104, the application verifying device selects a terminal to verify the application based on the terminal selection information. In a state where a terminal to be verified is selected, the user terminal transmits an application execution file to be verified to the application verifying device in step S105.

In step S106, the application verification apparatus that has received the application execution file installs the verification application execution file received in the test terminal selected by the user terminal. When the installation is completed, a response is transmitted to the user terminal. Upon receiving the response, the user terminal transmits the application verification mode (automatic mode, manual mode) selected by the user to the application verification device in steps S107 and S108.

In step S109, the application verification apparatus starts the verification of the application by driving the selected test terminal, and transmits the application verification result data to the user terminal periodically or aperiodically at step S110.

Thereafter, in step S111, the user terminal displays the received application verification result data on the screen so that the user can confirm the verification result of the application. In step S112, the application verification is performed until the application verification is completed, the transmission of the application verification result, and the display of the application verification result data are continuously performed to perform the application verification on the cloud basis.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

The present invention is applied to a technique that enables an application user to verify an application remotely from an application verification center on a cloud basis, without directly implementing the application verification system.

100: User terminal
200: Network
400: application verification device
410: Database server
420: Web server
430: Video processing system
431: Event signal and log data processing unit
432: control signal processor
433: Video / sound data processor
434: Providing system status information
436: Hard disk drive (HDD)
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Claims (10)

A user terminal for transmitting a verification application remotely via a network, inputting test conditions of the verification application and displaying verification results of the verification application; And
And an application verification device for installing a verification application transmitted through the network to a test terminal and executing the verification application according to a condition and an instruction transmitted from the user terminal to verify the verification application,
Wherein the application verifying device obtains a verification result of the verification application or an application execution image of the test terminal and transmits the verification execution result to the user terminal so that the user terminal can verify the development application on a cloud basis,
Wherein the test condition of the user terminal includes at least one of a verification period, a test terminal type, and a test terminal number,
Wherein the user terminal comprises an operating unit for selecting a verification mode of the verification application and inputting operational commands and conditions for operating the verification application, A reservation execution mode,
The application verifying apparatus includes a video processing system for executing the verification application to verify the developed application and transmitting the application execution image and application verification result information of the test terminal to the web server,
The video processing system includes a control signal processing unit for controlling the execution of the verification application in accordance with the verification command and condition sent from the developer terminal,
The control signal processing unit controls the condition setting processing, the compression processing, the streaming processing, the text input processing, the sound quality processing, the image quality processing, the URL connection processing, and the screen shot processing of the test terminal based on the operation command generated from the user terminal Cloud based remote application verification system featuring.
The communication module of claim 1, wherein the user terminal is a personal computer or a smart device, and is configured to transmit and receive data to and from a remote application verification device through the network. A control unit for performing overall control for application verification; And a display unit for displaying the application verification result information transmitted from the application verification apparatus on a screen.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the verification mode includes an automatic mode for automatically executing and verifying an application, a passive mode for executing the application according to a manual operation of a developer, and a real-time execution mode for verifying an application in real time Cloud based remote application verification system featuring.
delete The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the application verifying apparatus further comprises a video device for capturing an application execution video of the test terminal and transmitting the video to the video processing system, wherein the test terminal is a smart device including a smart phone Cloud-based remote application verification system.
The system of claim 1, wherein the video processing system includes a video / sound data processing unit for processing video and sound data that occurs when executing a verification application through a test terminal.
The system of claim 1, wherein the video processing system includes an event signal and a log data processing unit for processing events occurring during execution of the verification application and processing log data.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the video processing system comprises: a mobile control software storage unit storing mobile control software for controlling a test terminal; A shared memory for storing data generated upon verification of an application; Further comprising a system status information providing unit for providing status information of the video processing system.
The system of claim 1, wherein the video processing system further comprises: a hard disk drive for storing an image generated upon application verification; And a service management unit for storing and managing the terminal information, the member information, the service information, and the database information.


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