James E Walters

US Patent:

61822469, Jan 30, 2001

Filed:

May 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/588104

Inventors:

Peter R. Gregory - Medina WA
Ian Sample - Seattle WA
Shawn Michael Lucas - Kenmore WA
Jie H. Ding - Redmond WA
David Matthew Boyce - Kent WA
James Floyd Walters - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Bsquare Corporation - Bellevue WA

International Classification:

G06F 11263

US Classification:

714 38

Abstract:

A testing and validating software program on a host computer is provided having a graphical user interface program, an engine communicating with a target device and responding to command from the graphical user interface, a plurality of test suites having at least one test for testing and validating at least one component of an operating system, and a protocol acknowledgment software package conducive to use with the target device, wherein the protocol acknowledgment software package uses an operating system-generated event handle as a member field of a protocol for releasing an execution thread which is waiting for an acknowledgment message from the target device, and wherein the event handle is placed in a header portion of an acknowledgment message packet and is sent back in the acknowledgment message, and wherein a receiving thread unblocks any send threads of execution which are waiting for the event handle in the acknowledgment message.

Address:

4124 220 St SE, Bothell, WA 98021

VIN:

WAUEH78E78A061016

Make:

AUDI

Model:

A4

Year:

2008