[June 20, 2013] Apple Assigned Patent for Methods and apparatus for Testing and Integration of Modules within an Electronic Device Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 20 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,467,735) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for testing and integration of modules within an electronic device." The co-inventors are Michael Jason Giles, San Jose, Calif., Camille Chen, Cupertino, Calif., Lei Li, San Jose, Calif., and Michael A. Robinson, Menlo Park, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for analysis of electronic components such as radio transceivers (for example, WLAN, Bluetooth, cellular, GPS). In one embodiment, a "black box" is diagnosed in its final device application and layout, using a series of software test routines or suites. The test suites provide simultaneous monitoring of multiple non-overlapping status indicators. Each test suite can be selectively enabled or disabled, and may also provide runtime modification of one or more parameters, and or intelligent testing of system operation. In another embodiment, multiple black box modules within a single form factor device are simultaneously run; the interference levels between the black box modules (as well as other parameters) are independently measured, displayed and logged to the user. Exemplary embodiments are described in reference to a Bluetooth module and WLAN module operating within a spatially restricted device (such as a desktop/laptop computer, "smartphone", Bluetooth mouse and keyboard)." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2009 (12/409,245). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,467,735.PN.&OS=PN/8,467,735&RS=PN/8,467,735 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. KS0620AK0620-891866 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]