ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,703, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Adaptive contextual test automation using DOM comparison" was invented by Madhusmita Sahu (Singapore), Yedukondalu Vanipenta (Singapore), Antony Prabakaran Jayaveeran (Singapore), Shree Ganesh Hanamappa Kashinakunti (Singapore) and Robin Kedia (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating test steps for a web application includes making a first determination that a test case for the web application has failed. The method further includes receiving a most recent historical document object model (DOM) state, and receiving a first current ...