1. A test order optimization method, comprising:
identifying a pass probability for each of a plurality of tests;
identifying a resource requirement for each of the tests;
for each of the tests, generating a pass-weighted resource requirement factor in accord with the test’s pass probability and resource requirement; and
ordering the tests to be executed in accord with their pass-weighted resource requirement factors.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying pass probabilities for the tests comprises, for at least one test, estimating a pass probability of the test before the test is executed.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying pass probabilities for the tests comprises, for at least one test, determining a pass probability of the test from prior executions of the test.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying resource requirements for the tests comprises, for at least one test, identifying a time requirement necessary to execute the test.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating pass-weighted resource requirement factors for the tests comprises, for at least one test, multiplying the test’s pass probability and resource requirement.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein generating pass-weighted resource requirement factors for the tests comprises, for at least one test, adding the test’s pass probability and resource requirement.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein, for at least one test, the test’s pass-weighted resource requirement factor is further generated in accord with an adjustment factor.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the adjustment factor for a test reflects the importance of the test.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein different resource requirements are identified for different tests, and wherein, for at least one test, the test’s pass-weighted resource requirement factor is further generated in accord with an adjustment factor that equates its resource requirement with a different resource requirement.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein generating pass-weighted resource requirement factors for the tests comprises, for at least one test, generating its pass-weighted resource requirement in accord with a non-linear formula.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein ordering the tests comprises placing tests with lower pass-weighted resource requirement factors for execution before tests with higher pass-weighted resource requirement factors.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising, periodically,
updating at least the pass probabilities for the tests;
re-generating the pass-weighted resource requirement factors for the tests; and
re-ordering the tests to be executed in accord with their re-generated pass-weighted resource requirement factors.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the tests are circuit tests.
14. A number of machine-readable media having stored thereon sequences of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform the actions of:
identifying a pass probability for each of a plurality of tests;
identifying a resource requirement for each of the tests;
for each of the tests, generating a pass-weighted resource requirement factor in accord with the test’s pass probability and resource requirement; and
ordering the tests to be executed in accord with their pass-weighted resource requirement factors.
15. The machine-readable media of claim 14, wherein the instructions that cause the machine to perform the action of identifying resource requirements for the tests cause the machine to, for at least one test, identify a time requirement necessary to execute the test.
16. The machine-readable media of claim 14, wherein the instructions that cause the machine to perform the action of generating pass-weighted resource requirement factors for the tests cause the machine to, for at least one test, multiply the test’s pass probability and resource requirement.
17. The machine-readable media of claim 14, wherein the instructions that cause the machine to perform the action of generating pass-weighted resource requirement factors for the tests cause the machine to, for at least one test, further generate the test’s pass-weighted resource requirement factor in accord with an adjustment factor.
18. The machine-readable media of claim 17, wherein the adjustment factor for a test reflects the importance of the test.
19. The machine-readable media of claim 14, wherein the instructions further cause the machine to, periodically,
update at least the pass probabilities for the tests;
re-generate the pass-weighted resource requirement factors for the tests; and
re-order the tests to be executed in accord with their re-generated pass-weighted resource requirement factors.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Method for display of information, with a mobile ID transmitter and a cellular phone with a display, the method comprising:
using the mobile ID transmitter for activation of a security system of a vehicle, wherein the mobile ID transmitter comprises an electronic unit;
using the electronic unit for data communication with a vehicle-side device;
transmitting vehicle-side information data communication from the vehicle to the electronic unit, storing the vehicle-side information in a data memory;
communicating the electronic unit with the cellular phone via a communication connection; and
transmitting the vehicle-side information via the communication connection to the cellular phone and displaying on the display,
wherein the cellular phone transmits an information sequence to the mobile ID transmitter,
wherein the information sequence is transmitted from the mobile ID transmitter to a data processing system of the vehicle,
wherein that the mobile ID transmitter transmits a query sequence, in which the cellular phone receives the query sequence and sends a response sequence to make the communication connection, and wherein a transmission format for the vehicle-side information is transmitted in the response sequence.
2. Methods according to claim 1, wherein after sending the query sequence, the method further comprises: a number of types of cellular phone receiving the query sequence and sender response sequence, the mobile ID transmitter receiving the number of response sequences, the mobile ID transmitter selecting, by means of a priority list, a cellular phone, and the mobile ID transmitter transmitting to the selected cellular phone the vehicle-side information.
3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the cellular phone sends a query sequence, in which the mobile ID transmitter receives the query sequence and sends the response sequence.
4. Method according to claim 1, wherein a state of the vehicle is displayed on the display of the cellular phone, wherein the state comprises a mileage of the vehicle, a tank content, a maintenance interval, navigation data or a content of an error memory or similar and displayed on the display, wherein this information is forwarded to a wireless telecommunication network for further processing with the help of a cellular phone.
5. Method according to claim 1, wherein a variety of vehicle-side information is transmitted via the data communication to the electronic unit from a number of vehicle-side devices, and wherein the mobile ID transmitter transmits different vehicle-side information by means of the communication connection, to the cellular phone.
6. Method according to claim 1, wherein by triggering an activation element on the mobile ID transmitter, a query sequence is sent.
7. Method according to claim 1, wherein the cellular phone stores vehicle-side information andor processes said vehicle-side information, wherein the cellular phone compares the vehicle-side information with a reference value, comprising a reference interval, wherein the cellular phone displays a warning signal when vehicle-side information lies outside the reference interval.
8. Method according to claim 1, wherein the information sequence is processed in the electronic unit.
9. Method according to claim 8, wherein the information sequence executes processing of the vehicle-side information in the data processing system of the vehicle before transmission to the mobile ID transmitter.
10. A non-transitory computer program product for execution of the method according to claim 1, wherein the method steps are integrated in a program stored in the computer program product.
11. System for display of information, comprising:
a mobile ID transmitter, and
a cellular phone with a display,
wherein the mobile ID transmitter is used to activate a security system of a vehicle, the mobile ID transmitter has an electronic unit and said electronic unit is used for data communication with a vehicle-side device, vehicle-side information can be transmitted via data communication from the vehicle-side device to the electronic unit, and said vehicle-side information can be stored in a data memory, the electronic unit communicates with the cellular phone via a communication connection, and the vehicle-side information can be transmitted via the communication connection to the cellular phone and displayed on the display,
wherein the cellular phone transmits an information sequence to the mobile ID transmitter,
wherein the information sequence is transmitted from the mobile ID transmitter to a data processing system of the vehicle,
wherein that the mobile ID transmitter transmits a query sequence, in which the cellular phone receives the query sequence and sends a response sequence to make the communication connection, and wherein a transmission format for the vehicle-side information is transmitted in the response sequence.
12. System according to claim 11, wherein the cellular phone comprises a part of the following: a personal digital assistant with radio, a notebook with a radio unit, a personal computer with a radio unit, or a navigation system with radio unit.
13. System according to claim 11, wherein the mobile ID transmitter has a communication device, by means of which the mobile ID transmitter makes the communication connection to the cellular phone.
14. System according to claim 11, wherein the communication device is a transponder, and wherein the transponder also serves to activate a security system of the vehicle.
15. System according to claim 11, wherein the cellular phone has a communication element, in which the communication element serves to make the communication connection to the mobile ID transmitter, and the communication element makes a wireless communication connection with the communication device.
16. System according to claim 15, wherein the communication device or the communication element comprises at least one of:
Bluetooth, Infrared Data Association (IrDA), ZigBee, Near Field Communication, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN; IEEE 802.11), WiMax, Wibree, FireWire (IEEE 1394), USB (Universal Serial Bus), HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface), Unilink, ATAATAPI (Advanced Technology Attachment with Packet Interface), IEEE 488, IEEE 1284, a standard according to IEEE 802, and capacitive data transmission.
17. System for the display of information according to claim 11, is configured to:
use the mobile ID transmitter for activation of the security system of the vehicle;
use the electronic unit for data communication with the vehicle-side device;
enable a transmitting of the vehicle-side information data communication from the vehicle to the electronic unit;
store the vehicle-side information in the data memory;
enable communications between the electronic unit and the cellular phone via the communication connection; and
enable a transmitting of the vehicle-side information via the communication connection to the cellular phone.
18. Mobile ID transmitter for a vehicle security system, comprising:
an electronic unit and a data memory, wherein the electronic unit is used for data communication with a vehicle-side device, the vehicle-side information can be transmitted via data communication from the vehicle-side device to the electronic unit, the vehicle-side information can be stored in the data memory, the electronic unit communicates with a cellular phone with display via a communication connection, and whereby the vehicle-side information can be transmitted via the communication connection to the cellular phone and displayed on the display,
wherein that the mobile ID transmitter transmits a query sequence, in which the cellular phone receives the query sequence and sends a response sequence to make the communication connection, and wherein a transmission format for the vehicle-side information is transmitted in the response sequence.