BSQUARE Receives Patent for Innovative Quality Assurance Technology.Business Editors/Technology Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2001 In recognition of BSQUARE's innovation and expertise in creating software intellectual property, BSQUARE Corporation (Nasdaq:BSQR) recently received a patent for technology incorporated in its quality assurance solution, CEValidator. CEValidator is BSQUARE's family of industry leading quality assurance automation tools for the development of Windows-based intelligent computing systems. "We're continually increasing our library of intellectual property through the addition of compelling new products, such as CEValidator, that we license to manufacturers for developing intelligent computing devices. Going forward, we expect to achieve more patents on other important technology breakthroughs we make in developing additional solutions for our rapidly growing market," explained William Baxter William Baxter may refer to:
"The patent award signifies the unique value that BSQUARE's quality assurance automation tools bring to the rapidly growing market for intelligent computing devices," said James Walters This article is about the American actor. For the British actor who will play Young Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, see James Walters (British actor). , business unit director of BSQUARE's Platform Tools group. "With this additional validation of our technology, customers can feel secure that they're receiving the most complete, most innovative testing tool available for Windows Embedded-based devices." The patent details twenty claims of proprietary, innovative technology for the CEValidator family of test automation tools. BSQUARE quality assurance experts James Walters, Ian Sample Joshua Ian Sample was born on January 17, 1983 in Arlington, Texas. After his father, Billy Sample, a professional baseball player was traded from the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees, Ian relocated at the age of 2 to Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey. , Shawn Lucas, Jie Ding, and David Boyce are named among the inventors. The patent number is US 6,182,246 B1. BSQUARE has additional patents pending on other innovative new technologies. About CEValidator Test Automation Tools With CEValidator, BSQUARE delivers powerful, resource-saving solutions to one of the most time-consuming phases of the product development cycle: quality assurance. CEValidator products are end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. , providing QA tools for every stage of device development, from device design though manufacturing testing to applications verification. The CEValidator family of products operates on a common user interface and is the world's only fully automated design verification environment for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) CE platforms and device drivers. More than 9,600 pre-configured test cases validate the quality of Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. devices during development. The CEValidator QA family includes CEValidator PassPORT(TM) Platform Tester, CEValidator PassPOINT(TM) Platform Verifier, and CEValidator PassCODE(TM) Application Tester. PassPORT validates the port of Windows CE to a hardware platform through automated stress and performance testing Performance Testing covers a broad range of engineering or functional evaluations where a material, product, or system is not specified by detailed material or component specifications: Rather, emphasis is on the final measurable performance characteristics. . PassCODE validates software applications, and the PassPOINT automates the quality assurance process for initial verification of Windows CE on a target device. In addition to the CEValidator family of quality assurance tools, BSQUARE also offers complete customized quality assurance services Assurance services have been defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as 'Independent Professional Services that improve information quality or its context'. . About BSQUARE BSQUARE (Nasdaq:BSQR) is innovating tomorrow's devices through solutions for the development of intelligent computing devices. Specializing in the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. family of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , BSQUARE supplies products and services for the development and use of handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. , set-top boxes, web pads, Internet appliances, industrial automation devices, Windows-based terminals, and other mobile and wireless intelligent computing devices. From development tools to software infrastructures to end-user applications, the BSQUARE touch is on many intelligent Windows-based devices available in the market today. For more information, visit BSQUARE at http://www.bsquare.com or call 888/820-4500. BSQUARE is a registered trademark of BSQUARE Corporation. All other names, product names, and tradenames are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc our sales that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect BSQUARE's actual results include the adverse changes in BSQUARE's relationship with Microsoft, a decline in the market for Windows -based intelligent computing devices or the failure of such market to develop as anticipated, delays or announcements of delays by Microsoft of Windows product releases, competition and intellectual property risks. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in BSQUARE's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , in the section entitled "Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. BSQUARE undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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