Methods and systems for taxonomy assist at data entry points

• US 10,025,764 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Inventors: Covington, Joshua, Merg, Patrick S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US14/529,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20160124586A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,356 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance

Abstract

A method and system provide for entering text into a text field by determining complete-text terms, displaying the complete-text terms, and receiving a selection of a complete-text term as text to be entered into the text field. In some cases, a complete-text term can include all prior text entries used to determine the complete-text terms. In other cases, a complete-text term can include only a portion or none of the prior text entries used to determine the complete-text term. The determination of the complete-text terms can be based on a vehicle identifier. The determination of the complete-text terms can be based on one or more complete-text term selection-limiters, such a location, use, or diagnostic trouble code associated with the vehicle. The system can include a vehicle service tool that requests a set of complete-text terms and receives the set from a complete-text term storage device or an off-board processor.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by at least one processor, a first vehicle identifier that comprises a first vehicle model year, a first vehicle make, and a first vehicle model name;

displaying, by a display communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, a vehicle identifier field showing the first vehicle identifier;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a first text entry entered within a text field displayed by the display;

determining, by the at least one processor, one or more complete-text terms, wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms begins with the first text entry and is indicative of a component installed on a vehicle identified by the first vehicle identifier, a symptom exhibited by the vehicle identified by the first vehicle identifier, a component that failed on the vehicle identified by the first vehicle identifier, a test performed on the vehicle identified by the first vehicle identifier, or a labor operation performed on the vehicle identified by the first vehicle identifier, and wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms includes at least one more text character than the first text entry;

displaying, by the display, the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms;

switching, by the at least one processor, a vehicle leveraging mode programmed into the at least one processor from a disabled state to an enabled state;

changing, by the at least one processor in response to the vehicle leveraging mode switching to the enabled state, the one or more complete text terms displayed by the display prior to selection of the complete-text term;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a selection of a first complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms displayed by the display; and

displaying, by the display, the first complete-text term within the text field.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, a complete-text term selection-limiter,

wherein determining each complete-text term of the one or more complete-text terms is conditioned on the received complete-text term selection-limiter.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein the complete-text term selection-limiter includes at least one of (i) a use indicator indicating a time associated with the vehicle, (ii) a use indicator indicating a distance associated with the vehicle, (iii) a diagnostic trouble code identifier, (iv) a geographic location indicator, or (v) a text category indicator.

4. The method of claim 2,

wherein receiving the complete-text term selection-limiter includes receiving a vehicle data message that includes the complete-text term selection-limiter, and

wherein the vehicle data message is received from the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the complete-text term selection-limiter includes a use indicator associated with the vehicle or a diagnostic trouble code identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, a second text entry entered within the text field displaying the first complete-text term;

determining, by the at least one processor, one or more additional complete-text terms, wherein each of the one or more additional complete-text terms is associated with the first vehicle identifier and the second text entry, wherein each of the one or more additional complete-text terms includes at least one more text character than the second text entry;

displaying, by the display, the one or more additional complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term from among the one or more additional complete-text terms;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a selection of a second complete-text term from among the one or more additional complete-text terms displayed by the display; and

displaying, by the display, the first complete-text term and the second selected complete-text term within the text field.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein receiving the first text entry includes receiving a first sequence of text characters and at least one additional text character such that a second sequence of text characters including the first sequence of text characters and the at least one additional text character is received, and

wherein determining the one or more complete-text terms includes determining that at least one complete-text term that matches the first sequence of text characters does not match the second sequence of text characters and excluding the at least one complete-text term from the one or more complete-text terms.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the at least one processor, a repair order including the first complete-text term within a repair order field corresponding to the text field displayed by the display; and

tagging, by the at least one processor, the repair order to identify that the first complete-text term was inserted into the repair order field.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a database of complete-text terms, and, for each stored complete-text term, at least one prior text entry associated with the stored complete-text term,

wherein determining the one or more complete-text terms includes determining, from the database, the at least one prior text entry associated with the stored complete-text term matches the first text entry.

10. The method of claim 9,

wherein the database of complete-text terms includes a set of complete-text terms associated with the first text entry,

wherein the set of complete-text terms includes the first complete-text term and at least one other complete-text term, and

wherein the complete-text terms of the set of complete-text terms are ordered in a sequence based on a rate at which each of the complete-text terms was previously selected to complete a text term within a text field.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying, by the at least one processor, a statistic regarding selection or non-selection of each complete-text term among the one or more complete-text terms,

wherein displaying the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term includes displaying the one or more complete-text terms based on the statistic regarding selection or non-selection of each complete-text term among the one or more complete-text terms prior to the at least one processor modifying the statistic.

12. The method of claim 1,

wherein the one or more complete-text terms includes at least two complete-text terms, the method further comprising:

determining, by the at least one processor, an order for displaying the at least two complete-text terms, wherein the order is based, at least in part, on a statistic corresponding to each complete-text term being selected or non-selected as a complete-text term after being displayed in response to prior instances of text-entry into a displayed text field,

wherein displaying the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term including displaying the one or more complete-text terms according to the determined order.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of enabling a vehicle leveraging mode or disabling the vehicle leveraging mode, and

wherein the one or more complete-text terms change upon receiving the selection of enabling a vehicle leveraging mode or disabling the vehicle leveraging mode.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more complete-text terms comprises two or more separate words.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by the display in response to switching the vehicle leveraging mode to the enabled state, the vehicle identifier field showing the first vehicle identifier and at least a second vehicle identifier,

wherein the second vehicle identifier includes a second vehicle model year, a second vehicle make, and a second vehicle model name, and

wherein a combination of the first vehicle model year, the first vehicle make, and the first vehicle model name is different than a combination of the second vehicle model year, the second vehicle make, and the second vehicle model name.

16. The method of claim 1,

displaying, by the display in response to switching the vehicle leveraging mode to the enabled state, the vehicle identifier field showing the first vehicle identifier and at least a second vehicle identifier,

wherein the first vehicle identifier further comprises one or both of a first engine identifier and a first system identifier,

wherein the second vehicle identifier includes a second vehicle model year, a second vehicle make, a second vehicle model name, and one or both of a second engine identifier and a second system identifier, and

wherein a combination of the first vehicle model year, the first vehicle make, the first vehicle model name, and one or both of the first engine identifier and the first system identifier is different than a combination of the second vehicle model year, the second vehicle make, the second vehicle model name, and one or both of the second engine identifier and the second system identifier.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by the display, a vehicle leveraging indicator configured to indicate the vehicle leveraging mode is in the disabled state after the at least one processor has switched the vehicle leveraging mode to the disabled state and to indicate the vehicle leveraging mode is in the enabled state after the at least one processor has switched the vehicle leveraging mode to the enabled state.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, a manual selection to enable the vehicle leveraging mode,

wherein the manual selection is made via the display or a user input key communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and

wherein switching to the enabled stated occurs in response to receiving the manual selection.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by the display, a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) field including at least a first DTC identifier; and

changing, by the at least one processor in response to the vehicle leveraging mode switching to the enabled state, the DTC field to display at least the first DTC identifier and a second DTC identifier.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first identifier comprises the at least one processor receiving at least a vehicle data message comprising at least a portion of a vehicle identification number from a vehicle.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein switching the vehicle leverage mode to the enabled state occurs automatically.

22. A system comprising:

a user interface including a display;

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable program instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a vehicle identifier that comprises a vehicle model year, a vehicle make, and a vehicle model name;

displaying, by the display, a vehicle identifier field showing the vehicle identifier;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a first text entry entered within a text field displayed by the display;

determining, by the at least one processor, one or more complete-text terms, wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms begins with the first text entry and is indicative of a component installed on a vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, a symptom exhibited by a vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, a component that failed on a vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, a test performed on a vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, or a labor operation performed on a vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, and wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms includes at least one more text character than the first text entry;

displaying, by the display, the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms;

switching, by the at least one processor, a vehicle leveraging mode programmed into the at least one processor from a disabled state to an enabled state;

changing, by the at least one processor in response to the vehicle leveraging mode switching to the enabled state, the one or more complete text terms displayed by the display prior to selection of the complete-text term;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a selection of a first complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms displayed by the display; and

displaying, by the display, the first complete-text term within the text field.

23. The system of claim 22,

wherein the set of functions further comprises receiving, by the at least one processor, a complete-text term selection-limiter, and

wherein determining each complete-text term of the one or more complete-text terms is conditioned on the received complete-text term selection-limiter.

24. The system of claim 23,

a communication link transceiver to receive a complete set of complete-text terms or a partial set of complete-text terms,

wherein the complete set or the partial set is based on, at least in part, the vehicle identifier and the complete-text term selection-limiter.

25. The system of claim 24,

wherein the communication link transceiver is configured to transmit a request for a set of complete-text terms,

wherein the request for the set of complete-text terms includes the vehicle identifier and the complete-text term selection-limiter, and

wherein the complete set of complete-text terms or the partial set of complete-text terms is received in response to the request for the set of complete-text terms.

26. The system of claim 23, further comprising:

a location identifier, wherein the complete-text term selection-limiter indicates a location determined by the location identifier.

27. The system of claim 22, wherein switching the vehicle leverage mode to the enabled state occurs automatically.

28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions, that when executed by at least one processor, cause a set of functions to be performed, the set of functions comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, a vehicle identifier that comprises a vehicle model year, a vehicle make, and a vehicle model name;

displaying, by a display, a vehicle identifier field showing the vehicle identifier;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a first text entry entered within a text field displayed by the display;

determining, by the at least one processor, one or more complete-text terms, wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms begins with the first text entry and is indicative of a component installed on a vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, a symptom exhibited by the vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, a component that failed on the vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, a test performed on the vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, or a labor operation performed on the vehicle identified by the vehicle identifier, and wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms includes at least one more text character than the first text entry;

displaying, by the display, the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms;

switching, by the at least one processor, a vehicle leveraging mode programmed into the at least one processor from a disabled state to an enabled state;

changing, by the at least one processor in response to the vehicle leveraging mode switching to the enabled state, the one or more complete text terms displayed by the display prior to selection of the complete-text term;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a selection of a first complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms displayed by the display; and

displaying, by the display, the first complete-text term within the text field.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28, wherein switching the vehicle leverage mode to the enabled state occurs automatically.