Method of wireless vehicle diagnosis

• US 20060253235A1
• Filed: 05/05/2005
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Zhang, Qinqing, Bi, Qi, Li, Patrick, Newbury, Mark E.
• Application Number:
  US11/122,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253235A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of wireless communication with a device. The method includes accessing diagnostic information associated with the device and providing the diagnostic information over an air interface.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication with a device, comprising:

accessing diagnostic information associated with the device; and

providing the diagnostic information over an air interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the diagnostic information comprises accessing the diagnostic information from a memory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the diagnostic information comprises accessing diagnostic information collected by an on-board diagnosis system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the diagnostic information comprises providing the diagnostic information as a scheduled time.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving information indicative of a diagnosis in response to providing the diagnostic information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving the information indicative of the diagnosis comprises receiving the information indicative of the diagnosis over the air interface.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving a query.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein accessing the diagnostic information comprises accessing the diagnostic information in response to the query.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a vehicle.

10. A method of wireless communication with a device, comprising:

receiving diagnostic information associated with the device over an air interface; and

providing information indicative of a diagnosis based on the diagnostic information.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising providing a query.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving the diagnostic information comprises receiving the diagnostic information in response to the query.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein providing the query comprises:

accessing a database of maintenance records associated with the device; and

providing the query based on the database of maintenance records.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the information indicative of the diagnosis comprises providing a service recommendation.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the information indicative of the diagnosis comprises providing the diagnosis using at least one of a letter or a telephone call.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the information indicative of the diagnosis comprises providing the information indicative of the diagnosis over the air interface.

17. The method of claim 10, comprising displaying the information indicative of the diagnosis in the vehicle.