Marketplace for vehicle original equipment manufacturer information
First Claim
1. A system for providing access to diagnostic information associated with a function of a vehicle, the system comprising a network server adapted to:
- receive from a vehicle-diagnostic system a request for particular vehicle information;
provide to an information-retrieval engine the first request;
receive from the information-retrieval engine an indication of whether the particular vehicle information has been located;
receive from the information-retrieval engine the particular vehicle information; and
provide to the vehicle-diagnostic system the particular vehicle information.
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Abstract
A system, apparatus and method for providing vehicle information to a vehicle-diagnostic system (VDS) is provided. The VDS may use the vehicle information provided by the system to process vehicle diagnostic data associated with an operation of a vehicle. The system includes a network server being adapted to (i) receive from a vehicle-diagnostic system a first request for particular vehicle information; (ii) provide to an information-retrieval engine the first request; (iii) receive from the information-retrieval engine an indication as to whether the particular vehicle information has been located; (iv) receive from the information-retrieval engine the particular vehicle information; and (v) provide to the vehicle-diagnostic system the particular vehicle information.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing access to diagnostic information associated with a function of a vehicle, the system comprising a network server adapted to:
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receive from a vehicle-diagnostic system a request for particular vehicle information;
provide to an information-retrieval engine the first request;
receive from the information-retrieval engine an indication of whether the particular vehicle information has been located;
receive from the information-retrieval engine the particular vehicle information; and
provide to the vehicle-diagnostic system the particular vehicle information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing to a vehicle-diagnostic system diagnostic information associated with a function of a vehicle , the method comprising:
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receiving a request for particular vehicle information from the vehicle-diagnostic system;
locating the particular vehicle information;
requesting from the vehicle-diagnostic system service-validating information to substantiate payment for the particular vehicle information;
determining whether the vehicle-diagnostic system has provided service-validating information;
retrieving the particular vehicle information; and
providing to the vehicle-diagnostic system the particular vehicle information when the vehicle-diagnostic system provides the service-validating information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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