Vehicle diagnostic method and system with intelligent data collection
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1. A vehicle diagnostic method including the steps of:
- detecting an occurrence of a maintenance process performed on a vehicle;
responsive to the detected occurrence of the maintenance process, initiating a data collection process to collect data related to the maintenance process; and
initiating a data transmission process to transmit the collected data related to the maintenance process to a remote data processing system.
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Abstract
Vehicle diagnostic devices and methods that detect the occurrence of a maintenance process performed on a vehicle, and responsive to the detected occurrence of the maintenance process, initiate a data collection process to collect data related to the performed maintenance process, and a data transmission process to provide the collected data to a remote data depository.
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1. A vehicle diagnostic method including the steps of:
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detecting an occurrence of a maintenance process performed on a vehicle;
responsive to the detected occurrence of the maintenance process, initiating a data collection process to collect data related to the maintenance process; and
initiating a data transmission process to transmit the collected data related to the maintenance process to a remote data processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A vehicle diagnostic device comprising:
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a data processing unit configured to process data; and
a storage device storing instructions that, upon execution by the data processing unit, control the diagnostic device to perform the steps of;
detecting an occurrence of a maintenance process performed on a vehicle;
responsive to the detected occurrence of the maintenance process, initiating a data collection process to collect data related to the maintenance process; and
initiating a data transmission process to transmit the collected data related to the maintenance process to a remote data processing system. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle diagnostic device comprising:
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data processing means for processing data; and
storage means for storing instructions that, upon execution by the data processing means, controls the diagnostic device to perform the steps of;
detecting an occurrence of a maintenance process performed on a vehicle;
responsive to the detected occurrence of the maintenance process, initiating a data collection process to collect data related to the maintenance process; and
initiating a data transmission process to transmit the collected data to a remote data processing system.
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