METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE DATA
First Claim
1. A method of installing a vehicle data-monitoring device and a substitute vehicle data connector into a vehicle having a vehicle data-monitoring system with an existing vehicle data connector, the method comprising the steps of:
- removing the existing vehicle data connector from a socket in the vehicle;
inserting the substitute vehicle data connector into the socket;
connecting the vehicle data connectors such that the existing vehicle data connector is in communication with the vehicle data-monitoring device and also in communication with the substitute vehicle data connector.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of installing a vehicle data-monitoring device and a substitute vehicle data connector into a vehicle having a vehicle data-monitoring system with an existing vehicle data connector, the method comprising the steps of: removing the existing vehicle data connector from a socket in the vehicle; inserting the substitute vehicle data connector into the socket; connecting the vehicle data connectors such that the existing vehicle data connector is in communication with the vehicle data-monitoring device and also in communication with the substitute vehicle data connector.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of installing a vehicle data-monitoring device and a substitute vehicle data connector into a vehicle having a vehicle data-monitoring system with an existing vehicle data connector, the method comprising the steps of:
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removing the existing vehicle data connector from a socket in the vehicle; inserting the substitute vehicle data connector into the socket; connecting the vehicle data connectors such that the existing vehicle data connector is in communication with the vehicle data-monitoring device and also in communication with the substitute vehicle data connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. A kit comprising a data-monitoring device, data transfer means having a substitute vehicle data connector, and a set of instructions for installing the data-monitoring device and data transfer means into a vehicle having a vehicle data-monitoring system with an existing vehicle data connector, wherein the data transfer means is arranged, in use, to provide a communication path between the data-monitoring device and the existing vehicle data connector, and also to provide a communication path between the substitute vehicle data connector and the existing vehicle data connector.
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29. A vehicle comprising a vehicle data-monitoring system having a previously fitted vehicle data connector, a data-monitoring device and a subsequently fitted data connector, wherein the previously fitted vehicle data connector is in communication with the data-monitoring device and also in communication with the vehicle data connector.
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30. An on-board vehicle diagnostics system comprising a diagnostics processor, a first on-board diagnostics interface connector and a second on-board diagnostic interface connector, and a vehicle data acquisition and/or monitoring device that is additional to the diagnostics processor;
- the first connector being coupled to the vehicle data acquisition and/or monitoring device and the second connector being exposeable for coupling to a releasably couplable processor interrogator or data acquisition device.
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31. A vehicle comprising a vehicle data-monitoring system having a vehicle EOBD or OBD processor, and first and second interface connectors adapted to communicate with the processor.
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