Method and System for Retrieving Diagnostic Information
First Claim
1. A method for retrieving diagnostic information comprising:
- generating an electronic library of diagnostic information tagged with a plurality of trouble code identification ID'"'"'s at a first location;
receiving one or more diagnostic trouble codes from equipment under diagnosis at a second location;
retrieving only specific diagnostic information from the electronic library at the first location corresponding to the trouble codes received from the equipment under diagnosis; and
sending, from the electronic library at the first location, only the specific diagnostic information tagged with trouble code identification ID'"'"'s corresponding to the one or more trouble codes.
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for retrieving trouble codes from an equipment under diagnosis and retrieving only relevant diagnostic information relative to the returned codes from one or more remote diagnostic libraries. An electronic diagnostic library contains diagnostic vehicle information tagged with trouble code identification ID'"'"'s at a first location, and a diagnostic tool at a second location requests only relevant diagnostic information from the electronic library that is tagged with trouble code identification ID'"'"'s corresponding to the retrieved trouble codes and information identifying the equipment under diagnosis. The diagnostic tool receives the specific diagnostic vehicle information at the first location and may store the specific vehicle information locally prior to displaying an index to the information to a repair technician.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for retrieving diagnostic information comprising:
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generating an electronic library of diagnostic information tagged with a plurality of trouble code identification ID'"'"'s at a first location; receiving one or more diagnostic trouble codes from equipment under diagnosis at a second location; retrieving only specific diagnostic information from the electronic library at the first location corresponding to the trouble codes received from the equipment under diagnosis; and sending, from the electronic library at the first location, only the specific diagnostic information tagged with trouble code identification ID'"'"'s corresponding to the one or more trouble codes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for retrieving specific diagnostic information comprising:
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a first computing system at a first location, the first computing system including an electronic library of diagnostic information tagged with trouble code identification ID'"'"'s stored in a first electronic medium; a second computing system at a second location, the second computing system including a first interface for retrieving diagnostic trouble codes from a second electronic storage medium within an equipment under diagnosis, the second computing system also having a second interface for connecting with the first computing system and having a display for providing information to a user of the second computing system; wherein the second computing system is configured to, upon retrieval of the diagnostic trouble codes, request specific diagnostic information from the electronic library at the first location tagged with the trouble code identification ID'"'"'s corresponding to the trouble codes received from the equipment under diagnosis, store the specific diagnostic information, and populate the display to the user with an index to the retrieved specific diagnostic information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computing device for retrieving and storing only specific diagnostic information comprising:
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a computing device at a first location having a first electronic storage medium, the computing system including a first interface for retrieving diagnostic trouble codes from a second electronic storage medium within an equipment under diagnosis, and having a second interface for connecting with a remote computing system at a second location via a network connection, the computing device including a display for providing information to a user of the second computing system; wherein the computing system is configured to, upon retrieval of the diagnostic trouble codes from the equipment under diagnosis, request only specific diagnostic information from an electronic library at the first location that is tagged with trouble code identification ID'"'"'s corresponding to the trouble codes received from the equipment under diagnosis, store the specific diagnostic information in the first electronic storage medium, and populate the display to the user with an index to the retrieved specific diagnostic information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
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17. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for retrieving specific diagnostic information, said method comprising:
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retrieving one or more diagnostic trouble codes from an equipment under diagnosis; requesting only specific diagnostic information corresponding to the trouble codes received from the first electronic storage medium from a remote electronic library containing a library of diagnostic information tagged with trouble code identification ID'"'"'s; receiving only the specific diagnostic information from the remote electronic library; storing the specific diagnostic information in a local data store; and populating a display to a user with an index to the retrieved specific diagnostic information. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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