VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION VIA A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- establishing a first wireless communication between a first computing device and an appliance with a data center having diagnostic data associated with appliance operation upon the first computing device coming within a first predetermined geographic range in close proximity to the appliance;
receiving a first set of diagnostic data from the appliance by way of the first wireless communication;
communicating at least a subset of the first set of diagnostic data from the first computing device to a first server by way of a communications network;
distributing first computing device information associated with the first set of diagnostic data from the first server to a second server;
receiving feedback from the second server in response to the first computing device information; and
providing the feedback to the first computing device.
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Abstract
Wireless communication takes place between a first computing device and an appliance having a data center including diagnostic data. A subset of the diagnostic data may be communicated to a first server using a communications network and in turn information associated with the subset of the diagnostic data may be communicated to a second server. The second server then provides feedback to the first server that may be at least partially communicated to the first computing device. Wireless communication may also take place between a second computing device and the appliance, the second computing device selectively receiving a different subset of the diagnostic data. Subsets of different diagnostic data from different computing devices may result in a larger subset of the diagnostic data.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing a first wireless communication between a first computing device and an appliance with a data center having diagnostic data associated with appliance operation upon the first computing device coming within a first predetermined geographic range in close proximity to the appliance; receiving a first set of diagnostic data from the appliance by way of the first wireless communication; communicating at least a subset of the first set of diagnostic data from the first computing device to a first server by way of a communications network; distributing first computing device information associated with the first set of diagnostic data from the first server to a second server; receiving feedback from the second server in response to the first computing device information; and providing the feedback to the first computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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establishing a wireless communication with a data center in a vehicle using a Near Field Communication (NFC) protocol interface; requesting and subsequently receiving vehicle diagnostic information from the data center using the NFC interface; providing at least a subset of the received vehicle diagnostic information to a first server through a communication network; and receiving information responsive to the at least a subset of the received vehicle diagnostic information from the first server. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
- in a computing device,
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20. A system comprising:
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a first computing device having a wireless communication protocol interface for selectively communicating with an appliance using the wireless communication protocol interface to receive diagnostic data; a communications network, the first computing device connected to the communications network; a first server, the first server connected to the communications network, and wherein the first computing device is configured to communicate at least a first subset of the diagnostic data to the first server by way of the communications network; a second server, the second server in communication with the first server and selectively receiving first computing device information associated with the at least the first subset of the diagnostic data from the first server; and a second computing device having a wireless communication protocol interface for selectively communicating with the appliance and configured to communicate at least a second subset of the diagnostic data to a second server by way of a second communications network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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