PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND SYSTEM
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Abstract
There is provided a method of predicting defects likely to occur in a vehicle over a predetermined period. The method includes receiving vehicle characteristic data regarding a vehicle under consideration, and comparing the received vehicle characteristic data with a defect database. The defect database includes information related to defects that have occurred in different vehicles and the mileage at which such defects occurred. The method additionally includes identifying defects that occurred in vehicles corresponding to the vehicle under consideration, and the mileage at which such defects occurred. Defects which fail to satisfy minimum count requirements are then filtered out, and the defects are then sorted in order of the highest defect count.
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Citations
55 Claims
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1-29. -29. (canceled)
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30. A method of predicting defects likely to occur in a vehicle over a predetermined period, the method comprising:
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a) receiving, at a server, vehicle characteristic data regarding a vehicle under consideration; b) establishing a defect database at the server, the defect database having information related to defects that have occurred in different vehicles and the reference mileage at which such defects occurred; c) identifying, at the server, defects that occurred in vehicles corresponding to the vehicle under consideration, and the reference mileage at which such defects occurred; d) using a general purpose computer, comparing, at the server, vehicle characteristic data associated with the vehicle under test with vehicle characteristic data associated with the identified defects stored in the defect database to identify defects that have occurred in vehicles that substantially correspond to the vehicle under consideration; e) using a general purpose computer, restricting, at the server, the identified defects that have occurred in substantially corresponding vehicles that are associated with a reference mileage that is within a mileage bracket that extends at least 10,000 miles beyond the current mileage of the vehicle; and f) using a general purpose computer, identifying, at the server, parts useful to repair the defects identified in substantially corresponding vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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