Methods and systems for taxonomy assist at data entry points

• US 20160124586A1
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Inventors: Covington, Joshua, Merg, Patrick S.
• Granted Patent: US 10,025,764 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance

Abstract

A method and system provide for entering text into a text field by determining complete-text terms, displaying the complete-text terms, and receiving a selection of a complete-text term as text to be entered into the text field. In some cases, a complete-text term can include all prior text entries used to determine the complete-text terms. In other cases, a complete-text term can include only a portion or none of the prior text entries used to determine the complete-text term. The determination of the complete-text terms can be based on a vehicle identifier. The determination of the complete-text terms can be based on one or more complete-text term selection-limiters, such a location, use, or diagnostic trouble code associated with the vehicle. The system can include a vehicle service tool that requests a set of complete-text terms and receives the set from a complete-text term storage device or an off-board processor.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a vehicle identifier associated with a vehicle;

receiving, by the processor, a first text entry entered within a text field displayed by a display;

determining, by the processor, one or more complete-text terms, wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms is associated with the vehicle identifier and the first text entry, and wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms includes at least one more text character than the first text entry;

displaying, by the display, the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms;

receiving, by the processor, a selection of a first complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms displayed by the device; and

displaying, by the display, the first selected complete-text term within the text field.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a complete-text term selection-limiter,

wherein determining each complete-text term of the one or more complete-text terms is conditioned on the received complete-text term selection-limiter.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein the complete-text term selection-limiter includes at least one of (i) a use indicator indicating a time associated with the vehicle, (ii) a use indicator indicating a distance associated with the vehicle, (iii) a diagnostic trouble code identifier, (iv) a geographic location indicator, and (v) a text category indicator.

4. The method of claim 2,

wherein receiving the complete-text term selection-limiter includes receiving a vehicle data message that includes the complete-text term selection-limiter, and

wherein the vehicle data message is received from the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected complete-text term includes the first text entry.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected complete-text term does not include the first text entry.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a second text entry entered within the text field displaying the first selected complete-text term;

determining, by the processor, one or more additional complete-text terms, wherein each of the one or more additional complete-text terms is associated with the vehicle identifier and the second text entry, wherein each of the one or more additional complete-text terms includes at least one more text character than the second text entry;

displaying, by the display, the one or more additional complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term from among the one or more additional complete-text terms;

receiving, by the processor, a selection of a second complete-text term from among the one or more additional complete-text terms displayed by the display; and

displaying, by the display, the first selected complete-text term and the second selected complete-text term within the text field.

8. The method of claim 1,

wherein receiving the first text entry includes receiving a first sequence of text characters and at least one additional text character such that a second sequence of text characters including the first sequence of text characters and the at least one additional text character is received, and wherein determining the one or more complete-text terms includes determining that at least one complete-text term that matches the first sequence of text characters does not match the second sequence of text characters and excluding the at least one complete-text term from the one or more complete-text terms.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the processor, a repair order including the selected complete-text term within a repair order field corresponding to the text field displayed by the device; and

tagging, by the processor, the repair order to identify that the selected complete-text term was inserted into the repair order field.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by a computer-readable medium, a database of complete-text terms, and, for each complete-text term, at least one prior text entry associated with the complete-text term,

wherein determining the one or more complete-text terms includes determining, from the database, the at least one prior text entry associated with the complete-text term matches the first text entry.

11. The method of claim 10,

wherein the database of complete-text terms includes a set of complete-text terms associated with the first text entry,

wherein the set of complete-text terms includes the selected complete-text term and at least one other complete-text term, and

wherein the complete-text terms of the set of complete-text terms are ordered in a sequence based on a rate at which each of the complete-text terms was previously selected to complete a text term within a text field.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying, by the processor, a statistic regarding selection or non-selection of each complete-text term among the one or more complete-text terms,

wherein displaying the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term includes displaying the one or more complete-text terms based on the statistic regarding selection or non-selection of each complete-text term among the one or more complete-text terms prior to the processor modifying the statistic.

13. The method of claim 1,

wherein the one or more complete-text terms includes at least two complete-text terms, the method further comprising:

determining, by the processor, an order for displaying the at least two complete-text terms, wherein the order is based, at least in part, on a statistic corresponding to each complete-text term being selected or non-selected as a complete-text term after being displayed in response to prior instances of text-entry into a displayed text field,

wherein displaying the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term including displaying the one or more complete-text terms according to the determined order.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of enabling a vehicle leveraging mode or disabling the vehicle leveraging mode, and

wherein the one or more complete-text terms change upon receiving the selection of enabling a vehicle leveraging mode or disabling the vehicle leveraging mode.

15. A system comprising:

a user interface including a display;

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable program instructions executable by the processor to perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising;

receiving, by the processor, a vehicle identifier associated with a vehicle;

receiving, by the processor, a first text entry entered within a text field displayed by a display;

determining, by the processor, one or more complete-text terms, wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms is associated with the vehicle identifier and the first text entry, and wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms includes at least one more text character than the first text entry;

displaying, by the display, the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms;

receiving, by the processor, a selection of a first complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms displayed by the device; and

displaying, by the display, the first selected complete-text term within the text field.

16. The system of claim 15,

wherein the set of functions further comprises receiving, by the processor, a complete-text term selection-limiter, and

wherein determining each complete-text term of the one or more complete-text terms is conditioned on the received complete-text term selection-limiter.

17. The system of claim 16,

a communication link transceiver to receive a complete set of complete-text terms or a partial set of complete-text terms,

wherein the complete set or the partial set is based on, at least in part, the vehicle identifier and the complete-text term selection limiter.

18. The system of claim 15,

wherein the communication link transceiver is configured to transmit a request for a set of complete-text terms,

wherein the request for the set of complete-text terms includes the vehicle identifier and the complete-text term selection limiter, and

wherein the complete set of complete-text terms or the partial set of complete-text terms is received in response to the request for the set of complete-text terms.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a location identifier, wherein the complete-text term selection-limiter includes indicates a location determined by the location identifier.

20. A computer-readable medium storing program instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause a set of functions to be performed, the set of functions comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a vehicle identifier associated with a vehicle;

receiving, by the processor, a first text entry entered within a text field displayed by a display;

determining, by the processor, one or more complete-text terms, wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms is associated with the vehicle identifier and the first text entry, and wherein each of the one or more complete-text terms includes at least one more text character than the first text entry;

displaying, by the display, the one or more complete-text terms prior to selection of a complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms;

receiving, by the processor, a selection of a first complete-text term from among the one or more complete-text terms displayed by the device; and

displaying, by the display, the first selected complete-text term within the text field.