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Computer-assisted diagnostic device and diagnostic process for electronically controlled systems

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  • US 6,208,948 B1
  • Filed: 06/19/1998
  • Issued: 03/27/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Computer-assisted diagnostic device for electronically controlled systems arranged within an overall system, the diagnostic device comprising:

  • a computer of a first type which exists outside the overall system and which contains an expandable diagnostics program and, in addition, contains data of a first type, said data of the first type essentially comprising diagnosis-relevant data of the electronically controlled systems;

    one or more computers of a second type available at any location which contain dynamically loadable libraries for expanding the expandable diagnostics program, the diagnostics program expanded by the dynamically loadable libraries being capable of accessing the electronically controlled systems; and

    devices for permitting an interaction between a computer of the second type and the electronically controlled systems of an overall system, the computer of the first type and the one or more computers of the second type being capable of exchanging data and programs with one another by way of networks based on Internet technology, wherein the computer of the first type is a server set up at a central point and the data of the first type additionally comprising data and diagnostic results generated by an intervention of the expanded diagnostics program in the electronically controlled systems.

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