Vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery
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1. A method for vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery, said method comprising:
- receiving a search request from a user system;
accessing a database of case records indicative of field repair records created by service technicians for a plurality of vehicles in response to said search request, wherein each said case record includes a case-record number attribute, a set of vehicle-description attributes, a set of bookkeeping attributes, a set of system attributes, a set of symptom attributes and a set of action attributes;
searching said database of case records for a case record responsive to said search request; and
transmitting said case record responsive to said search request to said user system if said searching results in locating said case record responsive to said search request.
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Abstract
A method for vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery comprising receiving a search request from a user system and accessing a database of case records in response to the search request. Each of the case records includes a case-record number attribute, a set of vehicle-description attributes, a set of bookkeeping attributes, a set of system attributes, a set of symptom attributes, and a set of action attributes. The method further comprises searching the database of case records for a case record responsive to the search request. If a case record responsive to the search request is located, it is transmitted to the user system.
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1. A method for vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery, said method comprising:
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receiving a search request from a user system; accessing a database of case records indicative of field repair records created by service technicians for a plurality of vehicles in response to said search request, wherein each said case record includes a case-record number attribute, a set of vehicle-description attributes, a set of bookkeeping attributes, a set of system attributes, a set of symptom attributes and a set of action attributes; searching said database of case records for a case record responsive to said search request; and transmitting said case record responsive to said search request to said user system if said searching results in locating said case record responsive to said search request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery, the system comprising:
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a network; a storage device in communication with said network; and a host system in communication with said network, said host system including application software to implement a method comprising; receiving a search request from a user system; accessing a database of case records indicative of field repair records created by service technicians for a plurality of vehicles and located on said storage device in response to said search request, wherein each said case record includes a case-record number attribute, a set of vehicle-description attributes, a set of bookkeeping attributes, a set of system attributes, a set of symptom attributes and a set of action attributes; searching said database of case records for a case record responsive to said search request; and transmitting said case record responsive to said search request to said user system if said searching results in locating said case record responsive to said search request. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A computer program product for vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery, the computer program product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising; receiving a search request from a user system; accessing a database of case records indicative of field repair records created by service technicians for a plurality of vehicles in response to said search request, wherein each said case record includes a case-record number attribute, a set of vehicle-description attributes, a set of bookkeeping attributes, a set of system attributes, a set of symptom attributes and a set of action attributes; searching said database of case records for a case record responsive to said search request; and transmitting said case record responsive to said search request to said user system if said searching results in locating said case record responsive to said search request.
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29. A case-record format for vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery, said format comprising:
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a case-record number attribute; a set of vehicle-description attributes; a set of bookkeeping attributes; a set of system attributes; a set of symptom attributes; and a set of action attributes. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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