System and method for data storage and diagnostics in a portable communications device interfaced with a telematics unit
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1. A method of performing vehicle diagnostics, comprising:
- sending diagnostic information from an electronic module of a vehicle to a vehicle communication device located in the vehicle, wherein the sending step further comprises sending the diagnostic information over a vehicle communication network that interconnects the vehicle communication device with a plurality of other electronic modules;
sending the diagnostic information from the vehicle communication device to a portable communication device, wherein a short-range wireless chip in the vehicle communication device communicates the information from the vehicle communication device to the portable communication device via a short-range wireless connection;
storing the received diagnostic information in a memory in the portable communication device to form a recent-history vehicle database, wherein the storing step further comprises storing the received diagnostic information alone with previously-received diagnostic information such that the recent-history vehicle database includes both the received diagnostic information and the previously-received diagnostic information;
performing a diagnostic analysis based on the recent-history vehicle database; and
sending the received diagnostic information from the portable communication device to an external memory to form an historic vehicle database.
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Abstract
A method of performing vehicle diagnostics including receiving diagnostic information from at least one electronic module of a vehicle at a portable communication device from a telematics unit via a short-range wireless connection, storing the received diagnostic information in a memory in the portable communication device to form a recent-history vehicle database, performing a diagnostic analysis based on the recent-history vehicle database and sending the received diagnostic information from the portable communication device to an external memory to form an historic vehicle database.
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1. A method of performing vehicle diagnostics, comprising:
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sending diagnostic information from an electronic module of a vehicle to a vehicle communication device located in the vehicle, wherein the sending step further comprises sending the diagnostic information over a vehicle communication network that interconnects the vehicle communication device with a plurality of other electronic modules; sending the diagnostic information from the vehicle communication device to a portable communication device, wherein a short-range wireless chip in the vehicle communication device communicates the information from the vehicle communication device to the portable communication device via a short-range wireless connection; storing the received diagnostic information in a memory in the portable communication device to form a recent-history vehicle database, wherein the storing step further comprises storing the received diagnostic information alone with previously-received diagnostic information such that the recent-history vehicle database includes both the received diagnostic information and the previously-received diagnostic information; performing a diagnostic analysis based on the recent-history vehicle database; and sending the received diagnostic information from the portable communication device to an external memory to form an historic vehicle database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for performing vehicle diagnostics, the system comprising:
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means for sending diagnostic information from an electronic module of a vehicle to a vehicle communication device located in the vehicle, wherein the electronic module receives the diagnostic information over a vehicle communication network that interconnects the vehicle communication device with a plurality of other electronic modules; means for sending the diagnostic information from the vehicle communication device to a portable communication device, wherein a short-range wireless chip in the vehicle communication device communicates the information from the vehicle communication device to the portable communication device via a short-range wireless connection; means for storing the received diagnostic information in a memory in the portable communication device to form a recent-history vehicle database; means for performing a diagnostic analysis based on the recent-history vehicle database; and means for sending the received diagnostic information from the portable communication device to an external memory to form an historic vehicle database. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer readable medium storing a computer program comprising:
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computer readable code for diagnostic information from an electronic module of a vehicle to a vehicle communication device located in the vehicle, wherein the electronic module receives the diagnostic information over a vehicle communication network that interconnects the vehicle communication device with a plurality of other electronic modules; computer readable code for sending the diagnostic information from the vehicle communication device to a portable communication device, wherein a short-range wireless chip in the vehicle communication device communicates the information from the vehicle communication device to the portable communication device via a short-range wireless connection; range wireless connection; computer readable code for storing the received diagnostic information in a memory in the portable communication device to form a recent-history vehicle database, wherein the computer readable code for storing the received diagnostic information includes computer readable code for storing the received diagnostic information alone with previously-received diagnostic information such that the recent-history vehicle database includes both the received diagnostic information and the previously-received diagnostic information; computer readable code for performing a diagnostic analysis based on the recent-history vehicle database; and computer readable code for sending the received diagnostic information from the portable communication device to an external memory to form an historic vehicle database. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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