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Transfer dongle for stored vehicle information

  • US 9,384,604 B1
  • Filed: 10/30/2015
  • Issued: 07/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dongle for reprogramming a vehicle component with pre-existing electronic data, the dongle comprising:

  • an interface that connects with a vehicle'"'"'s on-board electronics;

    a diagnostic circuit that interrogates a vehicle'"'"'s on-board electronics and determines a communication protocol for pre-existing data stored in a vehicle'"'"'s on-board electronics;

    a circuit that collects pre-existing data associated with a specific vehicle component in the data'"'"'s original format;

    a memory that receives and stores the collected pre-existing data in the data'"'"'s original format;

    a circuit that transfers the stored pre-existing data from the memory into a specific vehicle component in the data'"'"'s original format; and

    a controller that deactivates the dongle in response to a positive indictor signal that the pre-existing data stored in the memory transferred from the memory into a specific vehicle component.

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