Transfer dongle for stored vehicle information
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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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Abstract
A dongle for transferring electronic information from and to a vehicle module. The dongle collects and stores data specific to a module or component in the original format and enables that original data to be written or uploaded to a repaired or new module or component. Preferably, the dongle is programmed for limited use and will disable itself after a successful data transfer to the module or component.
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12 Claims
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1. A dongle for reprogramming a vehicle component with pre-existing electronic data, the dongle comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A dongle for reprogramming a vehicle component with pre-existing electronic data, the dongle comprising:
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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 limits attempts to transfer the stored pre-existing data from the memory into a specific vehicle component to a predetermined number and 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. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A dongle for reprogramming a vehicle component with pre-existing electronic data, the dongle comprising:
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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 limits attempts to transfer the stored pre-existing data from the memory into a specific vehicle component to a predetermined number of available attempts and deactivates the dongle in response to an indication that the predetermined number of attempts available were attempted. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A dongle for reprogramming a vehicle component with pre-existing electronic data, the dongle comprising:
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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 security key that prevents the circuit for collecting pre-existing data from collecting data associated with any component other than the specific vehicle component. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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