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Distributed vehicle service method and system

  • US 9,577,866 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2011
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for supplementing vehicle information stored in a host computer of a vehicle service system having a local database of vehicle information, the method comprising the steps of:

  • identifying a vehicle to be measured by the vehicle service system;

    establishing a communications link between the host computer of the vehicle service system and at least one remote computer system;

    acquiring from the at least one remote computer system, via the communications link, at least one dynamically generated data packet containing vehicle service data associated with the identified vehicle;

    extracting the vehicle service data from the at least one data packet; and

    utilizing the extracted vehicle service data in a service measurement of the identified vehicle.

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