ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT CONFIGURATION TOOL
First Claim
1. A tool for configuring a replacement electronic control unit for a first vehicle, comprising:
- a computer storage medium having a computer program encoded thereon including code for;
accessing a first memory associated with an original electronic control unit for said first vehicle;
retrieving a configuration for said original electronic control unit from said first memory;
associating said configuration with a vehicle identification number associated with said first vehicle in a second memory remote from said first vehicle; and
,downloading said configuration from said second memory to a third memory associated with said replacement electronic control unit for said first vehicle.
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Abstract
A tool for configuring a replacement electronic control unit for a vehicle is provided. The tool includes a computer storage medium having a computer program encoded thereon which may be stored on an electronic module or installed on a computing device that connects to a communications bus in the vehicle. The program includes code for accessing a first memory associated with an original electronic control unit for the vehicle, retrieving a configuration for the original electronic control unit from the first memory, associating the configuration with a vehicle identification number associated with the vehicle in a second memory remote from the vehicle and downloading the configuration from the second memory to a third memory associated with the replacement electronic control unit for the vehicle.
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22 Claims
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1. A tool for configuring a replacement electronic control unit for a first vehicle, comprising:
a computer storage medium having a computer program encoded thereon including code for; accessing a first memory associated with an original electronic control unit for said first vehicle; retrieving a configuration for said original electronic control unit from said first memory; associating said configuration with a vehicle identification number associated with said first vehicle in a second memory remote from said first vehicle; and
,downloading said configuration from said second memory to a third memory associated with said replacement electronic control unit for said first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for configuring a replacement electronic control unit for a first vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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accessing a first memory associated with an original electronic control unit for said first vehicle; retrieving a configuration for said original electronic control unit from said first memory; associating said configuration with a vehicle identification number associated with said first vehicle in a second memory remote from said first vehicle; and
,downloading said configuration from said second memory to a third memory associated with said replacement electronic control unit for said first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tool for configuring a replacement electronic control unit for a first vehicle, comprising:
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means for accessing a first memory associated with an original electronic control unit for said first vehicle; means for retrieving a configuration for said original electronic control unit from said first memory; means for associating said configuration with a vehicle identification number associated with said first vehicle in a second memory remote from said first vehicle; and
,means for downloading said configuration from said second memory to a third memory associated with said replacement electronic control unit for said first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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