Vehicle diagnostic interface mechanism
First Claim
1. A method of providing a remote vehicle status update with respect to a user vehicle to a user at a user personal computer remote from the user vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting that the user personal computer is booting, and in response to detecting that the user personal computer is booting, initiating a user information application on the user personal computer;
receiving vehicle diagnostic information from a remote telematics unit associated with the user vehicle;
displaying at least a portion of the received vehicle diagnostic information to the user via a task bar in a graphical user interface of the user personal computer;
displaying on the task bar a user-selectable action icon for causing a mechanical action to be remotely executed by the user vehicle; and
receiving a user selection of the user-selectable action icon at the user personal computer and in response remotely causing the mechanical action associated with the icon to be executed by the user vehicle.
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Abstract
In examples of the invention, a vehicle diagnostics update mechanism provides a frequent connection to a vehicle telematics unit. In this way, large amounts of vehicle data that are available when the vehicle is on or cached, i.e., when the vehicle is off, can be pulled and used to provide a vehicle update to the user. In one example, a “vehicle dashboard” application running on a vehicle owner'"'"'s computer in the form of a tool bar provides diagnostics updates in a quick and easy to use format. The tool bar also provides a means for executing user selections and commands and for providing alerts to the user.
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1. A method of providing a remote vehicle status update with respect to a user vehicle to a user at a user personal computer remote from the user vehicle, the method comprising:
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detecting that the user personal computer is booting, and in response to detecting that the user personal computer is booting, initiating a user information application on the user personal computer; receiving vehicle diagnostic information from a remote telematics unit associated with the user vehicle; displaying at least a portion of the received vehicle diagnostic information to the user via a task bar in a graphical user interface of the user personal computer; displaying on the task bar a user-selectable action icon for causing a mechanical action to be remotely executed by the user vehicle; and receiving a user selection of the user-selectable action icon at the user personal computer and in response remotely causing the mechanical action associated with the icon to be executed by the user vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions for providing a remote vehicle status update with respect to a user vehicle to a user at a user personal computer remote from the user vehicle, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for detecting that the user personal computer is booting, and in response to detecting that the user personal computer is booting, initiating a user information application on the user personal computer; instructions for receiving vehicle diagnostic information from a remote telematics unit associated with the user vehicle; instructions for displaying at least a portion of the received vehicle diagnostic information to the user via a task bar in a graphical user interface of the user personal computer; instructions for displaying on the task bar a user-selectable action icon for causing a mechanical action to be remotely executed by the user vehicle; and instructions for receiving a user selection of the user-selectable action icon at the user personal computer and in response remotely causing the mechanical action associated with the icon to be executed by the user vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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