System and method for creating and distributing diagnostic tests in an adaptive diagnostic development platform

• US 9,688,243 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH, Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLC (SPX Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH, Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLC (SPX Corporation)
• Inventors: Gray, Kevin, Wittliff, III, William W., Pasztor, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Safaipour, Bobbak
• Application Number:
  US13/796,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20140273810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,568 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A system and method for creating and distributing diagnostic tests to diagnostic devices. The system includes user devices, diagnostic devices, diagnostic development system and validation/authentication system. The system can create, validate and distribute one or more diagnostic tests to various diagnostic devices. This allows user to have the latest diagnostic tests in a timely manner.

Claims

1. A diagnostic test authoring system, comprising:

a diagnostic development system having a plurality of functional diagnostic blocks that when compiled into executable software code performs a vehicle diagnostic test;

a communication module having a telecommunication circuitry configured to receive a user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test created from the diagnostic development system that needs to be validated by the diagnostic test authoring system;

a translation module that translates the functional diagnostic blocks of the user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test into software code executable on a vehicle diagnostic device, the translation module is further configured to automatically correct any errors in the user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test;

a processing module configured to validate the user'"'"'s newly created vehicle diagnostic test, wherein the validation ensures that the user'"'"'s newly created vehicle diagnostic test is operational;

a distribution module that distributes the validated user'"'"'s newly created vehicle diagnostic test to the vehicle diagnostic device; and

a payment module that charges the validated user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test distributed to the vehicle diagnostic device.

2. The authoring system of claim 1, further comprising an approval module determining whether the user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test satisfies one or more rules.

3. The authoring system of claim 2, wherein the one or more rules includes at least one of the following:

geographical rules, contractual rules, intellectual property rules, financial rules, cost rules and size rules.

4. The authoring system of claim 3, wherein the rule is a manufacturer rule.

5. The authoring system of claim 3, wherein the rule is a geographical rule.

6. The authoring system of claim 2, wherein the approval module further simulating the user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test in order to validate the user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test.

7. The authoring system of claim 1, wherein the distribution module also categorizing the user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test.

8. The authoring system of claim 7, wherein the distribution module also categorizing the validated user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test based at least in part on a year, make, model, or components of a vehicle.

9. The authoring system of claim 1, wherein the distribution module also hosting an Internet website to distribute the validated user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test to the diagnostic device.

10. The authoring system of claim 1, wherein the distribution module also transferring the validated user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic test onto a non-transitory computer readable medium.

11. A method of distributing user created diagnostic tests, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, via a communication module that includes a telecommunication circuitry, one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests that needs to be validated by a diagnostic test authoring system, the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests created with a diagnostic development system having a plurality of functional diagnostic blocks that when compiled into executable software code performs the diagnostic tests;

translating, via a translation module, the functional diagnostic blocks of the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests into software code executable on a vehicle diagnostic device;

automatically correcting any errors in the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests via the translating module;

validating, via a processing module having a processor, the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests, wherein the validating step ensures that the one or more user'"'"'s newly created vehicle diagnostic tests is operational;

receiving, with a payment module, a payment from a user of the vehicle diagnostic device for the one or more validated user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests; and

distributing, via a distribution module, the one or more validated user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests to the vehicle diagnostic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of translating the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests is done by using a plurality of software code libraries.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the validating step includes simulating the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests in order to confirm validity of the newly created diagnostic tests.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the distributing step is performed automatically to an approved diagnostic device.

15. An authoring system, comprising:

a communication module having a telecommunication circuitry configured to receive one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests that require validation, wherein the validation ensures that the one or more user'"'"'s newly created vehicle diagnostic tests is operational on a vehicle diagnostic device;

an approval module validating the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests through a simulation of the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests;

a translation module compiling and translating the functional diagnostic block created by the user into software codes executable on the vehicle diagnostic device;

a payment module receiving a payment for the validated one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests; and

a distribution module, via the communication module, distributing the one or more validated user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests to the vehicle diagnostic device.

16. The authoring system of claim 15, wherein the approval module also determining whether the one of more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests satisfies a rule.

17. The authoring system of claim 16, wherein the rule is a geographical rule that determine whether the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests will work for a particular geographical region.

18. The authoring system of claim 16, wherein the rule is a contract rule that determines whether the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests will violate a contract.

19. The authoring system of claim 16, wherein the rule is a financial rule that determines whether the one or more user'"'"'s newly created diagnostic tests will violate a financial regulation.