Patent ID: 11954724
Assignee: INNOVA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method of listing a vehicle for sale, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a scheduling server, a plurality of scan request signals from a plurality of vehicle owner electronic devices to schedule scans of a plurality of vehicles associated with the plurality of vehicle owner electronic devices, each vehicle defining a diagnostic function requirement for implementing a diagnostic function on the vehicle, each scan request signal being associated with GPS data;
identifying a plurality of data acquisition and transfer devices (DATs) from a database of DATs that meet the diagnostic function requirements for each of the plurality of vehicles and are located within a predetermined region associated with the GPS data of the scan request signal;
generating, at the scheduling server, in response to receipt of each of the plurality of scan request signals, a tool owner solicitation signal for receipt by a plurality of tool operators having DATs that are identified as meeting the diagnostic function requirements of the plurality of vehicles and are within the predetermined region;
receiving a vehicle data set at a diagnostic server, the vehicle data set being retrieved from a vehicle subsequent to generating the tool owner solicitation signal;
analyzing the data set at the diagnostic server to generate a diagnostic report, the diagnostic report being associated with the data set;
assigning a unique electronic identifier to the diagnostic report;
receiving a request at a sales server to list the vehicle for sale on an online forum hosted at the sales server, the sales server being in operative communication with the diagnostic server, the request including the unique electronic identifier previously assigned to the diagnostic report;
creating an electronic listing on the online forum, the electronic listing being associated with the received request and being created from a template; and
creating a link to the diagnostic report associated with the unique identifier on the corresponding electronic listing.