Patent ID: 11954946
Assignee: OPUS IVS, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for performing a vehicle diagnostic process for diagnosing, scanning and/or programming a vehicle, said method comprising:
recording the entirety of a diagnostic message from a diagnostic computer device to generate a recorded diagnostic message, wherein the diagnostic message comprises diagnostic data signals from the diagnostic computer device;
transmitting the recorded diagnostic message to a local computer at a repair facility, wherein the diagnostic computer device is located remotely from the repair facility;
maintaining the recorded diagnostic message in memory on the local computer;
playing the recorded diagnostic message at the local computer for delivery via an interface device to an electronic system of a vehicle;
recording with the local computer the entirety of a vehicle message from the electronic system of the vehicle to generate a recorded vehicle message, wherein the vehicle message is generated in response to said playing the recorded diagnostic message, and wherein the vehicle message comprises vehicle data signals from the electronic system recorded with the local computer via the interface device;
transmitting the recorded vehicle message from the local computer to the diagnostic computer device; and
repeating, until completion of the vehicle diagnostic process, (i) recording the entirety of a diagnostic message from a diagnostic computer device to generate a recorded diagnostic message, (ii) transmitting the recorded diagnostic message to the local computer at the repair facility, (iii) maintaining the recorded diagnostic message in memory on the local computer, (iv) playing the recorded diagnostic message at the local computer for delivery via the interface device to the electronic system of the vehicle, (v) recording with the local computer the entirety of a vehicle message from the electronic system of the vehicle to generate a recorded vehicle message in response to said playing the recorded diagnostic message, and (vi) transmitting the recorded vehicle message from the local computer to the diagnostic computer device;
wherein the vehicle comprises an initial vehicle and the method further comprises performing a vehicle diagnostic process for diagnosing, scanning and/or programming a subsequent vehicle at the repair facility using the recorded diagnostic messages maintained in memory on the local computer, wherein the subsequent vehicle is the same make and model as the initial vehicle.