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

Claim 9:
10. 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 scan tool with a remote computer to generate a recorded diagnostic message at a diagnostic center, wherein the scan tool includes a diagnostic application program and wherein the diagnostic message comprises diagnostic data signals from the diagnostic application program of the scan tool;
transmitting the recorded diagnostic message from the remote computer to a local computer at a repair facility via an Internet connection, wherein the remote computer is located remotely from the local computer;
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 remote computer via an Internet connection;
playing the recorded vehicle message at the remote computer for delivery to the scan tool; and
further comprising following said playing the recorded vehicle message at the remote computer for delivery to the scan tool, repeating until completion of the vehicle diagnostic process,, (i) said recording the entirety of a diagnostic message from the scan tool with the remote computer to generate a recorded diagnostic message at the diagnostic center,, (ii) said transmitting the recorded diagnostic message from the remote computer to the local computer at the repair facility via an Internet connection,, (iii) said maintaining the recorded diagnostic message in memory on the local computer;, (iv) said playing the recorded diagnostic message at the local computer for delivery via the interface device to the electronic system of the vehicle,, (v) said 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,, (vi) said transmitting the recorded vehicle message from the local computer to the remote computer via an Internet connection; and, (vii) playing the recorded vehicle message at the remote computer for delivery to the scan tool;
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.