Patent ID: 9384599
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G07C

Claim Text:
1. A method of receiving a vehicle having an onboard computer, the onboard computer configured to establish a communication link with a diagnostic device in response to receipt of a first signal transmitted in a first protocol, the onboard computer further being operative to communicate diagnostic information in response to receipt of a second signal in a second protocol, the method comprising the steps of: a. optically scanning vehicle identification data located on the vehicle; b. accessing a second protocol database, the second protocol database having a plurality of second protocols, each second protocol being associated with respective vehicle identification data; c. matching the scanned vehicle identification data with the second protocol database, to identify a specific second protocol associated with the scanned vehicle identification data and useful for retrieving desired diagnostic data from the vehicle; d. connecting a diagnostic device to the onboard computer; e. polling the onboard computer to identify the first protocol; f. configuring the diagnostic device to establish a communication link with the onboard computer using the first protocol; and g. configuring the diagnostic device to communicate an information request to the onboard computer in the second protocol; h. receiving diagnostic data associated with the second protocol at the diagnostic device, via the onboard computer; i. transmitting the diagnostic data from the diagnostic device to a cellphone via a local connectivity network; and j. transmitting the diagnostic data from a cellphone to a main server via a cellular telephone network, the main server having a diagnostic database being arranged to map the vehicle diagnostic data to a possible vehicle fix(es).