Patent ID: 9740554
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method of prioritizing replacement of at least one part for vehicle fault analysis, said method performed by a fault analysis module that includes a processor in communication with a memory device, said method comprising: receiving, by the processor, an electronic fault signal from an electronic logbook on-board a vehicle, the electronic fault signal including a fault code indicating that a fault is present in a component of the vehicle; processing the electronic fault signal to determine the fault code; identifying, by the processor, a plurality of potentially faulty parts for the component associated with the electronic fault signal based on the determined fault code; determining, by the processor, at least one of a fixed effectiveness rate and a no fault found (NFF) rate for each part of the plurality of potentially faulty parts based on historical part replacement data for each part stored on the memory device; and generating, by the processor, a recommendation of which part of the plurality of potentially faulty parts to replace in response to the fault, the recommendation based on the determined at least one of the fixed effectiveness rate and the NFF rate for each part and the historical part replacement data, the recommendation including a display of a list of the plurality of potentially faulty parts in hierarchal order based on the determined at least one of the fixed effectiveness rate and the NFF rate.