Patent ID: 8880274
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G07C,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless vehicular diagnostic communication system for wireless communication of vehicle diagnostic information from a vehicle to a remote service provider over a cellular telephone network, the system comprising: a hand transportable code reader having a vehicle diagnostic port connector connectable to a vehicle diagnostic port for receiving the vehicle diagnostic information from the vehicle diagnostic port, the code reader having a display for displaying at least a portion of the vehicle diagnostic information; the code reader also having a code reader local connectivity circuit for wireless communication of the vehicle diagnostic information between the code reader and a wireless local connectivity network; and a cellphone having a cell phone local connectivity circuit for wireless communication with the wireless local connectivity network for communicating the vehicle diagnostic information between the code reader and the cellular telephone via a first wireless communication pathway from the code reader to the cellphone, the cellphone being in communication with the cellular telephone network for communicating the vehicle diagnostic information between the cellphone and the cellular telephone network via a second wireless communication pathway between the cellphone and the cellular telephone network, the cellular telephone network being in communication with the remote service provider for communicating the vehicle diagnostic information from the cellular telephone network to the remote service provider; the coder reader being operative to receive and display at least a portion of the vehicle diagnostic information; and wherein the code reader comprises an autonomous data transfer circuit for communicating the vehicle diagnostic information between the code reader and the cellphone, in response to receipt of the vehicle diagnostic information at the code reader diagnostic port connector.