Patent ID: 7092803
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring, configuring, programming and/or diagnosing operation of at least one vehicle, comprising: an on-board unit disposed on the vehicle to send and receive data corresponding to at least one vehicle operating characteristic; a plurality of modular applications, each application having an associated function that processes the data corresponding to said at least one vehicle operating characteristic obtained via the on-board unit; and an interface that allows selection among the plurality of modular applications to create a customized system; wherein each of the modular applications comprises an application selected from the group of applications consisting of third-party applications, system-supplied applications, and core services, at least one of the third-party applications and system-supplied applications functioning using information from at least one core service; and wherein the core services include a get stored values service that outputs at least one vehicle controller value in response to a request, wherein the get stored values service outputs a current vehicle controller value if the vehicle controller is available at the time of the request and output a stored vehicle controller value in the on-board unit if the vehicle controller is not available at the time of the request.