Patent ID: 6782345
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A diagnostic system for automated diagnosis or prognosis of at least one electronic system, comprising:a data acquisition and processing circuit that collects and processes data; a diagnostic circuit that analyzes the data from the data acquisition and processing circuit to obtain an initial diagnosis; a data transmission circuit that sends the data over a distributed network to a remote diagnostic system based on the initial diagnosis; and a remote diagnostic system that analyzes the data from the data transmission circuit and sends a communication based on the analysis of the data, wherein the communication sent by the remote diagnostic system includes at least one of repair information to a third party, a parts request to a third party, a service request notification to a third party and a revised set of operating instructions to the at least one electronic system based on the analysis of the data by the remote diagnostic system, the revised set of operating instructions at least one of correcting a failure and preventing a failure of the at least one electronic system.