Patent ID: 8918245

Claim:
A method for providing vehicle diagnostic data in a mark-up language format, the method comprising: receiving, by a vehicle service tool from a vehicle-under-service connected to the vehicle service tool, vehicle diagnostic data in a manufacturer-specified format originating at an electronic control unit of the vehicle-under-service; converting, by the vehicle service tool, the vehicle diagnostic data in the manufacturer-specified format into vehicle diagnostic data in a closed format readable by an application on the vehicle service tool; displaying, by the vehicle service tool using a user interface including a display, the vehicle diagnostic data in the closed format; converting, by the vehicle service tool, the vehicle diagnostic data in the closed format into vehicle diagnostic data in a mark-up language format; and transmitting, by the vehicle service tool using a network interface, the vehicle diagnostic data in the mark-up language format to a communication network for transmission to a remote device distinct from the vehicle service tool.