Patent ID: 7373225

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a first diagnostic tree including a first set of procedures for diagnosing causes of faults which can be experienced by a first apparatus under diagnosis and suggestions for performing the first set of procedures on the first apparatus, wherein each procedure in the first set of procedures may include a corresponding suggestion, and wherein each procedure in the first set of procedures includes an identifier; receiving a second diagnostic tree including a second set of procedures for diagnosing causes of faults which can be experienced by a second apparatus under diagnosis, wherein each procedure in the second set of procedures includes an identifier; identifying matching identifiers within the first set of procedures and the second set of procedures so as to identify similar procedures; for each similar procedure, identifying a corresponding suggestion for performing the procedure on the first apparatus; and modifying the second set of procedures within the second diagnostic tree so as to associate suggestions for performing a procedure on the first apparatus to similar procedures within the second set of procedures.