Patent Document ID: 9971815
Application ID: 14931472
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by at least one processor, a repair-hint attribute on an original repair order (RO), wherein the original RO includes a year, make, and model identifier of a first vehicle and a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) identifier of a DTC set in the first vehicle, and wherein the repair-hint attribute is indicative of a vehicle component and a diagnostic function performed to diagnose the first vehicle; selecting, by the at least one processor from a database stored at a non-transitory computer-readable medium, at least one taxonomy term, wherein each selected taxonomy term is mapped to the DTC identifier, the vehicle component, or the diagnostic function performed to diagnose the first vehicle; generating, by the at least one processor, meta-data representing the at least one taxonomy term and the year, make, and model identifier; selecting, by the at least one processor, a text string including pre-drafted text and at least one gap; generating, by the at least one processor, an auto-generated repair-hint, wherein generating the auto-generated repair-hint includes inserting meta-data representing a selected taxonomy term into at least a first gap of the selected text string; storing, within the computer-readable medium, the auto-generated repair-hint and the meta-data; receiving, by the at least one processor, a request from a vehicle repair tool, wherein the request comprises a search term indicative of the year, make, and model identifier and the DTC identifier; selecting, by the at least one processor, the auto-generated repair-hint based on the search term and at least a portion of the meta-data; and diagnosing a vehicle connected to the vehicle repair tool by providing the selected auto-generated repair-hint to the vehicle repair tool in order to cause the vehicle repair tool to execute program instructions to perform the diagnostic function.