Transfer dongle for stored vehicle information

摘要

A dongle for transferring electronic information from and to a vehicle module. The dongle collects and stores data specific to a module or component in the original format and enables that original data to be written or uploaded to a repaired or new module or component. Preferably, the dongle is programmed for limited use and will disable itself after a successful data transfer to the module or component.

主权项

1. A dongle for reprogramming a vehicle component with pre-existing electronic data, the dongle comprising:
an interface that connects with a vehicle's on-board electronics; a diagnostic circuit that interrogates a vehicle's on-board electronics and determines a communication protocol for pre-existing data stored in a vehicle's on-board electronics; a circuit that collects pre-existing data associated with a specific vehicle component in the data's original format; a memory that receives and stores the collected pre-existing data in the data's original format; a circuit that transfers the stored pre-existing data from the memory into a specific vehicle component in the data's original format; and a controller that deactivates the dongle in response to a positive indictor signal that the pre-existing data stored in the memory transferred from the memory into a specific vehicle component.