Distributed vehicle service method and system

摘要

A method and system for conducting a vehicle service comprises the steps of receiving signals representative of vehicle parameters, accessing data and/or software necessary for performing the vehicle service from at least one remote computer over a data transmission network, and performing signal processing related to the vehicle service based on the signals representative of the vehicle parameters and the accessed data and/or software. Since the data and/or software necessary for conducting the vehicle diagnostic analysis is distributed in different systems that are connected via a data communication network, an automotive service system can minimize the size of software stored locally and can access most of the information and/or algorithm required for conducting the vehicle diagnostic analysis from a remote system.

主权项

1. A method for supplementing vehicle information stored in a host computer of a vehicle service system having a local database of vehicle information, the method comprising the steps of:
identifying a vehicle to be measured by the vehicle service system; establishing a communications link between the host computer of the vehicle service system and at least one remote computer system; acquiring from the at least one remote computer system, via the communications link, at least one dynamically generated data packet containing vehicle service data associated with the identified vehicle; extracting the vehicle service data from the at least one data packet; and utilizing the extracted vehicle service data in a service measurement of the identified vehicle.