SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROWDSOURCING VEHICLE-RELATED ANALYTICS

摘要

Currently vehicles typically include an engine computer that outputs diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) that are indicative of some fault condition in a vehicle. DTCs can tell a specific problem with a particular part such as that a cylinder in an engine is misfiring, but do not provide any indication as to the cause of the problem and do not propose any solutions for solving the problem. This disclosure advantageously describes systems that can analyze DTCs and other telematics data using crowdsourcing principles to recommend vehicle maintenance and other solutions.

主权项

1. A method of programmatically diagnosing vehicle problems, the method comprising:
under control of a hardware processor:
identifying a diagnostic trouble code output by a vehicle;accessing community prognostics data associated with the diagnostic trouble code, the community prognostics data being generated responsive to input associated with a plurality of vehicles;identifying a predicted diagnosis associated with the diagnostic trouble code from the community prognostics data; andoutputting the predicted diagnosis for presentation to a user.