CPC G07C 5/0808 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); G07C 2205/02 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A method for conducting a vehicle service on a vehicle disposed in a vehicle service area, comprising:
performing a vehicle inspection and/or adjustment to said vehicle with a local vehicle service system in operative proximity to said vehicle service area, said inspection and/or adjustment generating a first set of vehicle service results;
identifying, at said local vehicle service system, one or more additional vehicle service procedures for the vehicle requiring communication with one or more vehicle onboard components;
communicating vehicle identifying information, said first set of vehicle service results, and information associated with said one or more identified vehicle service procedures, from said local vehicle service system to a cloud-based vehicle service system via a communications network;
responsive to receipt of said communicated vehicle identifying data and said information associated with said one or more identified vehicle service procedures at said cloud-based vehicle service system, relaying said conveyed vehicle identifying data and said information associated with said one or more identified vehicle service procedures to a local interface device via said communications network;
configuring said local interface device in response to said relayed vehicle identifying data;
operating said configured local interface device to conduct said one or more selected vehicle service procedures and to generate a second set of vehicle service results;
communicating said second set of vehicle service results from said local interface device to said cloud-based vehicle service system via said communications network; and
combining, at said cloud-based vehicle service system, said first and second sets of vehicle service results into a vehicle service record.
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