US 12,406,537 B1
System and method for remote vehicle diagnostic data communications using connectivity profiles
Brian J. Herron, Dexter, MI (US); Robert U. Beckmann, Durham, NC (US); Andrew Woodard, Durham, NC (US); and Michael Kirlauski, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to Opus IVS, Inc., Dexter, MI (US)
Filed by Opus IVS, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,760.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of establishing remote diagnostic data communications between a local diagnostic computer system and a remote diagnostic computer system comprising:
connecting a local vehicle diagnostic computer system at a repair facility to a vehicle at the repair facility to be in communication with an electronic system of the vehicle;
initiating a connection between the local vehicle diagnostic computer system and a remote diagnostic computer system, where the remote diagnostic computer system is located remotely from the repair facility and comprises a diagnostic application program for use with the electronic system of the vehicle;
selecting a remote data connectivity profile from a plurality of remote data connectivity profiles retained in at least one of the remote diagnostic computer system and the local vehicle diagnostic computer system, wherein the remote data connectivity profile is selected based on one or more data connectivity factors and is operable to set diagnostic data transmission parameters for controlling the exchange of diagnostic data between the local vehicle diagnostic computer system and the remote diagnostic computer system, wherein the one or more data connectivity factors includes at least one of the location of the local vehicle diagnostic computer system and the latency of the connection between the local vehicle diagnostic computer system and the remote diagnostic computer system; and
exchanging diagnostic data communications between the local vehicle diagnostic computer system and the remote diagnostic computer system based on the remote data connectivity profile.