US 12,444,239 B2
System and method of seamless transfer to remote certified diagnostic tool
Matthew Gerald Pasztor, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Kevin Gray, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Troy Liebl, Owatonna, MN (US)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/068,900.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/295,592, filed on Dec. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0215222 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/006 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01); G07C 2205/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating a set of certified repair results, the method comprising:
identifying a user of a diagnostic processor and a ruleset associated with the user;
establishing data communication between the diagnostic processor and a vehicle communication interface (VCI) of a subject vehicle;
identifying vehicle identification data (VID) associated with the subject vehicle via the VCI;
requesting diagnostic data from the subject vehicle via the VCI;
identifying an unrestricted list subset of diagnostic data according to the ruleset and VID;
identifying a certified list subset of diagnostic data according to the ruleset and VID;
completing an unrestricted service action of the subject vehicle with respect to the unrestricted list subset using the diagnostic processor, the unrestricted list subset comprising serviceable conditions that are not applicable to any restrictions defined by the ruleset;
generating first repair results in response to the completed unrestricted service action;
transmitting the restricted list subset from the diagnostic processor to a certified processor distinct from the diagnostic processor, the certified processor being suitable to address the restricted list subset of diagnostic data according to the ruleset and in data communication with the diagnostic processor;
completing a certified service action of the subject vehicle with respect to the certified list subset using the certified processor, the certified list subset comprising one or more serviceable conditions that may only be addressed using a certified approach defined by the ruleset;
generating second repair results in response to the completed second service action; and
generating certified repair results by combining the first repair results and the second repair results,
wherein the second service action comprises transmitting service information from the certified processor to the diagnostic processor, and providing the transmitted service information to the user via a display in data communication with the diagnostic processor.