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`c12) United States Patent
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 7,650,210 B2
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`(54) REMOTE VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC
`MANAGEMENT
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`(75)
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`Inventor: David S. Breed, Miami Beach, FL (US)
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`(56)
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`References Cited
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`(73) Assignee: Automotive Technologies
`International, Inc., Denville, NJ (US)
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`JP
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`( *) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 557 days.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 11/464,288
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`(22) Filed:
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`Aug. 14, 2006
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2007/0005202 AI
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`Jan.4,2007
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(60)
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`Continuation-in-part of application No. 10/331,060,
`filed on Dec. 27, 2002, which is a continuation-in-part
`of application No. 10/188,673, filed on Jul. 3, 2002,
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`(Continued)
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`(51)
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`Int. Cl.
`G06F 7100
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`(2006.01)
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`(52)
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`U.S. Cl. ........................................... 701129; 701/36
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`(58)
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`Field of Classification Search ................... 701/29,
`701/36; 702/182-185, 188
`See application file for complete search history.
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`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
`Defendant's Preliminary Invalidity Contentions for U.S. Pat. No.
`6,484,080 presented in Automotive Technologies, Inc. v. Delphi Cor(cid:173)
`poration Civil Action No. 08-CV-11048, United States District
`Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.
`(Continued)
`
`Primary Examiner-Yonel Beaulieu
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Brian Roffe
`
`(57)
`
`ABSTRACT
`Vehicular diagnostic arrangement includes a diagnostic sys(cid:173)
`tem arranged on the vehicle to determine whether any vehicu(cid:173)
`lar components is operating non-optimally, is expected to fail
`or has failed and generate an output indicative or representa(cid:173)
`tive thereof, and a communications device coupled to the
`diagnostic system and arranged to direct a transmission of the
`output of the diagnostic system to a remote location. Remote
`locations encompasses remote facilities which handle main(cid:173)
`tenance or monitoring of the vehicle such as a dealer of the
`vehicle, the manufacturer of the vehicle or the manufacturer
`of the components for which non-optimal operation has been
`detected. The communications device may be arranged to
`direct the transmission of the output of the diagnostic system
`to the remote location via the Internet, the remote location
`including or being an Internet-enabled device possessed by
`the dealer, manufacturer or owner of the vehicle.
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`22 Claims, 29 Drawing Sheets
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`1
`REMOTE VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC
`MANAGEMENT
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED
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`
`2
`2. a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/043,557
`filed Jan. 11, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,905,135,
`which is a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No.
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`filed Jan. 19, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,082,359 which
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`All of the references, patents and patent applications that
`are referred to herein and in the parent applications are incor(cid:173)
`porated by reference in their entirety as if they had each been
`set forth herein in full. Note that this application is one in a
`series of applications covering safety and other systems for
`vehicles and other uses. The disclosure herein goes beyond
`40 that needed to support the claims of the particular invention
`set forth herein. This is not to be construed that the inventor is
`releasing the unclaimed disclosure and subject matter into the
`public domain. Rather, it is intended that patent applications
`have been or will be filed to cover all of the subject matter
`45 disclosed below and in the current assignee's granted and
`pending applications. Also please note that the terms fre(cid:173)
`quently used below "the invention" or "this invention" is not
`meant to be construed that there is only one invention being
`discussed. Instead, when the terms "the invention" or "this
`invention" are used, it is referring to the particular invention
`being discussed in the paragraph where the term is used.
`
`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
`
`The present invention relates generally to arrangements
`and techniques for managing vehicle diagnostic information
`at least partly at locations remote from the vehicle.
`There are numerous apparatus, systems and methods
`described and disclosed herein. Many combinations of these
`are described but in order to conserve space the inventor has
`not described all combinations and permutations of these
`apparatus, systems and methods, however, the inventor
`intends that each and every such combination and permuta(cid:173)
`tion is an invention to be considered disclosed by this disclo(cid:173)
`sure. The inventor further intends to file divisional, continu(cid:173)
`ation and continuation-in-part applications to cover many of
`these combinations and permutations, if necessary.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`
`A detailed background of the invention is found in the
`parent applications, e.g., U.S. patent application Ser. No.
`08/476,077, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,809,437, and U.S. patent
`application Ser. No. 11/220,139, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,103,
`460, incorporated by reference herein.
`The definitions set forth in section 5.0 of the Background of
`the Invention section of the '139 application are also incor(cid:173)
`porated by reference herein.
`All of the patents, patent applications, technical papers and
`other references referenced in the ' 13 9 application and herein
`are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
`
`OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE
`INVENTION
`
`It is an object of the present invention to provide new and
`improved arrangements and methods for generating, trans(cid:173)
`mitting, managing and/or responding to vehicle diagnostic
`information.
`In order to achieve this object and others, a vehicle
`equipped with the diagnostic arrangement in accordance with
`the invention includes a plurality of components, a diagnostic
`system arranged on the vehicle to determine whether any of
`the components is operating non-optimally, is expected to fail
`or has failed and generate an output indicative or representa(cid:173)
`tive thereof, and a communications device coupled to the
`diagnostic system and arranged to direct a transmission of the
`output of the diagnostic system to a remote location. The
`components may include any number of vehicle operating
`systems such as motive components, safety components,
`monitoring components and the like.
`The communications device may be arranged to automati(cid:173)
`cally direct the transmission of the output of the diagnostic
`system without manual intervention.