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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2021
Bruce B. Brunda, Irvine, CA (US);
Bruce B. Brunda, Irvine, CA (US);
Innova Electronics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of mobile application-based vehicle diagnostics comprises establishing a user profile associated with a user of a mobile communication device, the profile including a vehicle identification number (VIN) associated with a vehicle operated by the user, receiving an instruction to obtain vehicle condition information, determining a geolocation of the device, in response to the instruction, directing the user to a nearby diagnostic service provider having a capability to retrieve diagnostic data including the VIN from the registered vehicle and upload the retrieved diagnostic data to a server or other data processor associated with a diagnostic database for deriving vehicle condition information from retrieved diagnostic data, receiving the vehicle condition information from the server, the vehicle condition information having been derived from the diagnostic data uploaded by the diagnostic service provider and associated with the user based on the VIN included in the diagnostic data, and displaying the received vehicle condition information on the device.