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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Opus Ivs, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian J. Herron, Dexter, MI (US);
Michael D. Jurmo, Canton, MI (US);
Mark W. Wine, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard J. Green, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Timothy A. Bottomley, Dexter, MI (US);
Andrew D. Betteley, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Opus IVS, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of detecting remote use of a diagnostic scan tool computer device for scanning, diagnosing and/or programing a vehicle at a repair facility. A time duration for exchange of data signals between the diagnostic scan tool and an electronic system of a vehicle is tracked via a monitor application on a computer device. The tracked time is compared to a predetermined expected time threshold for the operation of exchanging data signals between the diagnostic scan tool and the electronic system of the vehicle, and an alert is provided if the tracked time exceeds the predetermined expected time threshold for the operation indicating that the diagnostic scan tool is being operated remotely from the vehicle. An electronic identifier of the diagnostic scan tool may be detected such that the number of times the diagnostic scan tool is used may be tracked and compared to an expected threshold.