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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025

Filed:

May. 19, 2022
Applicant:

Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);

Inventors:

Patrick S. Merg, Hollister, CA (US);

Roy S. Brozovich, Campbell, CA (US);

Jacob G. Foreman, San Jose, CA (US);

Brett A. Kelley, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/08 (2005.12); B60R 16/023 (2005.12); G07C 5/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0808 (2012.12); B60R 16/0234 (2012.12); G07C 5/008 (2012.12); G07C 2205/02 (2012.12);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, textual vehicle service content. The method further includes identifying, by the computing device, a vehicle scan tool function relevant to associated text at a location within the textual vehicle service content. The method additionally includes modifying, by the computing device, the textual vehicle service content to include a selectable link at the location of the associated text, wherein the selectable link is selectable to initialize a vehicle scan tool to perform the identified vehicle scan tool function on a vehicle. The method also includes providing, by the computing device, the modified textual vehicle service content including the selectable link.


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