Remote vehicle diagnostic and programming system
AssigneeEGR Solutions LLC
InventorEmanuel Rusu
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system which may be used for remote vehicle diagnostic and programming. Such a system may provide a high-speed wireless connection between an OBD-II compliant vehicle's OBD-II port and a remote vehicle diagnostic and programming control interface, with connectivity and feature availability rivaling direct wired connections between vehicle and control interface. Such a system may provide benefits in vehicle repair and tuning, remote diagnosis of vehicle issues, fleet management, and improved availability and access to professional vehicle service in remote locations.
Claims20
A system for remotely interfacing with vehicle data, the system comprising:
- a vehicle having a data port configured to transmit vehicle data;
- a control interface having a data port configured to receive vehicle data;
- two or more dongles comprising:
- a vehicle-side dongle configured to interface with the data port of the vehicle;
- and
- a control-side dongle configured to interface with the data port of the control interface;
- and
- at least one server, wherein the at least one server is configured to establish a secure network connection session between the two or more dongles based on a user accepting, via a user device, a request to establish a connection between the vehicle-side dongle and the control-side dongle, wherein the at least one server manages information regarding the secure network connection session, and wherein the data transmitted over the secure network connection is inaccessible by the at least one server,
- wherein the secure network connection comprises a data tunnel that provides a complete OBD feature set, key sync, and vehicle reprogramming capabilities between the two or more dongles.
A remote vehicle diagnostic and programming system comprising:
- a vehicle-side dongle;
- a control-side dongle;
- and
- at least one server configured to enable a secure network connection session between the vehicle-side dongle and the control-side dongle that allows direct access based on a user accepting via a user device a request to establish a connection between the vehicle-side dongle and the control-side dongle, by a control interface connected to the control-side dongle, to a vehicle connected to the vehicle-side dongle, wherein the at least one server manages information regarding the secure network connection session, and wherein data transmitted over the secure network connection is inaccessible by the at least one server,
- wherein the secure network connection comprises a data tunnel configured to enable a complete OBD feature set, key sync, and vehicle reprogramming capabilities between the vehicle-side dongle and the control-side dongle facilitated by the at least one server.
A method of utilizing a remote vehicle diagnostic and programming system comprising:
- connecting a vehicle-side dongle to a vehicle data port;
- connecting the vehicle-side dongle to a vehicle-side wireless internet access point;
- connecting a control-side dongle to a control-side data port;
- connecting the control-side dongle to a control-side wireless internet access point;
- establishing a secure connection session between the vehicle-side dongle and the control-side dongle,
- wherein establishing the secure connection session comprises establishing a data tunnel based on a user accepting via a user device a request to establish the secure connection session between the vehicle-side dongle and the control-side dongle being transmitted to a server, wherein the server manages information regarding the secure connection session and wherein data transmitted over the secure connection is inaccessible by the server, the data tunnel being configured to enable a complete OBD feature set, key sync, and vehicle reprogramming capabilities between the vehicle-side dongle and the control-side dongle;
- syncing the vehicle-side dongle to the control-side dongle;
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- transmitting, from the vehicle data port, vehicle diagnostic data to a control interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.