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AssigneeHti IP, LLC
InventorsLarkin H. Lowrey, Diego A. Borrego, Alan Wettig, Bruce Davis Lightner, Matthew J. Banet, Paul Washicko, Eric C. Berkobin, Charles M. Link, II
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A telematics method and system includes, and uses, a telematics device with a controller in communication with a diagnostic system configured to receive diagnostic information from a host vehicle; a position-locating system configured to determine location information of the host vehicle; a wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive information through a wireless network to and from at least one Internet-accessible website; and, a communication interface including at least a short range wireless interface link. The telematics device may be embodied in an access device, which may include the position-locating system. The access device may be a smartphone, or similar device, that retrieves/transmits diagnostic data/information, and other data/information to/from the vehicle via the short range wireless link. The access device performs various telematics device functions; it uses a long range wireless interface to communicate diagnostic and related information to a central host computer, and to receive related information from same.
A method, comprising:
An access device configured to interface with a vehicle over a short range wireless link;
An access device configured to interface with a vehicle communication bus of a host vehicle, over a short range wireless communication interface;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.