System and Method for Accessing Vehicle Communication Applications Requiring Vehicle Identification without Re-Entering Vehicle Identification

A computing device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store at least executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
• determining vehicle identification information that identifies a vehicle to be serviced;
• determining repair-related information about the vehicle by:
• transmitting a query to a first server other than a second server, wherein the query is based on a first software executable at the first server and a second software executable at a second server and includes a first vehicle identifier based on the vehicle identification information;
• receiving a second vehicle identifier and a third vehicle identifier from the first server in response to the query, wherein the second vehicle identifier is associated with both the vehicle to be serviced and the first software executable at the first server, and wherein the third vehicle identifier is associated with both the vehicle to be serviced and the second software executable at the second server;
• receiving, at a computing device, a request to activate the first software executable;
• after receiving the request to activate the first software executable, activating the first software executable at least by providing the received second vehicle identifier to the first software executable as part of initiating execution of the first software executable;
• receiving, at the computing device, a request to activate the second software executable;
• after receiving the request to activate the second software executable, activating the second software executable at least by providing the received third vehicle identifier to the second software executable as part of initiating execution of the second software executable;
• and
• determining the repair-related information about the vehicle includes determining repair-related information based on execution of the first software executable and the second software executable;
• and
• generating, at the computing device, a display based on the repair-related information about the vehicle.

A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store at least executable instructions, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:

• determining vehicle identification information that identifies a vehicle to be serviced;
• determining repair-related information about the vehicle by:
• transmitting a query to a first server other than a second server, wherein the query is based on a first software executable at the first server and a second software executable at a second server and includes a first vehicle identifier based on the vehicle identification information;
• receiving a second vehicle identifier and a third vehicle identifier from the first server in response to the query, wherein the second vehicle identifier is associated with both the vehicle to be serviced and the first software executable at the first server, and wherein the third vehicle identifier is associated with both the vehicle to be serviced and the second software executable at the second server;
• receiving, at a computing device, a request to activate the first software executable;
• after receiving the request to activate the first software executable, activating the first software executable at least by providing the received second vehicle identifier to the first software executable as part of initiating execution of the first software executable;
• receiving, at the computing device, a request to activate the second software executable;
• after receiving the request to activate the second software executable, activating the second software executable at least by providing the received third vehicle identifier to the second software executable as part of initiating execution of the second software executable;
• and
• determining the repair-related information about the vehicle includes determining repair-related information based on execution of the first software executable and the second software executable;
• and
• generating, at the computing device, a display based on the repair-related information about the vehicle.