Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTICS USING A PORTABLE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002091088
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A diagnostic tool suite is made available to technicians (104) servicing equipment (102) at residential and business locations using a portable device (106) such as a PDA. The PDA runs a main engine (1200) that can execute diagnostic modules (112), with each diagnostic module corresponding to a particular appliance (102) or device that requires troubleshooting, repair, diagnosis, maintenance or installation. The diagnostic modules use a limited number of templates (1113) to define possible screen layouts for each screen displayed to the technician. Additionally, the diagnostic module includes a diagnostic flow definition file (1111) wherein each record corresponds to a screen displayed to a technician. The main engine (1200) uses the template information (1113) and the diagnostic flow definition records (1111) to fully define a screen (106) to display to a technician (104). In this way, an extensible, modular, non-specific diagnostic tool suite is available to a technician (104). To simplify creation of the diagnostic definition files (1111), a graphical user development tool (400) is provided that allows a non-skilled user to select a template definition, to be prompted for definitions of the fields in that template and to create the diagnostic definition file incorporating the user's input.
Inventors:
GRANT CHUCK (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/014633
Publication Date:
February 27, 2003
Filing Date:
May 10, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RANCO INC (US)
GRANT CHUCK (US)
GRANT CHUCK (US)
International Classes:
G05B19/19; G06F17/30; (IPC1-7): G05B19/00; G06F17/30; G05B19/042
Foreign References:
| EP0562901A1 | 1993-09-29 |
Other References:
SENGUPTA A ET AL: "Query by templates: a generalized approach for visual query formulation for text dominated databases", DIGITAL LIBRARIES, 1997. ADL '97. PROCEEDINGS., IEEE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES IN WASHINGTON, DC, USA 7-9 MAY 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 7 May 1997 (1997-05-07), pages 36 - 47, XP010231206, ISBN: 0-8186-8010-5
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1996, no. 02 29 February 1996 (1996-02-29)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1996, no. 02 29 February 1996 (1996-02-29)
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