Inventors:
Michael Jones - Highland UT, US
Charles Whitmer - Highland UT, US
Richard Hume - Draper UT, US
Kevin Rogers - Newport Beach CA, US
International Classification:
G06F 17/30, G06F 7/00, G06F 3/00
US Classification:
707001000, 715776000, 707007000
Abstract:
Data, such as pages of vehicle specification manuals, is received from reference information sources, in various formats, converted to a known format, and stored in a data store. Because all of the data is stored in a known format, users may more easily search information from multiple specification manuals. The pages of the specification manual that are stored in the data store are tagged according to content of the pages, so that pages of a specification manual that may be relevant to a specific diagnostic procedure, repair procedure, or system of the automobile may be easily located and transmitted to the user. The tags may also be used to generate multiple enhanced procedure lists including, for example, all categorized data that is relevant to a specific procedure, such as steps of the procedure and links to reference information related to steps of the procedure.