The system provides communications, roadside assistance, car safety, remote diagnostics, and other services.

The Andersen Consulting study predicted that traditional service delivery, a man or women with a bag of tools doing a specific repair job, would be replaced by remote diagnostics.

Also, the supervisor performs remote diagnostics via the link to make sure that all's going well at the other end.

"We can provide content for the computers, or remote diagnostics," said Douglas L. Lecker, the company's founder and president.

Later models of the DEC PDP-11 series mapped the registers onto addresses in the input/output area, but this was primarily intended to allow remote diagnostics.

Maura knew that Sheena had been refusing to participate in her "medical briefings," or to interface with the remote diagnostics that Dan used to monitor her health.

OnStar helps drivers by providing in-vehicle security, turn-by-turn navigation, automatic crash notification, hands-free calling, remote diagnostics and other services.

"I ran a series of remote diagnostics over an unsecured channel."

UEFI can support remote diagnostics and repair of computers, even without another operating system.

General Motors' OnStar can forward readings from sensors throughout the car for troubleshooting, a process called remote diagnostics.