ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,110, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Method and system for configuring user interface with PID facet selectors" was invented by Patrick S. Merg (Hollister, Calif.), Jacob G. Foreman (Hollister, Calif.) and Brett A. Kelley (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for servicing a vehicle using PID facet selectors. The method includes outputting a GUI including a PID facet selector and a first PID group container including sub-containers corresponding to a respective PID. The method includes requesting PIDs and outputting, within the GUI, parameter values received in respon...