Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Product assembly or manufacturing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-28
2006-02-28
Picard, Leo (Department: 2125)
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Product assembly or manufacturing
C700S019000, C700S028000, C703S013000, C705S080000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07006882
ABSTRACT:
The invention is related to methods and apparatus that advantageously provide compatibility between two or more different computer systems, such as computers used in a manufacturing environment, e.g., a foundry for semiconductor fabrication. For example, a first computer system with a first operating system, such as OS/2® from IBM Corporation, and a second computer system with a second operating system, such as Windows® NT® from Microsoft Corporation. In one embodiment, a transfer module permits an application that executes in the IBM® OS/2® operating system access to files maintained in a component object model (COM+) format from Microsoft Corporation. A routing module transfers data to and from a module with functions created in the component object model (COM+) format. One embodiment of the routing module routes data according to one of four selectable processing paths termed TAPCOM, COMTAP, TAPCOMTAP, and COMTAPCOM.
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Chang Da-Yi
Liu Chi Yung
Liu Kuei Yi
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Macronix International Co. Ltd.
Picard Leo
Rao Sheela
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