Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Distributed data processing – Processing agent
Reexamination Certificate
2004-05-20
2008-10-14
Najjar, Saleh (Department: 2155)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Distributed data processing
Processing agent
C709S226000, C709S229000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07437404
ABSTRACT:
Provided is a system and method for connecting semiconductor manufacturing equipment to a host and one or more clients. In one example, the system includes an application queue, a host queue, and an equipment queue configured to hold messages received from and sent to an application agent, a host agent, and an equipment agent, respectively. A management information base may be configured to store information identifying a first virtual channel linking the client with the manufacturing equipment via the application queue and the equipment queue, and a second virtual channel linking the host with the manufacturing equipment via the host queue and the equipment queue. A dispatcher may be configured to use information from the management information base to route messages between the client and the manufacturing equipment via the first virtual channel and to route messages between the host and the manufacturing equipment via the second virtual channel.
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Ashraf Waseem
Haynes & Boone LLP
Najjar Saleh
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company , Ltd.
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