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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7069098 | Method and system for prioritizing material to clear exception conditions The present invention is generally directed to various methods and systems for prioritizing material to clear exception conditions. In one illustrative embodiment, the method includes providing a plurality of workpieces, each of the workpieces having an associated q... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069097 | Method and apparatus for reducing scheduling conflicts for a resource A method includes providing a schedule of engagements for a resource. Each engagement has a working window and an associated engagement density function. The engagement density functions of the scheduled engagements are combined to generate a committed capacity func... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069096 | Global resource locator for autonomous cooperative control systems A distributed control system employs a number of autonomous cooperative units that intercommunicate with bids and counter bids to allocate the production of a product among them. Network traffic caused by these bid messages is significantly reduced by creating as a ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068830 | Method and system for providing a probe array chip design database Systems and method for organizing information relating to the design of polymer probe array chips including oligonucleotide array chips. A database model is provided which organizes information interrelating probes on a chip, genomic items investigated by the chip, ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065499 | Intelligent order promising An order promising system (10) includes a commerce module (16) that receives a product inquiry from a user. The product inquiry includes a product configuration that includes a product identifier, one or more option values, and the delivery location fo... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065496 | System for managing equipment, services and service provider agreements A system for managing service provider agreements, the system comprising a server, an agreements database accessible by the server, the agreements database having stored thereon contracted performance data indicative of minimum service performance required by at lea... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065421 | Manufacturing management system and method A manufacturing management system and method. The system includes a monitor module and a planning module. The monitor module receives real-time yield information of one product currently being processed in a production line. The planning module dynamically manages a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065419 | Job flow Petri Net and controlling mechanism for parallel processing The present disclosure provides a job flow system for use in a manufacturing environment, such as a semiconductor fab. The job flow system includes a plurality of sequence-related jobs associated with the manufacturing and a computer-controlled Petri Net structure. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064848 | System and method for converting print jobs stored in printshop job description language files into printshop workflow A method for automatically converting print jobs stored in printshop job description language (PSDL) files into workflow for a specific printshop is disclosed. A print job stored in a PSDL file is extracted from the PSDL file and used to generate a proposed workflow... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062893 | System and method for accommodating atypical customer requirements in a mass customization A build cell is utilized to manufacture computers and load data into the computers according to customer orders. The build cell may include a build station at which components are assembled into a computer and a first network connection that links the computer with ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062351 | Clamp avoidance cutter path regeneration A method and system for clamping a part in an automated tool to produce the part includes selecting a part for production on an automated tool driving a cutter. Deriving a clamping scenario defines the positioning of a plurality of clamps to fix the part to the auto... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059532 | System and method for storing and synchronizing forms between printer and device for attaching personalized cards by creating shingled stacks An apparatus that stores and synchronizes printed forms that are being transferred between a high speed forms printer and a mechanism for attaching plastic cards to the forms. The apparatus is also able to buffer the forms that are in progress in the printer should ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058469 | System and method for fully automatic manufacturing control in a furnace area of a semiconductor foundry A computer-implemented method and system for automating control of a furnace area within a semiconductor fabrication facility are provided. In one example, the method includes processing a current batch using process equipment, removing the current batch from the pr... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058465 | Method of preparing estimate for sheet metal working A method is provided for preparing an estimate for sheet metal working. Data of bending lines and data of an associated processing time for the bending lines is stored. Data of holes and data of an associated processing time for the holes is stored. A three-dimensio... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054703 | Control system and methods for managing a production operating under time constaraints A control system for a production process having a plurality of operations. A plurality of time constraints exist between the operations. The control system includes a control module that defines a plurality of sub-time constraints between each two operations, gener... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054702 | Lot start agent that determines delta virtual WIP time for each bottleneck station in a multi-product and multi-bottleneck manufacturing environment A system and method are provided for calculating a plurality of bottleneck delta virtual work in process time (“VWIP”) values. Each of the bottleneck delta VWIP values represents the time until one of n bottleneck workstations begins to risk starvation. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054399 | Low overhead synchronized activation of functional modules A system and/or method for synchronizing one or more modules of an industrial controller relative to a common time base. A module may be programmed and/or configured to employ an activation interval for controlling periodic activation for sampling one or more inputs... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052919 | Recipe cascading in a wafer processing system The invention allows a cluster tool to change from a first recipe to a second recipe, while preserving periodicity and ensuring that there are no delays at critical points. This procedure is referred to as recipe cascading. Cascading involves emptying a first lot of... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054704 | Method, system and facility for controlling resource allocation within a manufacturing environment A method and system provide for the control of resource allocation within a build-to-order manufacturing environment. One example embodiment of a method according to the present disclosure includes an operation for monitoring a work-in-process (WIP) profile that rep... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050953 | Dynamical methods for solving large-scale discrete and continuous optimization problems Dynamical methods for obtaining the global optimal solution of general optimization problems having closed form or black box objective functions, including the steps of first finding, in a deterministic manner, one local optimal solution starting from an initial poi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048182 | Method and apparatus for providing a card carrier for bringing together with a card In a method and an apparatus for providing a card carrier for bringing it together with a card, the card is initially provided, and card data are acquired from it. On the basis of this card data, a card-carrier blank having a first identification mark is provided. O... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047094 | LSI mask manufacturing system, LSI mask manufacturing method and LSI mask manufacturing program A computer implemented method for LSI mask manufacturing stores performance information of a lithography unit, connected to a network, in a lithography unit database. The method receives a lithography data and a lithography reservation condition from a user terminal... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043444 | Synchronization of planning information in a high availability planning and scheduling architecture A method for synchronizing planning information in a high availability planning and scheduling architecture includes processing requests from one or more external systems (40) using an advanced planning and scheduling (APS) engine (22) included in a fi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043322 | System and method for batch scheduling of lots based on flow time and number of batches A system and method for utilizing computer-implementable decision support systems to determine factory schedules. Methodologies associated with the invention include advanced planning systems, optimization and heuristic based algorithms, constraint-based programming... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043321 | Exception handling in manufacturing systems combining on-line planning and predetermined rules A method for performing exception handling operates within a computer controlled multi-step production system for producing objects. The system includes a system controller, within which reside a planner/scheduler and module controller(s). The system controller rece... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043320 | Method and apparatus for planning a manufacturing schedule using an adaptive learning process An apparatus and method for a production planning system using a process of adaptive learning is disclosed. A production planning system receives production objects wherein each production object has at least one attribute. In one embodiment, the production objects ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043319 | System and method for visualizing the use of resources in a process system A resource allocator allocates a plurality of resources among a plurality of tasks within a process system. The resource allocator includes a monitoring controller for monitoring one or more characteristics associated with at least one application process, the resou... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043318 | Lot start agent that determines quantity and timing for lot starts An automated system is provided in a facility that manufactures m products, where m>0. The system comprises a software object that provides for calculation of one or more bottleneck delta virtual work in process time (“VWIP”) values. Each of the bottleneck delta... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043317 | Semiconductor wafer fabrication furnace idle monitor and method of operation A system and method is disclosed for monitoring each of a plurality of furnaces in a furnace process in semiconductor wafer fabrication. A furnace that is left open too long will absorb moisture from the atmosphere and should not be used for a furnace task. The syst... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043309 | Distributed actuation allocation for large assemblies of implementation units Apparatus and methods that approximately solve an actuation allocation problem by breaking the solution into modules, which may or may not be overlapping. The solution to the actuation allocation problem is expressed in terms of solutions for each of the modules. Th... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041515 | Balancing planarization of layers and the effect of underlying structure on the metrology signal The present invention includes a method and system for identifying an underlying structure that achieves improved planarization characteristics of layers while minimizing introduction of random and/or systematic noise to the reflected metrology signal. One em... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043336 | Data processing method for a memory pack of an internet microwave oven A data processing method and apparatus of a memory pack of an Internet microwave oven. A computer is connected to a Web server and a detachable memory pack includes an interface unit performing an interface operation to access the computer. A memory pack control uni... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039595 | System and method for throughput measurement A computerized method for determining throughput includes generating a demand array of item orders and generating a supply array of manufacturing inventory. The method includes selecting an item order in the demand array, and; matching manufacturing inventory in the... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039484 | Prediction of the degree of delivery reliability in serial production In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for determining effects of cycle time limitations for sub-processes of a production process for individual units of a technical product is provided. In the method of the exemplary embodiment, there is set... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039483 | Manufacturing management system and method A manufacturing management system and method. A processing unit calculates an acceleration capability according to a capacity loss rate for a target fabrication velocity and a number of work pieces under the target fabrication velocity in the production line, and a ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039482 | Floating process flow control system to handle operation events in a full automation plant A method to handle operation exceptions in an automated manufacturing system is achieved. The method comprises providing an automated manufacturing system comprising a means to track progress of work in process against standard process flows and a means to select pr... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039481 | Production planning system The production of semiconductor devices manufactured through a plurality of manufacturing sites is unitarily managed and an appropriate production plan is instructed. A computer projects a production plan of an entire company based on various information. The produc... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039480 | Planning operation management support system, and planning operation management support program A project template information management database 1 of a planning operation management support system includes: database groups from 20 to 23 saving setting information of planning operations performed in the past, names of process flows in the respective la... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039479 | Production planning system The production planning system of this invention comprises: a supply quantity calculation module to calculate quantities of particular components, half products and finished products to be supplied in the current cycle; a production policy database to store useful d... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039472 | Schedule execution managing apparatus and method A schedule execution managing apparatus comprises a planned start time setting unit setting the planned start time of a schedule in correspondence with a predetermined base time and an offset from the base time, a planned start time storing unit storing the set plan... | 05/02/2006 |
