Interface for controlling transactions in a manufacturing execution system

Patent 5367624 Issued on November 22, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 11, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Cooper, Dwight H.

Assignee

Consilium, Inc.

Application

No. 076465 filed on 06/11/1993

Examiners

Primary: Herndon, Heather R.
Assistant: Vo, Cliff N.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman

International Classes

G06F 015/00
G06F 015/40

Abstract

Method and apparatus for an improved interface for controlling transactions in a manufacturing execution system. A common display interface is displayed on a computer system display which represents a series of transactions for a single manufacturing process, The common display interface includes a plurality of subdisplays each separately accessible through the common display interface. Each of the plurality of subdisplays includes various information related to the step in the manufacturing process represented by the subdisplay, The common display also can access a first group of the plurality of subdisplays in a sequential order and perform transactions related to the subdisplays in a sequential order. The common display also can access a second group of the plurality of subdisplays at arbitrary time intervals, and performing transactions associated with the second group of the plurality of subdisplays at the arbitrary time intervals.