SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MATERIAL STORAGE VESSELS HAVING INFORMATION STORAGE ELEMENTS
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Abstract
Material management systems and methods include material storage vessels with information (e.g., electronic information) storage. Information may be communicated from a storage device to a process tool controller and employed to set or adjust a process tool operating parameter. Material information may be determined by remote analysis and subsequently communicated to an electronic information storage device of a vessel containing such material. Location and movement of material storage vessels within a customer facility may be automatically tracked, with further transfer of material-specific information. Product information may be associatively stored with material-specific information utilized in product manufacture.
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106 Claims
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1-81. -81. (canceled)
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82. A method comprising:
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communicating, from an information storage device associated with a material-containing material storage vessel to a control device associated with a process tool, information indicative of any of;
(A) a material-specific utilization parameter, (B) a process tool operating instruction, (C) a material property, and (D) a vessel-specific current or historical environmental condition; andemploying the communicated information to set or adjust an operating parameter of the process tool. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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92. A method comprising:
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receiving, from an information storage device associated with a material storage vessel, information indicative of any of;
(A) a material-specific utilization parameter, (B) a material property, and (C) a process tool operating instruction; andemploying the received information to set or adjust an operating parameter of a process tool. - View Dependent Claims (93)
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94. A method employing a plurality of wireless information reading devices for managing a plurality of material storage vessels each having associated electronic information, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the entrance of a first material storage vessel in a material ingress functional area of a material end use process facility; and automatically transferring to a data repository information associated with the first material storage vessel and indicative of any of a batch-specific material property, a vessel-specific material property, a vessel-specific current or historical environmental condition, a process tool operating instruction, and a material-specific utilization parameter. - View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
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100. A method comprising:
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receiving, from an information storage device associated with a material-containing material storage vessel to a control device associated with a process tool, information indicative of any of;
(a) identity of said material, (b) composition of said material, (c) source of said material, (d) quantity of said material, (e) batch of said material, (f) a batch-specific property of said material, (g) a vessel-specific property of said material, (h) a vessel-specific current environmental condition, (i) a vessel-specific historical environmental condition, (j) a material-specific process tool utilization parameter, and (k) vessel identity;fabricating or processing a product with a process tool employing material received from the material storage vessel; and associatively storing the received information with product information indicative of any of (I) product identification, (II) product batch identification, and (III) date or time of said product fabrication or processing. - View Dependent Claims (101, 102, 103, 104)
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105. A material utilization system comprising:
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at least one material storage vessel adapted to contain a material and having an associated electronic information storage device having stored therein information indicative of any of;
(A) a material-specific utilization parameter, (B) a process tool operating instruction, (C) a material property, and (D) a vessel-specific current or historical environmental condition;a process tool or process tool controller arranged to receive a signal representative of said information, and adapted to utilize said information to set or adjust an operating parameter of the process tool. - View Dependent Claims (106)
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