GROUP MANAGING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM

• US 20140244729A1
• Filed: 02/20/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
• Original Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
• Inventors: MATOGAWA, Kenji, SEKISAWA, Shingo, OHUCHI, Miki, YOSHINO, Kenji
• Application Number:
  US14/184,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20140244729A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications

Abstract

Disclosed is a group managing system with a client device. The client device includes an input reception unit that receives an input from a user; a process information reception unit that specifies a server connected to the client device and receives the process information sent from the server connected thereto; an input screen preparation unit that stores information related to the input screen for the client device and registers the process information in the input screen information to prepare an input screen for the client device; a display unit that displays the client screen for the client device; and a processing request information sending unit that sends processing request information to the server when a processing content from the input reception unit is received to the input screen for the client device displayed on the display unit and the processing request information is prepared on the input screen for the client device.

Claims

1. A group managing system comprising:

at least one manufacturing equipment configured to carry out a predetermined process on a workpiece to be processed;

at least one server connected to the at least one manufacturing equipment; and

at least one client device connected to the at least one server,

wherein the server includes;

a process information sending unit configured to send process information related to a process, which may be executed by the manufacturing equipment, the manufacturing equipment in response to an instruction from the server,

the client device includes;

an input reception unit configured to receive an input from a user;

a process information reception unit configured to specify a server connected to the client device and receive the process information sent from the server connected thereto;

an input screen preparation unit configured to prepare an input screen for the client device, the input screen preparation unit being configured to store therein information concerning the input screen for the client device and register the process information in the input screen information received by the process information reception unit;

a display unit configured to display the client screen for the client device which is prepared by the input screen preparation unit; and

a processing request information sending unit configured to send processing request information to the server when a processing content from the input reception unit is received to the input screen for the client device displayed on the display unit and the processing request information is prepared on the input screen for the client device,

the server further includes;

a processing request information reception unit configured to receive the processing request information sent from the processing request information sending unit;

a command execution unit configured to configure command information to give a command to a corresponding manufacturing equipment based on the processing request information received by the processing request information reception unit; and

a command information sending unit configured to send the command information, which is configured by the command execution unit, to the corresponding manufacturing equipment, and

wherein the corresponding manufacturing equipment controls each component thereof to carry out a process according the command information.

2. The group managing system of claim 1, wherein the input screen preparation unit arranges an icon that activates the input screen for the client device at a desktop of the display unit.

3. The group managing system of claim 1, wherein the input screen preparation unit prepares the input screen for the client device to be divided for each server.

4. The group managing system of claim 1, wherein the input screen preparation unit prepares a client device input screen to be displayed on a single screen of the display unit.

5. A computer-readable program storage medium storing a computer-readable program that when executed, causes a computer to function as a group managing system which includes at least one manufacturing equipment configured to carry out a predetermined process on a workpiece to be processed, at least one server connected to the at least one manufacturing equipment, and at least one client device connected to the at least one server, wherein, in the computer,

the server executes:

a process information sending step of sending process information, which is related to a process to be capable of being executed by the manufacturing equipment, to the client device in response to an instruction from the server,

the client device executes;

an input reception step of receiving an input from a user;

a process information reception step of specifying a server connected to the client device and receiving the process information sent from the connected server;

an input screen generation step of preparing an input screen for the client device by storing therein information concerning the input screen for the client device and registering the process information in the input screen information received by the process information reception unit;

a displaying step of displaying the client screen for the client device which is prepared by the input screen preparation unit; and

a processing request information sending step of sending processing request information to the server when a processing content from the input reception unit is received to the input screen for the client device displayed on the display unit to prepare the processing request information on the input screen for the client device, and

the server further executes;

a processing request information reception step of receiving the processing request information sent from the processing request information sending unit;

a command execution step of configuring command information to give a command to a corresponding manufacturing equipment based on the processing request information received by the processing request information reception unit; and

a command information sending step of sending the command information configured by the command execution unit to the corresponding manufacturing equipment, and

wherein the corresponding manufacturing equipment controls each component thereof to carry out a process according the command information.