Dynamic subject information generation in message services of distributed object systems

• US 8,504,620 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2007
• Issued: 08/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Applied Materials Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Applied Materials Incorporated
• Inventors: Huang, Charles Q., Chi, Yueh-Shian, Hawkins, Parris C M
• Primary Examiner(s): Tiv, Backhean
• Application Number:
  US11/652,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20070112928A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,399 Days
• Field of Search: 709/205, 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/33149 Publisher subscriber, publisher, master broadcasts data to slaves, subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A system, method and medium of sending messages in a distributed data processing network is described, and contemplates receiving a message that includes subject information that is generated based on one or more pre-selected portions as the message is generated. A message delivery system in a client-server environment is also described. The message delivery system includes a server configured to receive a message that includes subject information that is generated based on one or more pre-selected portions as the message is created and configured to forward the message based on the subject information.

Claims

1. A method of sending messages in a semiconductor assembly facility having a plurality of assembly line devices, the method comprising:

generating a message, using a publisher client of at least one of an assembly line device in the semiconductor assembly facility and an assembly line controller in the semiconductor assembly facility, the message comprising subject information and content information, the content information being substantive information of the message, the subject information characterizing the message to identify subscribers to receive the message, wherein the subject information comprises a fixed portion and a changeable portion, and wherein generating the subject information comprises;

identifying a fixed portion for the subject information, the fixed portion to uniquely identify the publisher client that is generating the message;

generating, by the publisher client, the changeable portion of the subject information including a plurality of selectable subject elements;

appending the changeable portion to the fixed portion of the subject information, wherein the fixed portion and the changeable portion collectively describe at least one of;

the content information and a format of the content information; and

transmitting, by the publisher client, the message from the assembly line device in the semiconductor assembly facility or the assembly line controller in the semiconductor assembly facility to a server.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising modifying content of the changeable portion when the message is created.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising allowing a user to view a message'"'"'s configuration information that includes the plurality of subject elements.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the selectable subject element is selected by an operator in the semiconductor assembly facility or an automated entity, wherein each selectable subject element includes a parameter name, data type, publish options for including the selectable subject element in the changeable portion, and position options for positioning of the selectable subject element in the changeable portion.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the publish options for each subject element enable the operator or an automated entity to publish the subject element as part of the changeable portion of the subject information, to not publish the subject element, or to not include the subject element as part of the changeable portion of the subject information based on the selection of the publish options.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the position options for each subject element enable the operator or the automated entity to selection a position of the subject element if the subject element is published as part of the changeable portion of the subject information.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising etching, using one of the plurality of the assembly line devices, and using one or more received messages, one or more layers of a substrate during manufacture of an electronic device in the semiconductor assembly facility.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising depositing, using one of the plurality of the assembly line devices, and using one or more received messages, one or more layers of a substrate during manufacture of an electronic device in the semiconductor assembly facility.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising configuring a meta-data server to allow a user to view configuration information of a message that includes the plurality of subject elements.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a computer cause the computer system to perform a set of operations comprising:

generating a message, using a publisher client of at least one of an assembly line device in a semiconductor assembly facility and an assembly line controller in the semiconductor assembly facility, the message comprising subject information and content information, the content information being substantive information of the message, the subject information characterizing the message to identify subscribers to receive the message, wherein the subject information comprises a fixed portion and a changeable portion, and wherein generating the subject information comprises;

identifying a fixed portion for the subject information, the fixed portion to uniquely identify the publisher client that is generating the message;

generating, by the publisher client, the changeable portion of the subject information including a plurality of selectable subject elements;

appending the changeable portion to the fixed portion of the subject information, wherein the fixed portion and the changeable portion collectively describe at least one of;

the content information and a format of the content information; and

transmitting, by the publisher client, the message from the assembly line device in the semiconductor assembly facility or the assembly line controller in the semiconductor assembly facility to a server.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the instructions further include modifying content of the changeable portion when the message is created.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the instructions further include allowing a user to view a message'"'"'s configuration information that includes the plurality of subject elements.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the selectable subject element is selected by an operator in the semiconductor assembly facility or an automated entity, wherein each selectable subject element includes a parameter name, data type, publish options for including the selectable subject element in the changeable portion, and position options for positioning of the selectable subject element in the changeable portion.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the publish options for each subject element enable the operator or an automated entity to publish the subject element as part of the changeable portion of the subject information, to not publish the subject element, or to not include the subject element as part of the changeable portion of the subject information based on the selection of the publish options.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 wherein the position options for each subject element enable the operator or the automated entity to selection a position of the subject element if the subject element is published as part of the changeable portion of the subject information.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the instructions further comprise including in the message process information, the process information being used by at least one of the subscribing assembly line device and the subscribing controller to etch one or more layers of a substrate during manufacture of an electronic device in the semiconductor assembly facility.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the instructions further comprise including in the message process information, the process information being used by at least one of the subscribing assembly line device and the subscribing controller to deposit one or more layers of a substrate during manufacture of an electronic device in the semiconductor assembly facility.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the instructions further include configuring a meta-data server to allow a user to view configuration information of a message that includes the plurality of subject elements.

19. A system comprising:

a persistent storage unit to store a fixed portion of subject information of a message, the fixed portion uniquely identify a publisher client in a semiconductor assembly facility that is generating the message; and

a processor coupled to the persistent storage unit to generate a message, using a publisher client in the semiconductor assembly facility, the message comprising subject information and content information, the content information being substantive information of the message, the subject information characterizing the message to identify subscribers to receive the message, wherein the subject information comprises a fixed portion and a changeable portion, and transmitting the message to a server, wherein the subject information in the message allows the server to forward the message to at least one of;

a subscribing assembly line device and a subscribing controller, wherein generating the subject information comprises the processor to identify the fixed portion for the subject information, to generate the changeable portion of the subject information including a plurality of selectable subject elements and to append the changeable portion to the fixed portion of the subject information, wherein the fixed portion and the changeable portion collectively describe at least one of;

the content information and a format of the content information.

20. A method, implemented by a server computing system programmed to perform the following, comprising:

receiving, by the server computing system, a message comprising subject information and content information, the content information being substantive information of the message, the subject information characterizing the message to identify subscribers to receive the message;

identifying one or more subscribers that are registered to receive the message based on the subject information of the message, wherein the subject information comprises a fixed portion and a changeable portion, the fixed portion to uniquely identify a publisher client in a semiconductor assembly facility that generated the message and the changeable portion including a plurality of selectable subject elements; and

transmitting the message to the identified subscribers.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein transmitting the message comprises guaranteeing delivery of the message to a subscriber registered to receive messages having the subject information.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein transmitting the message comprises transmitting the message to at least one of:

a subscribing assembly line device and a subscribing controller, registered to receive messages having the subject information.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising storing information relating to the at least one of subscribing assembly line device and subscribing controller in a database.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising storing a copy of content of the database in a remote memory device.

25. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

creating a command based on the message.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a set of operations comprising:

receiving a message comprising subject information and content information, the content information being substantive information of the message, the subject information characterizing the message to identify subscribers to receive the message;

identifying one or more subscribers that are registered to receive the message based on the subject information of the message, wherein the subject information comprises a fixed portion and a changeable portion, the fixed portion to uniquely identify a publisher client in the semiconductor assembly facility that generated the message and the changeable portion including a plurality of selectable subject elements; and

transmitting the message to the identified subscribers.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein transmitting the message comprises guaranteeing delivery of the message to a subscriber registered to receive messages having the subject information.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein transmitting the message comprises transmitting the message to at least one of:

a subscribing assembly line device and a subscribing controller, registered to receive messages having the subject information.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 28, further comprising storing information relating to the at least one of subscribing assembly line device and subscribing controller in a database.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 29, further comprising storing a copy of content of the database in a remote memory device.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, further comprising:

creating a command based on the message.

32. A system comprising:

a persistent storage unit to store registration information of a plurality of subscribers to receive messages based on subject information of the message; and

a processor coupled to the persistent storage unit to receive a message comprising subject information and content information, the content information being substantive information of the message, the subject information characterizing the message to identify subscribers to receive the message, to identify one or more of the subscribers that are registered to receive the message based on the subject information of the message, wherein the subject information comprises a fixed portion and a changeable portion, the fixed portion to uniquely identify a publisher client in a semiconductor assembly facility that generated the message the changeable portion including a plurality of selectable subject elements, and position options, and to transmit the message to the identified subscribers.