Monitoring and reporting incremental job status system and method

US6856845B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Markus P. J. Fromherz · Palo Alto, US
• Daniel G. Bobrow · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2003
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

For an automated manufacturing system having a number of modules with numerous alternative capabilities, a computer-controlled system provides for monitoring and reporting incremental job status. The computer-controlled system includes at least one system controller for planning and scheduling a variety of jobs submitted to the manufacturing system for processing. The system controller includes at least one planning function, which plans utilization of selected module capabilities in the production of jobs having more than one work unit. A scheduling function schedules utilization of selected module capabilities. A logging and integration function logs execution reports from the various modules in the manufacturing system.