Social network service for semiconductor manufacturing equipment and users

A method operated on a server that is configured to be interconnected with a plurality of equipment used for manufacturing semiconductor wafers, the method comprising:

• interfacing each of the plurality of equipment with the server, the interfacing configured to allow receiving of a plurality of parameters related to operation of each of the plurality of equipment at the server, wherein the plurality of parameters include operational metrics generated at each of the plurality of equipment during processing of the semiconductor wafers;
• during operation, receiving the plurality of parameters from the plurality of equipment over a period of time;
• processing the operational metrics included in the plurality of parameters for each of the plurality of equipment to identify event-related data or message-related data and to generate human-readable interpretation for the event-related data or message-related data provided in the operational metrics;
• determining one or more users that are authorized to receive information related to the operational metrics associated with each of the plurality of equipment;
• forwarding the event-related data, message-related data and corresponding human-readable interpretation for the operational metrics generated at each of the plurality of equipment to a social network service for performing a posting operation to social data streams of the respective one or more users;
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• managing the operational metrics received over time from each of the plurality of equipment so as to provide timely updates to the respective one or more users, the timely updates being provided as additional postings to the social data streams of the one or more users.

A method operated on a server that is configured to be interconnected with a plurality of equipment used for manufacturing semiconductor wafers, the method comprising:

• interfacing each of the plurality of equipment with the server, the interfacing configured to allow receiving of a plurality of parameters related to operation of each of the plurality of equipment at the server, wherein the plurality of parameters include operational metrics generated at each of the plurality of equipment during processing of the semiconductor wafers;
• during operation, receiving the plurality of parameters from a first equipment over a period of time;
• processing the operational metrics included in the plurality of parameters to identify event-related data or message-related data contained within and to generate human-readable interpretation for the event-related data or message-related data provided in the operational metrics of the first equipment;
• determining one or more users that are authorized to receive information related to the operational metrics associated with the first equipment;
• performing a posting operation to social data streams of the one or more users, wherein the posting operation causes postings of the event-related data, the message-related data and the corresponding human-readable interpretation of the first equipment to the social data streams of the one or more users;
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• using information provided in the postings to identify and adjust one or more process inputs of a second equipment, wherein the second equipment is used to perform a subsequent process operation on the semiconductor wafers.

A method operated on a server that is configured to be interconnected with a plurality of equipment used in a manufacturing process, the method comprising:

• interfacing each of the plurality of equipment with the server, the interfacing configured to allow receiving of a plurality of parameters related to operation of each of the plurality of equipment at the server, wherein the plurality of parameters include operational metrics generated at each of the plurality of equipment during the manufacturing process;
• during operation, receiving the plurality of parameters from the plurality of equipment over a period of time;
• processing the operational metrics included in the plurality of parameters for each of the plurality of equipment to identify event-related data or message-related data and to generate human-readable interpretation for the event-related data or message-related data provided in the operational metrics;
• determining one or more users that are authorized to receive information related to the operational metrics associated with each of the plurality of equipment;
• forwarding the event-related data, message-related data and corresponding human-readable interpretation for the operational metrics generated at each of the plurality of equipment to a social network service for performing a posting operation to social data streams of the respective one or more users;
• and
• managing the operational metrics received over time from each of the plurality of equipment so as to provide timely updates to the respective one or more users, the timely updates being provided as additional postings to the social data streams of the one or more users.