Patents by Inventor Constance Chu

Constance Chu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Computer system upgrade method employing upgrade management utility which provides uninterrupted idle state
    Patent number: 6931637
    Abstract: Within both a method for upgrading a computer system and a system for upgrading the computer system there is provided a computer system having associated therewith an upgrade management utility. The upgrade management utility provides for a buffering of a series of incoming requests to the computer system when upgrading the computer system while operating the computer system, to thus provide an uninterrupted idle state when upgrading the computer system when operating the computer system. Thus, the computer system may be upgraded with minimal disruption of functions which it supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Aries Lee, David Ni, Constance Chu
  • Recipe comparison system
    Patent number: 6745142
    Abstract: A recipe comparison system having recipe management ability in both offline accessing and online operating modes. The recipe comparison system includes an equipment server, an analysis module, and a recipe management module. The equipment server receives an upload signal, and then sends a recipe to the analysis module based on the upload signal. Then, the analysis module parses the recipe into internal-format-data according to a parsing rule, and outputs the internal-format-data to the recipe management module. If the recipe comparison system is in offline accessing mode, the recipe management module checks whether the internal-format-data obeys a specification definition. If the recipe comparison system is in the online operating mode, the recipe management module compares the internal-format-data with a standard recipe stored in a storage module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Rong Fu, Rex Lin, Nai-Tien Ou, Constance Chu, Jiun-Shian Shiau, Ying-Wei Hsu
  • Computer system upgrade method employing upgrade management utility which provides uninterrupted idle state
    Publication number: 20020188933
    Abstract: Within both a method for upgrading a computer system and a system for upgrading the computer system there is provided a computer system having associated therewith an upgrade management utility. The upgrade management utility provides for a buffering of a series of incoming requests to the computer system when upgrading the computer system while operating the computer system, to thus provide an uninterrupted idle state when upgrading the computer system when operating the computer system. Thus, the computer system may be upgraded with minimal disruption of functions which it supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aries Lee, David Ni, Constance Chu
  • Recipe comparison system
    Publication number: 20020183950
    Abstract: A recipe comparison system having recipe management ability in both offline accessing and online operating modes. The recipe comparison system includes an equipment server, an analysis module, and a recipe management module. The equipment server receives an upload signal, and then sends a recipe to the analysis module based on the upload signal. Then, the analysis module parses the recipe into internal-format-data according to a parsing rule, and outputs the internal-format-data to the recipe management module. If the recipe comparison system is in offline accessing mode, the recipe management module checks whether the internal-format-data obeys a specification definition. If the recipe comparison system is in the online operating mode, the recipe management module compares the internal-format-data with a standard recipe stored in a storage module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Ming-Rong Fu, Rex Lin, Nai-Tien Ou, Constance Chu, Jiun-Shian Shiau, Ying-Wei Hsu