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(54) MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING DATA BASE

(75) Inventor: Michael Joseph Dmochowski,

Wyomissing, PA (US)

(73) Assignee: Agere Systems Guardian Corp.,

Orlando, FL (US)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/281,642

(22) Filed: Mar. 31, 1999

(51) Int. C I. G06F 19/00

(52) U.S. CI 700/121; 700/100; 700/108;

705/7

(58) Field of Search 700/95-97, 99-108,

700/111, 121; 705/7-9; 29/25.01

(56) References Cited

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

5,195,041 * 3/1993 George et al 700/100

5,980,591 * 11/1999 Akimoto et al 29/25.01

* cited by examiner

Primary Examiner—-William Grant
Assistant Examiner—Steven R. Garland

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—-Walter J. Tencza, Jr. (57) ABSTRACT

A method comprised of storing a first time and a first indicia, the first time being the time it takes a first number of products to be subjected to a first subprocess and the first indicia being an indication of how many products are in the first number of products. The method may also include storing a second time and a second indicia, the second time being the time it takes a second number of products to be subjected to a second subprocess. The first and second times may be average times for a plurality of different processes. The second indicia can be an indication of how many products are in the second number of products. The method may also include storing a third indicia, the third indicia being an indication of how many products are in a third number of products to be subjected to a first process. The first process may be comprised of the first and second subprocesses. A run time is determined for the third number of products to be subjected to the first process based on the first and second times, and the first, second and third indicia. The present invention also includes an apparatus comprised of a first memory, a second memory, and a first computer processor. The first computer processor may ignore a first average time for the first subprocess and use a first process specific time for determining the run time of the first process when an first override flag in the first memory is set.

17 Claims, 15 Drawing Sheets