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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2006
Shinichi Okita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Okita, Tokyo, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication server connects together device manufacturing processing apparatuses such as exposure apparatuses and various inspection apparatuses and the like. This communication server is provided with a file format conversion section that converts the format of data exchanged between device manufacturing processing apparatuses, a communication message conversion section that converts communication messages, and a communication protocol conversion section that converts communication protocols. The communication server receives information transmitted from a transmission source compatibly with a device manufacturing processing apparatus which is the transmission source, and transmits the received information compatibly with a device manufacturing processing apparatus that is a destination of the transmission.
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