U.S. patent application number 11/049444 was filed with the patent office on 2005-06-16 for interconnect structure and method for manufacturing the same.
This patent application is currently assigned to United Microelectrics Corporation. Invention is credited to Hsuan, John, Lee, Ellis.
Application Number | 20050131775 11/049444 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25084432 |
Filed Date | 2005-06-16 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050131775 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hsuan, John ; et
al. |
June 16, 2005 |
Interconnect structure and method for manufacturing the same
Abstract
A system for speeding up an establishment's foundation through
Internet comprises a data storage device having databases built
therein and an electronic hub connected to the data storage device
through computer program. The electronic hub is cooperated with the
data storage device, whereby is capable to communicate, examine the
resource provider, save the resource provider, and match the
resource provider and whereby speeds up the establishment's
foundation. A method for speeding up founding establishment through
Internet comprises communicating, examining the resource provider,
saving the resource provider, and matching the resource
provider.
Inventors: |
Hsuan, John; (Hsin-Chu City,
TW) ; Lee, Ellis; (Hsin-Chu, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
MERCHANT & GOULD PC
P.O. BOX 2903
MINNEAPOLIS
MN
55402-0903
US
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Assignee: |
United Microelectrics
Corporation
Hsin-Chu City
TW
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Family ID: |
25084432 |
Appl. No.: |
11/049444 |
Filed: |
February 1, 2005 |
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Application
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11049444 |
Feb 1, 2005 |
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09769091 |
Jan 24, 2001 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
705/26.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06Q 30/0601 20130101;
G06Q 30/018 20130101; G06Q 30/06 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
705/026 |
International
Class: |
G06F 017/60 |
Claims
1. A method for speeding up founding establishment through
Internet, said method comprising: providing an electronic hub
system capable of communicating with at least a resource provider;
communicating said resource provider with said electronic hub
system; examining a plurality of items of said resource provider;
saving a record of said resource provider in said electronic hub
system; and matching said resource provider according to said
record of said resource provider.
2-7. (canceled)
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said resource provider
comprises a provider of administrative idea.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said resource provider
comprises a technology group.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said resource provider
comprises a management group.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said items comprises
an official document related to said resource provider.
12. The method according to claim 1, wherein said record comprises
a resource provider's class.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein said record comprises
a resource provider's scope.
14-39. (canceled)
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a system and a method for founding
establishment, and more particularly to a system and a method for
speeding up founding establishment through Internet.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] It is introduced that concept of electronic hubs (eHubs) in
Business-to-Business (B2B) E-commerce. The eHubs is defined as
neutral Internet-based intermediaries that focus on specific
industry verticals or specific business processes, host electronic
marketplaces, and used various market making mechanisms to mediate
any-to-any transactions among businesses.
[0005] To understand B2B hubs, it is useful to understand how
businesses buy, and what they buy. At the broadest level, business
purchases can be classified into manufacturing inputs and operating
inputs. Manufacturing inputs are raw materials and components that
go directly into the manufactured product or manufacturing process.
Manufacturing inputs tend to be vertical in nature, because the
finished products that they go into are industry-specific.
Operating inputs, on the other hand, are indirect materials and
services that do not go into finished products. Operating inputs,
sometimes call MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operating) inputs,
include industrial supplies, capital equipment, services, and
travel-related services. Unlike manufacturing inputs, operating
inputs tend to horizontal nature (with the exception of capital
equipment and some industrial supplies).
[0006] The other important distinction in business purchasing lies
in how business buy products and services. Businesses can either
engage in systematic sourcing or in spot sourcing. Systematic
sourcing involves buying through pre-negotiated contracts with
qualified suppliers. These contracts are often long-term in nature,
so systematic sourcing tends to be relationship-oriented. Spot
sourcing is transaction-oriented, and rarely involves a long-term
or ongoing relationship between buyers and sellers.
[0007] Furthermore, there is one other dimension that is important
in describing a B2B hub: its bias. B2B hubs can be either neutral
or biased. Nutral hubs do not favor buyers over sellers or vice
versa. Biased hubs, in contrast, favor either buyers or sellers.
Neutral hubs by definition, they need to be careful in taking equal
investments from large buyers as well as from large suppliers,
because they can be perceived as biased. The benefit that neutral
hubs have is that they are true "market-makers", because they bring
both buyers and sellers together.
[0008] There is another category of hubs that are one-sided and
biased by design. There biased hubs either work for sellers or
buyers, and help them to negotiate better terms or streamline the
buying/selling process. Biased hubs (like neutral hubs) can occur
both as aggregations in systematic markets and as matchers in spot
markets. When they favor sellers, biased hubs act as forward
aggregators or most likely to succeed and add value in markets that
are fragmented on both the buyer and seller sides.
[0009] Despite flourishing development of e-business, eHubs just
passively provide connection services rather that meet requirements
for those undefined buyers and sellers. For example, the business
services provided by ehubs nowadays are rarely helpful to
establishment founders. Depicted in FIG. 1, a company or factory
consists of some fundamental resources, such as capital 110,
factory building or land 120, technology groups 130, management
group and human resource 140, and rules and regulations 150 in
addition to administration idea or business plan 160 coordinated
therein. In general, each cooperation among these fundamental
resources is successfully implemented according to a series of
advanced research, communication, negotiation, and making
contrasts. Such model of the establishment-founded process is
called a vertical model, whereby a company or factory can't be
begun construction without some specific resources in advance, such
as capital. There are doubtful effects on the reduction of search
consumption for establishment foundation through B2B e-commerce. On
the contrary, no in-time modification of suitable negotiation
provided by the B2B e-commerce may result in the addition of cycle
time, downcast establishment value and lower successful probability
of establishment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] It is an object of the present invention to provide a system
and a method for assisting foundation of a company or a factory. A
business electronic hub system can provide various kinds of
fundamental resources related to the company or the factory.
[0011] It is another object of the present invention to provide a
system and a method for speeding up the foundation of the company
or the factory. The business electronic hub system provides the
certification and match services to the resource providers that
would like to attend the foundation of a company or a factory, and
thereby reduces cycle time of the foundation for the company or the
factory.
[0012] In the present invention, A system for speeding up an
establishment's foundation through Internet comprises a data
storage device having databases built therein and an electronic hub
connected to the data storage device through computer program. The
electronic hub is cooperated with the data storage device, whereby
is capable to communicate, examine the resource provider, save the
resource provider, and match the resource provider and whereby
speeds up the establishment's foundation. A method for speeding up
founding establishment through Internet comprises communicating,
examining the resource provider, saving the resource provider, and
matching the resource provider.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] A better understanding of the invention may be derived by
reading the following detailed description with reference to the
accompanying drawing wherein:
[0014] FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the fundamental
factors for a company or a factory;
[0015] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating system
architecture in accordance with the present invention;
[0016] FIG. 2A illustrates an example of a record in the business
model database of one embodiment in accordance with the present
invention;
[0017] FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a flow chart in
accordance with the present invention; and
[0018] FIGS. 3A through 3C are block diagrams illustrating the
steps in FIG. 3.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0019] While this invention has been described with reference to
illustrative embodiments, this description is not intended to be
construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications and
combinations of the illustrative embodiments, as well as other
embodiments of the invention, will be apparent to persons skilled
in the art upon reference to the description. It is therefore
intended that the appended claims encompass any such modifications
or embodiments.
[0020] The system architecture of the present invention is
illustrated with reference to FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the
system of the present invention mainly comprises multitude of
computers and input devices of the resource provider 20 and a
business eHub system 10. Each computer and input device of the
resource provider 20 is connected with the business e-Hub system 10
via an Internet connection using a public switched phone network,
such as those provided by a local or regional telephone operating
company. Such a connection may also be provided by dedicated data
lines, cellular, personal communication systems, microwave, or
satellite networks. On the other hand, a conventional personal
computer or communication terminal may be used as the computer and
input device of the resource provider 20. Furthermore, a
conventional personal computer or computer workstation with
sufficient memory and processing capability may be used as the
business eHub system 10. In one embodiment, an eHub 25 operates as
a web server. The business eHub system 10 must be capable of high
volume transaction processing, performing a significant number of
mathematical calculations in processing communications and database
searches.
[0021] To be specific, the resources mentioned in the computer and
input device of the resource provider 20 can be any necessary
resources of the foundation of a company or a factory, such as
capital, rental or renter of factory building or land, technology
group, management group, rules and regulation, and administrative
idea and business plan.
[0022] On the other hand, in the embodiment, the eHub 25 is the web
server that comprises one or more conventional microprocessors (not
shown) and conventional storage devices, such as one or more hard
disk and therein multitude of software is installed. Furthermore,
the business eHub system 10 comprises a data storage device 30
connected with the eHub 25 through computer program 26. Of course,
the eHub 25 may include the data storage device 30. The data
storage device 30 can be hard disk magnetic or optical storage
units, as well as CD-ROM drivers or flash memory, and used in the
processing of transactions in the present invention. In the
embodiment, the data storage device 30 comprises resource database
31, certified resource database 32, business model database 33 and
business plan database 34. To be specific, any database related to
foundation of the company or factory may be also included in the
data storage device 30. The multitude of databases in the data
storage device 30 are illustrated with reference to the following
paragraphs.
[0023] Furthermore, there are many records related to the resource
providers or business models in each database. For example, there
are many successful business models saved in the business model
database 33. The business eHub system 10 can collect and analyze
successful existed enterprises, and more actively, classify them
various business models in the business model database 33. Thus, a
matching function of the business eHub system may be implemented in
accordance with the business models in the business model database
33.
[0024] Referring to FIG. 2A is an example of business model saved
in the business model database 33. A record for a business model
consists many items and corresponding status 18, such as class 11,
scope 12, capital 13, office area 14, technology 15, employer 16,
rules and regulation 17, and so on. According to analysis of the
business eHub system 10, a suitable combination may be collected in
a record shown as FIG. 2A.
[0025] Referring to FIG. 3 is an examination flow chart of the
present invention. In the embodiment, the business eHub system 10
is defined as a neutral Inter-based intermediary and has ability of
to communicate with exterior environment such as Internet. The
business eHub system 10 not only provides passive connection to the
web-sites of other related resources, but also actively builds
certifications and examinations for the connected web-sites of the
related resources. The purpose of building the certifications and
examinations is for both reducing the cycle time of the foundation
of the company or factory and raising successful probability of
establishment foundation.
[0026] First, each resource provider, including capital provider,
capital collector, rental or renter of factory building or land,
technology group, management group, or provider of the
administrative ideal and business plan, needs to connect to the
eHub of the business eHub system for resource registration (step
41) and is classified according to its characteristics, such as
scope or market value. The business eHub system may proceed a
series of the written and substantial examinations for the
registered resource provider. The items of examinations, for
example, the capital provider's financial records with bank, the
owner authority of the factory buildings or land, the members'
education and background of the technology group, and so on, are
for conforming the resource provider's reliabilities. The reliable
resource provider can be certified and thereafter has priority
rights on multitude of services provided by the business eHub
system (step 42). Furthermore, the information of those certified
resource providers can be recorded in the certified resource
database of the business eHub system (step 43).
[0027] Furthermore, the business eHub system provides a match
service for the certified resource providers (step 44). In
accordance with the resource providers' information in the
certified resource database, the business eHub system can reduce
the match period for the resource providers. Different from those
conventional eHubs in the electronic business, the business eHub
system of the present invention regards the foundation of the
company or the factory as a product and simultaneously plays the
role of the brokerage, matching and screening on the foundation of
the company or the factory during the electronic business. On the
other hand, the business eHub system may help the certified
resource providers make contrasts if they cooperate in accordance
with the match provided by the business eHub system. Of course, for
eternal administration, the business eHub system may charge some
commission from the successful matching resource providers or share
the technology stocks of the successful newborn company or
factory.
[0028] FIG. 3A illustrates the flow chart of the resource
registration in the step 41 of FIG. 3. First, the resource provider
logs in the web-site of the business eHub system (step 51). Next,
the resource provider needs to select the suitable class (step 52),
such as bank class, and the suitable scope (step 53), such as a
small scope within 100 employers, according to the resource
characteristics. On the other hand, the resource provider also
needs to prepare the resource illustration by itself (step 54). Any
resource provider can know about other resources recorded in the
resource database in accordance with their resource illustrations.
Thereafter, the business eHub system may assign the resource
provider an identification number (step 55). Furthermore, the
resource provider having its own identification number can be
recorded and saved in the resource database (step 56).
[0029] FIG. 3B is a flow chart illustrating the step 42 in FIG. 3.
The business eHub system may periodically check the resource
providers recorded in the resource database (step 61), wherein
those resource providers only have identification number and aren't
yet passed the examination of the business eHub system. When the
resource provider provides any political certifications or
documents (step 62) and examined by the business eHub system, it
can be viewed as a certified resource (step 64) and its information
can be saved in the certified resource database (step 65).
Otherwise, the business eHub system may make documents requirements
for the resource providers (step 63) to further conform the
resource providers.
[0030] The step 44 of FIG. 3 is shown in FIG. 3C. The business eHub
system may collect and analyze the certified resource providers in
the certified resource database and further implement possible
matches and business plans (step 71) for the certified resource
providers. On the other hand, those possible business plans are
defined their priorities according to similarities to the business
models in the business model database. Furthermore, those possible
business plans may be saved in the plan database (step 72). The
business eHub system may send the messages to the resource
providers related to the possible business plans and further
display the possible business plans in the web-site of the
eHub(step 73). The related resource providers can decide by
themselves whether they take part in the business plans or not.
[0031] The business eHub system of the embodiment, with both
passively connection with web-sites of the resource providers and
actively stepping in negotiation, can provide a parallel process
for searching cooperation partners. In such parallel process, the
resource providers can simultaneously adjust their own plans for
improvement and success according to the matches and business plans
provided by the business eHub system. Furthermore, the resource
providers belonging to any types or scopes also can be a start for
the foundation of the company or factory and parallel search
cooperation partners. For example, through the matches and business
plans, the owners of the technology group can adjust the technology
direction for reducing consumption of the coming cooperation
schedule according to suitable capital, office area, and the
business plans.
[0032] It is one object of the business eHub system of the present
invention to have simultaneously functions of brokerage, matcher
and screening. The purpose of the present invention is for driving
the foundation of the company or factory, so that a company or
factory can be viewed as merchandise of the present invention. The
business eHub system executing examination, negotiation and match
processes, is similar to stepping in the manufacture process of the
merchandise, which can help raising the value of the establishment
foundation, success probability and reducing the consumption of the
cycle time.
[0033] In the present invention, a system for speeding up an
establishment's foundation through Internet comprises a data
storage device having at least a resource database, a certified
database, a business model database, and a plan database and an
electronic hub connected to the data storage device through
computer program. The electronic hub is cooperated with the data
storage device, whereby is capable to register, save a resource
provider, examine the items of the resource provider, save a record
of the resource provider, and match the resource provider in the
certified resource database and whereby speeds up said
establishment's foundation. A method for reducing cycle time of
founding establishment with electronic commerce comprises
registering in the electronic hub system, saving a resource
provider examining the items of the resource provider, saving a
record of the resource provider, and matching the resource provider
in the certified resource database according to the record of the
resource provider.
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