Patent ID: 7406716

Claim:
A method for providing IP core information through a Web network configured to interconnect a plurality of users, the method comprising: (1) accessing a predetermined Web site by a user; (2) inputting a user information to the predetermined Web site by the user; (3) registering and managing the user information including at least one password for the user through the Web network; (4) providing an ID and a first password to the user as a first level user through the Web network in response to the user information transmitted to the Web site; (5) providing a license condition to the first level user through the Web network in response to the ID and the first password transmitted to the Web site by the first level user; (6) receiving an agreement to license terms from the first level user so as to become a second level user having access rights to the IP core information through the Web site; (7) providing a second password and a certification number of the IP core information to the second level user through the Web network; (8) providing an IP core information in RTL format to the second level user in response to the ID and the second password transmitted to the Web site; (9) selecting, by the second level user, at least one design house that is registered in the Web site as an authorized design house, and requesting the design house selected in the selecting at least one design house to design an extension for an IP core identified by the IP core information through the Web site; (10) designing a module comprising the IP core and the extension in accordance with the IP core information in RTL format obtained through the Web network and the extension designed by the design house; (11) selecting, by the second level user, at least one manufacturer which is registered in the Web site as an authorized manufacturer, and requesting the authorized manufacturer to make the module in accordance with the module designed in the designing the module and the certification number through the Web site; and (12) manufacturing the module by the authorized manufacturer, wherein the IP core is a processor core, and the module is a processor module.