Patent ID: 8504620

Claim:
A method of sending messages in a semiconductor assembly facility having a plurality of assembly line devices, the method comprising: generating a message, using a publisher client of at least one of an assembly line device in the semiconductor assembly facility and an assembly line controller in the semiconductor assembly facility, the message comprising subject information and content information, the content information being substantive information of the message, the subject information characterizing the message to identify subscribers to receive the message, wherein the subject information comprises a fixed portion and a changeable portion, and wherein generating the subject information comprises: identifying a fixed portion for the subject information, the fixed portion to uniquely identify the publisher client that is generating the message; generating, by the publisher client, the changeable portion of the subject information including a plurality of selectable subject elements; appending the changeable portion to the fixed portion of the subject information, wherein the fixed portion and the changeable portion collectively describe at least one of: the content information and a format of the content information; and transmitting, by the publisher client, the message from the assembly line device in the semiconductor assembly facility or the assembly line controller in the semiconductor assembly facility to a server.