Patent ID: 7451223

Claim:
A method for operating a system for controlling s remote Integrated Circuit (IC) using the internet, the method comprising: transmitting data of an IC setup error, which is made during an IC setup procedure for setting an IC of a product, to a relay service company network through a corresponding manufacturer network, the relay service company network storing a network address for each of a plurality of IC designer networks, and said transmitting includes transmitting the data of the IC setup error with information corresponding to one or more ICs that operate with the IC for which the setup error occurred; transmitting the data from the relay service company network to one of the plurality of IC designer networks corresponding to the IC of said product that experienced the IC setup error, said transmitting the data from the relay service company network including (a) searching a database for a network address of said one of the IC designer networks and (b) transmitting the data to said one of the IC designer networks based on the network address produced by the search; analyzing and correcting the data of the IC setup error at said one of the IC designer networks; transmitting the corrected data to the relay service company network; transmitting the corrected data from the relay service company network to the manufacturer network; and repeating the corresponding IC setup through a managing system in the manufacturer network using the transmitted corrected data.