Patent ID: 6944521

Claim:
A method for use with a system comprising a board packaging line coordinating computer connected with devices constituting a board packaging line through a network and an application server for storing application programs to be provided to the board packaging line coordinating computer, the board packaging line coordinating computer and the application server being connected to each other through an internet, the method comprising: downloading service contract information and an application program from the application server to the board packaging line coordinating computer, wherein the service contract information is based on a contract with a customer, and the application program is stipulated in the contract information; defining, via the board packaging line coordinating computer, a board packaging line and a device configuration of the board packaging line covering the application program based on the contract information; uploading the defined device configuration to the application server from the board packaging line coordinating computer; retrieving, via the application server, a required device driver from a prepared group of device drivers based on the defined device configuration uploaded from the board packaging line coordinating computer; downloading the retrieved device driver from the application server to the board packaging line computer; and setting the downloaded device driver in each device of the board packaging line.