Patent ID: 8510476

Claim:
A system for accessing data remotely from a network, comprising: a local network interface device permitting data transfer between a local network and an intermediate network, the local network including at least one semiconductor processing tool and semiconductor processing tool monitoring equipment where the at least one semiconductor processing tool is assigned an IP address identifying the at least one semiconductor processing tool within the local network; a remote network interface device permitting data transfer between the intermediate network and a remote network; and a module located within the intermediate network, through which data transferring between the local network and the remote network passes, the module being configured to monitor and analyze the at least one semiconductor processing tool and to receive and process a first data from the remote network and send a different data to the local network based on the first data received from the remote network and to transmit a second data from the intermediate network to the remote network where the second data is related to a predetermined condition of a predetermined semiconductor processing tool identified by the module on the local network through a respective IP address, wherein the remote network receives the second data from the module with an IP address identifying the predetermined semiconductor processing tool within the local network associated with the second data being hidden from the remote network, the module being configured to monitor the predetermined semiconductor processing tool independent of input from the remote network; wherein the local network is configured to receive and display a suggestion, at the predetermined semiconductor processing tool, from a user on the remote network regarding the operation of the predetermined semiconductor processing tool being monitored on the local network.