Patent ID: 8972200
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G16B

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for compression of genomic data comprising: modifying, by a processor, the genomic data by removing intermediary data included in the genomic data to obtain modified genomic data, wherein the intermediary data includes all information in the genomic data apart from a plurality of primary characters, and wherein the modified genomic data includes the plurality of primary characters, wherein the genomic data is generated by sequencing genetic material obtained from one of a biological and an environmental sample; generating, by the processor, from the modified genomic data, one or more most-frequent character files based at least on a most-frequent character and a second most-frequent character from the plurality of primary characters, wherein the most-frequent character is a primary character, from amongst the plurality of primary characters, that occurs most frequently in the modified genomic data, and wherein the second most-frequent character is a primary character, from amongst the plurality of primary characters, that occurs second most frequently in the modified genomic data; creating, by the processor, a least-frequent characters file by removing the most-frequent character and the second most-frequent character from the modified genomic data; and producing, by the processor, compressed genomic data using at least one of the least-frequent characters file, the one or more most-frequent character files, and the intermediary data.