Patent ID: 8855938
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G01N,G16B

Abstract:
1. A method of minimizing surprisal data representing an entire genome of an organism for compression and transmission, comprising, at a source computer having one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable memories coupled to the one or more processors, performing the steps of: a) reading and identifying characteristics associated with the organism's medical history and background for a genetic sequence of an organism; b) receiving an input of rank of at least two identified characteristics associated with the genetic sequence of the organism; c) generating a hierarchy of ranked, identified characteristics based on the rank of the at least two identified characteristics associated with the genetic sequence of the organism; d) comparing the hierarchy of ranked, identified characteristics to a repository of reference genomes; and e) if at least one reference genome from the repository matches the hierarchy of ranked, identified characteristics, repeating steps (e)(i), (e)(ii), and (e)(iii) if a another reference genome from the repository matches the hierarchy of ranked, identified characteristics; and transmitting to a destination computer having one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable memories coupled to the one or more processors, a compressed, minimized genome representing an entire genome by sending the surprisal data and the indication of the at least one matched reference genome, and not sending sequences of nucleotides that are the same in the genetic sequence of the organism and the at least one matched reference genome.