Patent ID: 8103368

Claim:
An apparatus for processing information on a nucleotide sequence, in which the apparatus is configured to access a database storing positional information representing a position in the nucleotide sequence, polymorphism information, and semantic information, comprising: a transmitter/receiver that is configured to receive request information from a request computer, via a communication network, corresponding to an object or service, and wherein the request information does not include genome-related information; and a CPU that is configured to: search the database for positional information corresponding to the received request information, and retrieve the positional information; cause the transmitter/receiver to transmit, via the communication network, the retrieved positional information, which corresponds to the received request information, to a computer which is configured to access a recording medium storing polymorphism information regarding an individual; obtain polymorphism information based on the transmitted positional information, received by the transmitter/receiver via communication network; search the database for semantic information or search for information corresponding to the semantic information that is stored in the database or another database based on the received polymorphism information, and retrieve the semantic information or information corresponding to the semantic information; and output the semantic information or information corresponding to the retrieved semantic information to the request computer or a device that utilizes the semantic information or information corresponding to the semantic information to comply with a request substantially included in the request information.