Patent ID: 8156158

Claim:
A method for using and managing a database, the method comprising: providing a verified database of a plurality of identified individuals, the verified database comprising a plurality of individual-identifier data sets (IDSs) and relationship data; and processing said verified database in accordance with one or more parameters or conditions selected in accordance with at least one medical application and creating a sub-group database including data records of the individuals from the verified database having said one or more selected parameters or conditions, thereby allowing collection of data comprising one or more selected parameters or conditions and delivery of at least part of the collected data to one or more users and enable to apply data from said verified database to provide personalized medicine service to at least one of said identified individuals; wherein said providing of the verified database comprises: permitting a plurality of individuals to enter individual-associated data bits (IDBS) into a computerized system, each of the IDBs comprising at least one personal identifier relating to the individual and relationship data comprising data on one or more related individuals and the nature of relationship; processing the entered IDBs to generate the IDS, one for each identified individual, being either said individual who has entered the individual-associated data bits or one of the related individuals and construct the verified database comprising IDSs of identified individuals.