APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURE DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH UTILIZING A PORTABLE GENOMIC MEDICAL RECORD
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Abstract
An electronic medical record system, method, and service is disclosed for storing patients genomic and medical information on portable storage devices to be used for private disease diagnosis and for patient-controlled participation in research queries. Using a computer with network access, patients conduct private disease diagnosis and disease forecasting by downloading genetic queries and running the queries against private genomic data stored on the portable storage device. To conduct patient-controlled research, patients are provided the capability of joining a peer-to-peer network and choice in deciding whether to participate in queries submitted by researchers over the network to patient network members. When patient network members decide to participate in a submitted query, they download the query, run the query against their private data, and anonymously submit the results back to the network.
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17. A method for utilizing digitized personal genomic data not stored on a centralized server, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a query on a network-accessible computer that permits individuals possessing their digitized personal genomic data to download the query from the network-accessible computer, wherein the query, if downloaded by an individual onto a personal computer or other computational device, can be run against the individual'"'"'s own digitized personal genomic data to conduct a genetic analysis of the individual'"'"'s own digitized personal genomic data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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18. A method for utilizing digitized personal genomic data not stored on a centralized server, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a query on a network-accessible computer that permits individuals possessing their digitized personal genomic data to download the query from the network-accessible computer, wherein the query, if downloaded by an individual onto a personal computer or other computational device, can be run against the individual'"'"'s own digitized personal genomic data to conduct a genetic analysis of the individual'"'"'s own digitized personal genomic data; and (b) receiving aggregate information from results of running the query on the digitized personal genomic data from individuals agreeing to participate in the query. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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22. A method for individuals to perform an analysis of their own digitized personal genomic data not stored on a centralized server, the method comprising:
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(a) downloading a query from a network-accessible computer onto a personal computer or other computational device; and (b) running the downloaded query on the individual'"'"'s own digitized personal genomic data that are not stored on a centralized server to conduct a genetic analysis of the individual'"'"'s own digitized personal genomic data. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A portable storage device comprising:
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digitized personal genomic data; and software that, when the portable storage device is connected to a computer, checks to see whether the computer is connected to a network. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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