Embedded data dna sequence security system

• US 20090319591A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JPL Innovations, LLC
• Original Assignee: JPL, LLC
• Inventors: Allen, Patrick N., Anandraj, Joseph, Ganeshalingam, Lawrence R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,335,654 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 708/250
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6813 Hybridisation assays
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2563/185 Nucleic acid dedicated to use as a hidden marker/bar code, e.g. inclusion of nucleic acids to mark art objects or animals
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 20/00 ICT specially adapted for functional genomics or proteomics, e.g. genotype-phenotype associations
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 30/00 ICT specially adapted for sequence analysis involving nucleotides or amino acids

Abstract

An embedded data DNA sequence security system which utilizes an embedded data DNA sequence to differentiate each of a plurality of identifiable objects.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. A method of generating an identification element, comprising the steps of:

a) obtaining an amount of identifiable object data as a linear sequence of data elements;

b) generating a set of random numbers; and

c) fragmenting said linear sequence of data elements to generate a plurality of identifiable object data fragments each including a part of said linear sequence of data elements having a number of data elements corresponding to one of said set of random numbers.

27. The method of generating an identification element of claim 26, wherein said step of obtaining an amount of identifiable object data as a linear sequence of data elements comprises the step of obtaining an amount DNA sequence data, and wherein step of fragmenting said linear sequence of data elements to generate a plurality of identifiable object data fragments each including a part of said linear sequence of data elements having a number of data elements corresponding to one of said set of random numbers comprises the step of fragmenting said amount of DNA sequence data elements to generate a plurality of DNA fragments each including a part of said linear sequence of DNA data elements having a number of DNA data elements corresponding to one of said set of random numbers.

28. The method of generating an identification element of claim 27, wherein said step of obtaining amount of DNA sequence data comprises the step of obtaining an amount of DNA sequence data selected from the group consisting of an amount of rRNA sequence data and mitochondrial DNA sequence data.

29. The method of generating an identification element of claim 27, further comprising the step of obtaining a second amount of identifiable object data as a second linear sequence of data elements.

30. The method of generating an identification element of claim 29, further comprising the step of generating a second set of random numbers.

31. The method of generating an identification element of claim 30, further comprising the step of fragmenting said second linear sequence of data elements to generate a second plurality of identifiable object data fragments each including a part of said second linear sequence of data elements having a number of data elements corresponding to one of said second set of random numbers.

32. The method of generating an identification element of claim 31, further comprising the step of translating each said part of said second linear sequence of data elements to correspondingly generate a second plurality of DNA sequence fragments each having a linear sequence of DNA data elements.

33. The method of generating an identification element of claim 32, wherein said step of obtaining a second amount of identifiable object data as a second linear sequence of data elements comprises the step obtaining a second amount of identifiable object data, wherein said identifiable object data comprises an amount of parametric data.

34. The method of generating an identification element of claim 32, wherein said step of obtaining a second amount of identifiable object data as a second linear sequence of data elements comprises the step obtaining a second amount of identifiable object data, wherein said second amount of identifiable object data comprises an amount of biometric data.

35. The method of generating an identification element of claim 32, further comprising the step of obtaining a third amount of identifiable object data as a third linear sequence of data elements.

36. The method of generating an identification element of claim 35, further comprising the step of generating a third set of random numbers.

37. The method of generating an identification element of claim 36, further comprising the step of fragmenting said third linear sequence of data elements to generate a third plurality of identifiable object data fragments each including a part of said third linear sequence of data elements having a number of data elements corresponding to one of said third set of random numbers.

38. The method of generating an identification element of claim 37, further comprising the step of translating each said part of said third linear sequence of data elements to correspondingly generate a third plurality of DNA sequence fragments each having said linear sequence of DNA data elements.

39. The method of generating an identification element of claim 38, wherein said step of obtaining a third amount of identifiable object data as a third linear sequence of data elements comprises the step obtaining a third amount of identifiable object data, wherein said third amount of identifiable object data comprises an amount of parametric data.

40. The method of generating an identification element of claim 38, wherein said step of obtaining a third amount of identifiable object data as a third linear sequence of data elements comprises the step obtaining a third amount of identifiable object data, wherein said third amount of identifiable object data comprises an amount of biometric data.

41. The method of generating an identification element of claim 32, further comprising the step of embedding said second plurality of DNA sequence fragments and said plurality of DNA sequence fragments to generate said identification element.

42. The method of generating an identification element of claim 38, further comprising the step of embedding said third plurality of DNA sequence fragments said second plurality and said plurality of DNA sequence fragments to generate said identification element.

43. The method of generating an identification element of claim 41, further comprising the step of generating a vector data sequence.

44. The method of generating an identification element of claim 43, further comprising the step of translating said vector data sequence into vector DNA sequence having a linear sequence of DNA data elements.

45. The method of generating an identification element of claim 44, further comprising the step of embedding said vector DNA sequence said second plurality of DNA sequence fragments and said plurality of DNA sequence fragments to generate said identification element.

47. The method of generating an identification element of claim 45, further comprising the steps of decoding said identification element to retrieve at least a part of said first amount of identifiable object data.

48. The method of generating an identification element of claim 45, further comprising the steps of decoding said identification element to retrieve at least a part of said second amount of identifiable object data.

49. The method of generating an identification element of claim 45, further comprising the steps of decoding said identification element to retrieve at least a part of said third amount of identifiable object data.

50. The method of generating an identification element of claim 45, further comprising the step of decoding said identification element to retrieve said vector element.

51. The method of generating an identification element of claim 41, further comprising the step of matching said identification element to an identifiable object.

52. The method of generating an identification element of claim 51, further comprising the step of allowing access to a searchable database based on matching said identification element to said identifiable object.

53. The method of generating an identification element of any one of claim 45, wherein said identification element comprises an embedded data DNA sequence.