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1. A method for processing data in a database contained in a storage medium, comprising the steps of:
- (a) storing in the database, data that includes at least one pattern of a plurality of molecules found in a sample containing a plurality of molecules, the data based upon a statistically significant number of different samples, the data including at least one parameter, which is data output from a mass spectrometry analysis, for each of the molecules found in each sample;
(b) comparing unknown data that comprises at least one parameter, which is data output from a mass spectrometry analysis, for each molecule found in a test sample with the data stored in the database;
(c) recording differences and similarities between the unknown data and data stored in the database;
(d) classifying a state of a sample by the steps of;
1) detecting a test pattern in the unknown data;
2) comparing the test pattern in the unknown data with the stored patterns in the database to identify differences and similarities; and
3) using the identified differences and similarities to confirm the state thereof.
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Abstract
Data acquisition and cataloging are used to classify polypeptides into a reference index or database. The database can be used to identify previously unidentified samples. New polypeptides are characterized and added to the database.
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1. A method for processing data in a database contained in a storage medium, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing in the database, data that includes at least one pattern of a plurality of molecules found in a sample containing a plurality of molecules, the data based upon a statistically significant number of different samples, the data including at least one parameter, which is data output from a mass spectrometry analysis, for each of the molecules found in each sample; (b) comparing unknown data that comprises at least one parameter, which is data output from a mass spectrometry analysis, for each molecule found in a test sample with the data stored in the database; (c) recording differences and similarities between the unknown data and data stored in the database; (d) classifying a state of a sample by the steps of; 1) detecting a test pattern in the unknown data; 2) comparing the test pattern in the unknown data with the stored patterns in the database to identify differences and similarities; and 3) using the identified differences and similarities to confirm the state thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program embedded on a computer readable medium storing a program for performing the steps comprising:
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(a) storing in the database, data that includes at least one pattern of a plurality of molecules found in a sample containing a plurality of molecules, the data based upon a statistically significant number of different samples, the data including at least one parameter, which is data output from a mass spectrometry analysis, for each of the molecules found in each sample; (b) comparing unknown data that comprises at least one parameter, which is data output from a mass spectrometry analysis, for each molecule found in a test sample with the data stored in the database; (c) recording differences and similarities between the unknown data and data stored in the database; (d) classifying a state of a sample by the steps of; 1) detecting a test pattern in the unknown data; 2) comparing the test pattern in the unknown data with the stored patterns in the database to identify differences and similarities; and using the identified differences and similarities to confirm the state thereof. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for processing data in a database contained in a storage medium, comprising the steps of:
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i) storing a pattern in the database, based on data, which is output from mass spectrometry analysis, that includes at least one pattern, a) said pattern being the presence of and abundance of a plurality of molecules and at least one parameter for each of said plurality of molecule, b) said pattern being found in a sample that contains the plurality of molecules, c) the data being based upon a statistically significant number of different samples previously analyzed wherein each different sample corresponds to a particular reference state, and d) the data including at least one parameter for each of the molecules found in each sample; ii) comparing unknown data from an output from mass spectrometry analysis that comprises the presence and abundance and at least one parameter for each of a plurality of molecules found in a test sample, with the data stored in the database by determining a test pattern in the unknown data that corresponds to plural molecules in a test sample; iii) classifying a state of a test sample by the steps of;
detecting a test pattern in the unknown data;
comparing the test pattern in the unknown data with the stored patterns in the database to identify differences and similarities; and
using the identified differences and similarities to confinn the state of the test sample, and;iv) reporting the state of the test sample. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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