System and method for electronic publication of scientific data and analysis
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1. A system for electronically publishing analysis of raw data generated by an instrument, comprising:
- a publication computer connected to a network and configured using a publisher application;
a user computer connected to the network and configured using a reader application;
wherein the publication computer is configured to;
format the raw data;
generate a report by analyzing the formatted raw data using an analysis strategy; and
generate a file including the report generated by analyzing the formatted raw data using the analysis strategy where the formatted raw data and the analysis strategy are embedded in the file;
wherein the publication computer is configured by the publisher application to publish the file for access by the user computer using the reader application;
wherein the user computer is configured by the reader application to receive the published file;
wherein the user computer is configured by the reader application to;
display the report contained within a published file;
perform modifications of the analysis strategy; and
create an updated report by applying the modified analysis strategy to the formatted raw data embedded within the published file; and
wherein the user computer is configured using the reader application so that the user computer cannot load raw data unless the raw data is formatted and embedded within a file published using the publisher application.
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Abstract
Electronic publication systems are disclosed that enable the analysis and publication of layout files, which contain an analysis strategy and embedded raw data. The published layout files can be accessed by reader applications that are able to read the layout files and modify the analysis strategy within the layout file using the embedded raw data. In many embodiments, the reader applications are unable to access the embedded raw data. In several embodiments, the reader applications prevent the saving or printing of layout files.
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1. A system for electronically publishing analysis of raw data generated by an instrument, comprising:
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a publication computer connected to a network and configured using a publisher application; a user computer connected to the network and configured using a reader application; wherein the publication computer is configured to; format the raw data; generate a report by analyzing the formatted raw data using an analysis strategy; and generate a file including the report generated by analyzing the formatted raw data using the analysis strategy where the formatted raw data and the analysis strategy are embedded in the file; wherein the publication computer is configured by the publisher application to publish the file for access by the user computer using the reader application; wherein the user computer is configured by the reader application to receive the published file; wherein the user computer is configured by the reader application to; display the report contained within a published file; perform modifications of the analysis strategy; and create an updated report by applying the modified analysis strategy to the formatted raw data embedded within the published file; and wherein the user computer is configured using the reader application so that the user computer cannot load raw data unless the raw data is formatted and embedded within a file published using the publisher application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for electronically publishing analysis of raw data generated by an instrument, comprising:
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a publication computer connected to a network and configured using a publisher application; and a user computer connected to the network and configured using a reader application; wherein the publication computer is configured to; format the raw data; generate a report by analyzing the formatted raw data using an analysis strategy; and generate a file including the report generated by analyzing the formatted raw data using the analysis strategy, where the formatted raw data and the analysis strategy are embedded in the file, and the file is published by uploading the published file to a server; wherein the server is configured to provide the publication computer with a unique identifier enabling access to the published file; wherein the user computer is configured by a web browsing application to use the unique identifier to request the published file from the server; wherein the server is configured to stream an encrypted version of the published file to the user computer; and wherein the user computer is configured using the reader application to; receive the encrypted file from the server; decrypt at least portions of the published file; perform modifications of the analysis strategy; and create an updated report by applying the modified analysis strategy to the formatted raw data embedded within the published file; and wherein the user computer is configured using the reader application so that the user computer cannot load raw data unless the raw data is formatted and embedded within a file published using the publisher application. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of electronically publishing analysis of raw data, comprising:
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receiving raw data; formatting the raw data; applying an analysis strategy to the formatted raw data; generating a layout file containing the analysis strategy and in which the formatted raw data is embedded; publishing the layout file using a publisher application, where the published layout file is capable of being opened by a reader application; uploading the published layout file to a server using a publisher application; providing a URL; obtaining an encrypted URL from the server using the provided URL using a reader application; decrypting the encrypted URL using the reader application; obtaining the layout file using the decrypted URL using the reader application; opening the published layout file using the reader application, where the reader application cannot load raw data unless it is formatted and within a layout file published using the publisher application; and modifying the analysis strategy contained within the obtained layout file using the reader application.
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