Method of generating an identification element

• US 8,335,654 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Issued: 12/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: JPL Innovations, LLC
• Original Assignee: JPL Innovations, LLC
• Inventors: Allen, Patrick N., Ganeshalingam, Lawrence R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Clow, Lori A
• Application Number:
  US12/308,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20090319591A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,999 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 702/19
• 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

A computer implemented method of generating an identification element including storing an amount of identifiable object data obtained as a linear sequence of data elements in the memory of a computer and which can be fragmented to produce a plurality of identifiable object data fragments each having a number of data elements which corresponds to one of a set of random numbers generated by a random number generator each of the identifiable object data fragments translated into a linear sequence of DNA data elements and embedded to generate an identification element.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of generating an identification element, comprising:

a) storing an amount of identifiable object data as a linear sequence of data elements in a memory element of a computer;

b) generating a first set of random numbers utilizing a random number generator module, each random number of said first set of random numbers having a numeric value;

c) applying said numeric value of each said random number generated to said linear sequence of data elements to establish a number of data elements in each of a corresponding plurality of identifiable object data fragments; and

d) fragmenting said linear sequence of data elements utilizing a DNA sequence fragment generator module and one or more of a parametric sequence fragment generator module and a biometric sequence fragment generator module to generate a plurality of identifiable object data fragments each including a part of said linear sequence data elements, each of said plurality of identifiable object data fragments having a number of data elements corresponding to said numeric value of a corresponding one of said set of random numbers.

2. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 1, wherein obtaining an amount of identifiable object data as a linear sequence of data elements comprises obtaining an amount DNA sequence data, and wherein 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 said numeric value of said corresponding one of said first set of random numbers comprises fragmenting said amount of DNA sequence data to generate a plurality of DNA sequence fragments each including a part of said of DNA sequence data having a number of DNA data elements corresponding to said numeric value of said corresponding one of said set of random numbers.

3. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 2, wherein obtaining an amount of DNA sequence data comprises obtaining an amount of DNA sequence data selected from the group consisting of an amount of rRNA sequence data and mitochondrial DNA sequence data.

4. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 2, further comprising obtaining a second amount of identifiable object data as a second linear sequence of data elements.

5. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 4, further comprising generating a second set of random numbers each random number of said second set of random numbers having a numeric value.

6. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 5, further comprising 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 said numeric value of a corresponding one of said second set of random numbers.

7. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 6, wherein said second linear sequence data comprises an amount of parametric data or an amount of biometric data and further comprising translating each said part of said second linear sequence of data elements utilizing a sequence translator module to correspondingly generate a second plurality of DNA sequence fragments each having a linear sequence of DNA data elements.

8. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 7, further comprising obtaining a third amount of identifiable object data as a third linear sequence of data elements.

9. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 8, further comprising generating a third set of random numbers each random number of said third set of random numbers having a numeric value.

10. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 9, further comprising 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 said numeric value of a corresponding one of said third set of random numbers.

11. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 10, wherein said third linear sequence data comprises an amount of parametric data or an amount of biometric data and further comprising 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.

12. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 11, further comprising embedding said third plurality of DNA sequence fragments said second plurality and said plurality of DNA sequence fragments utilizing an embedded sequence generator module to generate said identification element.

13. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 7, further comprising embedding said second plurality of DNA sequence fragments and said plurality of DNA sequence fragments utilizing an embedded sequence generator module to generate said identification element.

14. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 13, further comprising generating a vector data sequence.

15. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 14, further comprising translating said vector data sequence into vector DNA sequence having a linear sequence of DNA data elements utilizing a sequence translator module.

16. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 15, further comprising embedding said vector DNA sequence into said second plurality of DNA sequence fragments and said plurality of DNA sequence fragments to generate said identification element utilizing an embedded sequence generator module.

17. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 16, further comprising decoding said identification element utilizing a DNA sequence decoder module to retrieve at least a part of said first amount of identifiable object data.

18. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 16, further comprising decoding said identification element utilizing a DNA sequence decoder module to retrieve at least a part of said second amount of identifiable object data.

19. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 16, further comprising decoding said identification element utilizing a DNA sequence decoder module to retrieve at least a part of said third amount of identifiable object data.

20. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 16, further comprising decoding said identification element utilizing a DNA sequence decoder module to retrieve said vector element.

21. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 13, further comprising matching said identification element to an identifiable object.

22. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of claim 21, further comprising allowing access to a searchable database based on matching said identification element to said identifiable object.

23. The computer implemented method of generating an identification element of any one of claim 13, 12, or 16, wherein said identification element comprises an embedded data DNA sequence.