Genetic profiling and banking system and method
First Claim
1. A method for determining authorization for a third party, the method comprising:
- providing information representative of genetic data associated with a physical sample in an accessible format;
receiving a set of access rights defining conditions under which third parties can access the information;
receiving a request from a third party to access the information for a particular use;
comparing, at a computing device having a processor, the third party request with the access rights to confirm that the third party is authorized to access the information requested for the particular use;
if the third party is authorized, allowing the third party access to the information for the particular use; and
if the third party is not authorized, denying access.
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Abstract
A method is provided for determining whether a third party is authorized to access information representative of genetic data. This information representative of genetic data is associated with a physical sample and is provided in an accessible format. A set or access rights is received that define which third parties can access the information and how the information can be used. A third party requests to access the information for the purposes of performing a test. The request is compared to the access rights. If the third party is authorized, the test is performed on the information. If, however, the third party is not authorized, access is denied.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for determining authorization for a third party, the method comprising:
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providing information representative of genetic data associated with a physical sample in an accessible format; receiving a set of access rights defining conditions under which third parties can access the information; receiving a request from a third party to access the information for a particular use; comparing, at a computing device having a processor, the third party request with the access rights to confirm that the third party is authorized to access the information requested for the particular use; if the third party is authorized, allowing the third party access to the information for the particular use; and if the third party is not authorized, denying access. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system embodied on a computing device having a processor for determining authorization for a third party, the system comprising:
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a processing system configured for receiving a request from a third party to access genetic data for a particular use, wherein the genetic data is stored in a database; and an access control system configured for determining whether the third party is authorized to access the genetic data for the particular use based on stored access rights, wherein; if the third party is authorized to access the genetic data, allowing the third party access to the genetic data for the particular use, and if the third party is not authorized to access the genetic data, denying access to the third party for the particular use. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method embodied on a computing device having a processor and a memory for determining authorization for a third party, the method comprising:
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receiving from a third party at the computing device a request to access stored genetic data of a patient for a particular use to determine the presence or absence of a gene or genetic variant or level of expression of a marker associated with a specified disease; determining, at the computing device having the processor, whether the third party is authorized to access the genetic data for the particular use based on stored access rights; if the third party user is authorized to access the genetic data for the particular use, allowing the third party to access the genetic data and reporting the results of the presence or absence of the gene or genetic variant or the level of expression of the marker associated with the specified disease to the third party; and if the third party is not authorized to access the genetic data for the particular use, denying access to the third party for the particular use. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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