Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120230326 | BIOLOGICAL DATA NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A system and method of transmitting and receiving packetized biological sequence data is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a network interface of a node of a network, a data packet including a first header containing network routing information, a second header containing header information pertaining to the biological sequence data, and a payload containing a compressed version of the biological sequence data. The method further includes extracting at least the compressed version of the biological sequence data from the data packet. In addition, the method includes storing the compressed version of the biological sequence data within a memory of the node. | 09-13-2012 |
20120230338 | BIOLOGICAL DATA NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A network node including a network interface and a packet generator in communication with the network interface is disclosed. The packet generator is configured to generate a data packet including a first header containing network routing information, a second header containing header information pertaining to the biological sequence data, and a payload containing a representation of the biological sequence data relative to a reference sequence. The network node further includes a queue in communication with the network interface, the data packet being stored within the queue. The network node also includes a transmit controller for controlling transmission of the data packet over a network accessible through the network interface. | 09-13-2012 |
20120230339 | BIOLOGICAL DATA NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A system and method of transmitting and receiving information pertaining to biological sequence data is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a network interface of a node of a network, a data packet including a first header containing network routing information and a second header associated with a layered model representative of the biological sequence data. The method also includes parsing the data packet and separating the first header from the second header. | 09-13-2012 |
20120232874 | BIOLOGICAL DATA NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A system and method for facilitating simulation of a biological process within a network including a plurality of nodes is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, at a first of the plurality of nodes, processing results generated at a second of the plurality of nodes. The method further includes performing, with respect to at least the processing results, a function related to the simulation of the biological process and thereby generating additional processing results. In addition, the method includes sending the additional processing results to a third of the plurality of nodes. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233201 | BIOLOGICAL DATA NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A system and method for facilitating processing of a request in a biological data network comprised of a plurality of biological data units stored at a plurality of network nodes is disclosed herein. The disclosed method includes receiving, at a first network node included within the plurality of network nodes, the request from a client device wherein the first network node is configured to communicate with other network nodes included within the plurality of network nodes. The method also includes performing a first processing operation with respect to at least one of the biological data units based upon the request. Upon a determination being made that the processing of the request is complete, a response is sent from the first network node to the client device. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233202 | BIOLOGICAL DATA NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A method for facilitating processing of a request in a system including a plurality of biological data units stored at a plurality of network-accessible locations is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, at a first node of the biological data network, the request from a client device. The method further includes performing a first processing operation with respect to at least one of the biological data units based upon the request. The method also includes determining, based upon results of the first processing operation, that the processing of the request is incomplete and selecting, based upon the results of the first processing operation, a second node of the biological data network to perform a second processing operation. The method additionally includes sending, from the first node, the results of the first processing operation to the second node over a network. | 09-13-2012 |
20120236861 | BIOLOGICAL DATA NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A network node for facilitating the conveyance of information pertaining to biological sequence data within a network is disclosed herein. The network node includes a packet generator configured to generate a data packet including a first header containing network routing information and a second header with attributes associated with a layered data model of existing knowledge representative of the biological sequence data. The network node also includes a network interface for transmitting the data packet to at least one of a client device and another network node. | 09-20-2012 |
20130246460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING NETWORK-BASED TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING SEQUENCE DATA - A method of processing, transmitting, and otherwise facilitating network-based transactions involving, polymeric sequence information is disclosed herein. Systems and methods for facilitating uploading, downloading and other network-based transactions involving sequence information, such as large files of genomic sequence data are described. These transactions may involve communicating such large files of sequence information between entities such as, for example, genome sequence centers (GSCs), genome data repositories (GDRs), genome data analysis companies (GDACs) and or data coordination centers (DCCs). | 09-19-2013 |
20140164515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE, HIGH-SPEED TRANSFER OF VERY LARGE FILES - A method for parallelized transfer of an electronic file over a network. The method includes sending a first portion of the electronic file from a first sending node and receiving, at the first sending node, information relating to a second portion of the electronic file sent by a second sending node. The method further includes sending a third portion of the electronic file from the first sending node, wherein the third portion is different from the second portion. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE, HIGH-SPEED TRANSFER OF VERY LARGE FILES - A method for parallelized transfer of an electronic file over a network. The method includes sending a first portion of the electronic file from a first sending node and receiving, at the first sending node, information relating to a second portion of the electronic file sent by a second sending node. The method further includes sending a third portion of the electronic file from the first sending node, wherein the third portion is different from the second portion. | 06-12-2014 |