Data mining platform for bioinformatics and other knowledge discovery

Patent 7444308 Issued on October 28, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 17, 2022. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Health Discovery Corporation

Application

No. 10481068 filed on 06/17/2002

US Classes:

706/12, MACHINE LEARNING706/20, Classification or recognition706/25, Learning method706/27Architecture

Examiners

Primary: Vincent, David
Assistant: Brown, Nathan H. Jr.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP

Foreign Patent References

WO 01/01294 WO 01/01/2001

International Classes

G06F 15/18
G06F 7/08

Abstract

The data mining platform comprises a plurality of system modules (500, 550), each formed from a plurality of components. Each module has an input data component (502, 552), a data analysis engine (504, 554) for processing the input data, an output data component (506, 556) for outputting the results of the data analysis, and a web server (510) to access and monitor the other modules within the unit and to provide communication to other units. Each module processes a different type of data, for example, a first module processes microarray (gene expression) data while a second module processes biomedical literature on the Internet for information supporting relationships between genes and diseases and gene functionality.

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