Enabling symptom verification

A computer-implemented method for verification of rules of existing symptoms, the method comprising:

• providing, in a computer storage, a symptom database which stores the existing symptoms, each of the existing symptoms including a symptom rule;
• providing, in the computer storage, a specimen database which stores existing specimens, wherein the existing specimens include a plurality of first existing specimens and a plurality of second existing specimens, wherein each of the first existing specimens is a subset of one of the second existing specimens, and wherein each of the existing second specimens corresponds to one of the existing symptoms stored in the symptom database;
• providing an analysis unit for verifying the rule of one of the existing symptoms, the analysis unit comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions for:
• analyzing a new second specimen using one or more of the existing symptoms stored in the symptom database, wherein the new second specimen is generated according to a new symptom, and wherein the new symptom corresponds to the new second specimen;
• determining whether the new second specimen overlap with one or more of the existing second specimens according to the rules of the one or more existing symptoms to verify the rules of the one or more existing symptoms;
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• when the new second specimen overlaps with one or more of the existing second specimens according to the rules of the one or more existing symptoms, presenting a notification of one of said one or more existing symptoms.

A computer program product for verification of rules of existing symptoms on a computer system, the computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

• computer program instructions capable of maintaining a symptom database which stores the existing symptoms, each of the existing symptoms including a symptom rule;
• computer program instructions capable of maintaining a specimen database which stores existing specimens, wherein the existing specimens include a plurality of first existing specimens and a plurality of second existing specimens, wherein each of the first existing specimens is a subset of one of the second existing specimens, and wherein each of the existing second specimens correspond to one of the existing symptoms stored in the symptom database;
• computer program instructions capable of verifying the rule of one of the existing systems, including analyzing a new second specimen using one or more of the existing symptoms stored in the symptom database, wherein the computer program product further comprises computer program instructions for generating the new second specimen according to a new symptom, and wherein the new symptom corresponds to the new second specimen;
• computer program instructions capable of determining whether the new second specimen overlaps with one or more of the existing specimens according to the rules of the one or more existing symptoms to verify the rules of the one or more existing symptoms;
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• computer program instructions capable of, when the new second specimen overlaps with one or more of the existing second specimens according to the rules of the one or more existing symptoms, presenting a notification of one of said one or more existing symptoms.