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US 2003/0157545 A1Published application
System and method for programatic access to biological probe array data
AssigneeAffymetrix, Inc.
InventorsLuis Jevons, Derek Bernhart, Nga Yu Cheung, Conrad Sheppy
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Abstract
An applications programming interface is described that includes code libraries that enable transfer of pixel data, intermediate results data, or both, from a data structure or data file directly or indirectly to a user-provided application. The pixel data and intermediate results data may include data from biological experiments related probe arrays.
Claims54
A method for analyzing molecules by enabling a user-provided application to access one or more data structures, comprising the acts of:
- providing at least one applications programming interface having one or more code libraries;
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- employing the one or more code libraries to enable transfer of pixel data, intermediate results data, or both, directly or indirectly from at least one of the one or more data structures to the user-provided application, wherein the pixel data is based, at least in part, on an emission signal having one or more emission values, the emission signal being responsive, at least in part, to an excitation beam directed to a plurality of probe locations on a probe array, each probe location having one or more probe molecules.
An applications programming interface comprising:
- one or more code libraries constructed and arranged to enable transfer of pixel data, intermediate results data, or both, from at least one data structure directly or indirectly to a user-provided application;
- wherein the pixel data and intermediate results data includes data from one or more biological experiments, at least one of which is related to one or more probe arrays.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.