Dna matching
AssigneeForensic Science Service Ltd.
InventorMartin BILL
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Abstract
A method of searching a computer database containing a plurality of stored DNA profiles is provided. The method involves generating a search profile formed of two or more allele identities for each of one or more loci, at least one of the allele identities having a limited range of values, with the search profile being compared against the one or more stored DNA profiles from a database to establish matches between the search and stored profile.
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A method of searching a computer database containing a plurality of stored DNA profiles, the method comprising
- generating a search profile, the search profile being formed of two or more allele identities for each of one or more loci, the allele identities having one of a value or a limited range of values or any value, wherein at least one of the allele identities has a limited range of values;
- accessing one or more of the stored DNA profiles from the computer database, the stored DNA profiles having two or more allele identities for each of one or more loci, the allele identities having one of a value or a range of values or any value;
- comparing, using a computer implemented method, the search profile against the one or more stored DNA profiles;
- establishing that the search profile matches a stored DNA profile when, in respect of a locus, the allele identities of the search profile correspond to or fall within the values for the allele identities for that locus of that stored DNA profile;
- outputting a data set, the data set indicating those of the stored DNA profiles established as matching the search profile.
A method of searching a database containing a plurality of stored profiles, the method comprising
- generating a search profile, the search profile being formed of two or more identities for each of one or more targets, the identities having one of a value or a range of values or any value, wherein at least one of the identities has a range of values;
- accessing one or more of the stored profiles from the database, the stored profiles having two or more identities for each of one or more targets, the identities having one of a value or a range of values or any value;
- comparing the search profile against the one or more stored profiles;
- establishing that the search profile matches a stored profile when, in respect of a target, the identities of the search profile correspond to or fall within the values for the identities for that target of that stored profile;
- outputting a data set, the data set indicating those of the stored profiles established as matching the search profile.
The method of claim wherein the stored profiles are stored DNA profiles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.