US 11,683,315 B2
Genome sharing
Brian Lee Hawthorne, San Francisco, CA (US); Oleksiy Khomenko, Stanford, CA (US); Jeffrey Mellen, San Francisco, CA (US); Marcela Miyazawa, Mountain View, CA (US); Michael Polcari, San Francisco, CA (US); Jack Tihon, San Francisco, CA (US); Alexander Wong, Palo Alto, CA (US); Anne Wojcicki, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Linda Avey, Lafayette, CA (US)
Assigned to 23andMe, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by 23andMe, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/499,689.
Application 17/499,689 is a continuation of application No. 17/243,288, filed on Apr. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,171,962.
Application 17/243,288 is a continuation of application No. 16/949,307, filed on Oct. 23, 2020, granted, now 10,999,285, issued on May 4, 2021.
Application 16/949,307 is a continuation of application No. 16/723,254, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,841,312, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Application 16/723,254 is a continuation of application No. 15/046,257, filed on Feb. 17, 2016, granted, now 10,516,670, issued on Dec. 24, 2019.
Application 15/046,257 is a continuation of application No. 12/288,014, filed on Oct. 14, 2008, granted, now 9,336,177, issued on May 10, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/070,321, filed on Mar. 19, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/999,148, filed on Oct. 15, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/999,064, filed on Oct. 15, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103560 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/95 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G16B 20/20 (2019.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G16B 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 63/101 (2013.01) [G06F 15/16 (2013.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G16B 20/20 (2019.02); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); G16B 20/00 (2019.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for sharing genetic data, comprising:
providing a database comprising genotype records associated with a plurality of users of an application;
receiving, from a first user of the application, a request to share non-public information with a second user of the application through the application;
in response to receiving the request from the first user, notifying the second user of the request from the first user;
in response to notifying the second user of the request from the first user, receiving, from the second user, an acceptance of the request to share non-public information through the application; and
in response to receiving, from the second user, the acceptance of the request, establishing sharing of non-public information associated with the first user to the second user or of non-public information associated with the second user to the first user.