US 7,451,047 B2
System and method for programatic access to biological probe array data
Luis Jevons, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); Derek Bernhart, Lafayete Hill, Pa. (US); Nga Yu Cheung, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Conrad Sheppy, Redwood City, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/215,900.
Application 11/215900 is a continuation of application No. 10/370442, filed on Feb. 19, 2003, granted, now 6,954,699.
Application 10/370442 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/683912, filed on Mar. 01, 2002, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/442684, filed on Jan. 24, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/369196, filed on Apr. 01, 2002.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/358119, filed on Feb. 19, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0074563 A1, Apr. 06, 2006
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 702—19  [435/6; 702/20] 30 Claims
 
1. An applications programming interface comprising:
one or more code libraries that enable a developer of a user-provided application access to data stored in one or more file formats associated with a second application;
wherein the one or more code libraries integrate the second application with the user-provided application; and
wherein each of the file formats is organized to store data related to one or more biological probe arrays in one or more data files.