Methods and systems for in silico experimental design and for providing a biotechnology product to a customer
Provided herein is a method and computer program product for designing and/or simulating a biotechnology experiment in silico; and for providing and generating revenue from a customized list of one or more biotechnology products and/or services related to the in silico designed or simulated biotechnology experiment or the product of that experiment. In illustrative examples, the products and or services are indirectly related to a biomolecule designed by the in silico designed biotechnology experiment. In addition, provided herein is a method and computer system for generating revenue, that includes providing a customer with a first computer program product for designing or performing a biotechnology experiment in silico; and providing the customer with access to a purchase function for purchasing a second computer program product for designing or performing a biotechnology experiment in silico. Typically, functionality of the first computer product is less then and/or different than the functionality of the second computer product.
1 . A method for providing a biotechnology product to a customer, comprising:
a) providing the customer with access to an automated function for designing or simulating a biotechnology experiment in silico; and
b) providing the customer with access to a purchasing function for purchasing biotechnology products related to the designed or simulated biotechnology experiment, or a product thereof, wherein the purchasing function presents to the customer a customized list of one or more related products and/or services based on the in silico designed biotechnology experiments, or a product thereof, thereby providing the biotechnology product to the customer.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the customer is provided access to the automated function without payment to a provider of the automated function for the access.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the provider generates revenue when the purchaser purchases the one or more products and/or services.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the in silico designed biotechnology experiment comprises designing a recombinant molecule.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the in silico cloning experiment is a recombinational cloning experiment.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the in silico cloning experiment utilizes vectors that comprise at least two different site-specific recombination sites.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the related products and/or services are indirectly related products and/or services.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the biotechnology products and/or services are proteomic or genomic products and/or services.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein access to the automated function is provided over an extranet.
10 . A method for generating revenue comprising,
a) providing free access for a customer to an automated function for designing or simulating a biotechnology experiment in silico; and
b) providing the customer with access to a purchasing function for purchasing one or more biotechnology products related to the designed or simulated biotechnology experiment, or a product thereof, wherein the purchasing function presents to the customer a customized list of one or more related products and/or services based on the in silico designed biotechnology experiments, or a product thereof.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the in silico designed biotechnology experiment comprises designing a recombinant molecule.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the in silico experiment is a recombinational cloning experiment.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the in silico cloning experiment utilizes vectors that comprise at least two different site-specific recombination sites.
14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the biotechnology products and/or services are related to nucleotide sequence on the vector.
15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the related products and/or services are indirectly related products and/or services.
16 . The method of claim 10 , wherein access to the automated function is provided over an extranet.
17 . A method for identifying biotechnology products, comprising:
a) providing access to an automated function for designing or simulating a biotechnology experiment in silico; and
b) providing a customized list of one or more biotechnology products and/or services related to the in silico designed biotechnology experiment, or a product thereof, thereby identifying the biotechnology products.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the method fuirther comprises, purchasing one or more of the biotechnology products and/or services.
19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the in silico cloning experiment is a recombinational cloning experiment.
20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the in silico cloning experiment utilizes vectors that comprise at least two different site-specific recombination sites.
21 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the biotechnology products and/or services are indirectly related products and/or services.
22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the biotechnology products and/or services are related to the molecule produced by the in silico experiment.
23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the biotechnology products and/or services are not used in to carry out an experimental confirmation of the in silico experiment.
24 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the biotechnology products and/or services are proteomic or genomic products and/or services.
25 . The method of claim 18 , wherein access to the automated function is provided over an extranet.
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40 . A method for associating a product with a biomolecule, comprising identifying a feature on the biomolecule and identifying the product associated with the feature from a table of features and associated products.
41 . The method of claim 40 , wherein a population of products related to the feature are identified.
42 . The method of claim 40 , wherein the table of features and associated products resides on a computer server, wherein access to the server is provided to more than one user of the method.
43 . The method of claim 42 , wherein the table is maintained and updated by a provider of a computer program product for performing the method.
44 . The method of claim 40 , wherein the biomolecule is a vector.
45 - 53 . (canceled)