System and method for blind sharing of genome data

摘要

A system and method for blindly sharing biological data is provided. Biological data, such as such as genome data, proteome data, and genetic data is licensed by a data provider to one or more data consumers without compromising the identity of either party. A trusted third party, or data broker, is used to manage the biological data developed by data providers. The trusted third party/data broker receives requests from data consumers, such as researchers, and matches the requests against available data. If the data consumer decides to license the data, the data broker digitally signs the license agreement on behalf of each party in accordance with the intellectual property and pricing terms specified by the data provider. In addition, the trusted third party/data broker may be used to manage the data consumer's access of the data.