Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method of storing, maintaining, and distributing computer intelligible electronic data that substantially reduces the cost and complexity of traditional database management systems. The present invention provides a unstructured database capable of efficiently accessing and storing electronic data, regardless of the data's structure. Instead of slotting incoming data into a predefined rigid storage structure, the present invention analyzes the inherent structure of the incoming data. Based upon the results of this analysis, the unstructured database of the present invention generates a storage model using tokenized symbology representing the inherent structure of the data. The tokenized symbology of the present invention is utilized to provide immediate access to each data field in a given record.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of embedding commands into electronic data utilizing canonical XML. The embedded commands are designed using a strict canonical XML format so as to be fully compliant with W3C XML standards. The resulting XML data is capable of holding both data and program coding without the introduction of non-compliant markup language elements. The present invention allows XML data containing embedded code to be subsequently parsed, utilized, and/or mined by XML-compliant applications, utilities, and tools.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method of storing, maintaining, and distributing computer intelligible electronic data that substantially reduces the cost and complexity of traditional database management systems. The present invention provides a unstructured database capable of efficiently accessing and storing electronic data, regardless of the data's structure. Instead of slotting incoming data into a predefined rigid storage structure, the present invention analyzes the inherent structure of the incoming data. Based upon the results of this analysis, the unstructured database of the present invention generates a storage model using tokenized symbology representing the inherent structure of the data. The tokenized symbology of the present invention is utilized to provide immediate access to each data field in a given record.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of analyzing electronic data that eliminate the need for externally sourced descriptions, thus reducing the time and expense associated with manual creation of data file descriptive information. The present invention is capable of automatically analyzing one or more incoming data files, generating information descriptive of the structure of each data file and producing output data similar or identical in structure to the incoming data file(s) for use in subsequent applications.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting racks of sealed sample tubes, mixing a sample material contained within the tubes, and aspirating samples from the tubes. The apparatus includes a car which runs along a rail. The car drives racks containing the sample tubes into a mixer channel disposed above and running parallel to the rail. The mixer channel is mounted to rotate about an axis parallel to the rail to mix samples and position the tubes to be aspirated. A push pin mounted adjacent to the mixer channel extends into the mixer channel and urges individual tubes against an aspirator assembly mounted on the opposite side of the mixer channel. An input queue is disposed proximate the input side of the rail and an output queue disposed proximate the output side of rail. The input queue supports the racks and feeds them into position to be driven by the car mechanism into the mixer channel.