diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/CoverageUtils.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/CoverageUtils.java
index 32dcd1b0e..c5efe3df6 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/CoverageUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/CoverageUtils.java
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ public class CoverageUtils {
             return String.format("%s_rg_%s",r.getSample(),r.getReadGroupId());
         } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.library ) {
             return r.getLibrary();
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.center ) {
+            return r.getSequencingCenter();
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.platform ) {
+            return r.getPlatform();
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.sample_by_center ) {
+            return String.format("%s_cn_%s",r.getSample(),r.getSequencingCenter());
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.sample_by_platform) {
+            return String.format("%s_pl_%s",r.getSample(),r.getPlatform());
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.sample_by_platform_by_center ) {
+            return String.format("%s_pl_%s_cn_%s",r.getSample(),r.getPlatform(),r.getSequencingCenter());
         } else {
             throw new StingException("Invalid type ID sent to getTypeID. This is a BUG!");
         }
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/DepthOfCoverageWalker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/DepthOfCoverageWalker.java
index 6846bafe4..edf142aaf 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/DepthOfCoverageWalker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/DepthOfCoverageWalker.java
@@ -205,6 +205,26 @@ public class DepthOfCoverageWalker extends LocusWalker<Map<DoCOutputType.Partiti
                     partition.add(l);
                 }
             }
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.center ) {
+            for ( SAMReadGroupRecord rg : getToolkit().getSAMFileHeader().getReadGroups() ) {
+                partition.add(rg.getSequencingCenter());
+            }
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.platform ) {
+            for ( SAMReadGroupRecord rg : getToolkit().getSAMFileHeader().getReadGroups() ) {
+                partition.add(rg.getPlatform());
+            }
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.sample_by_center ) {
+            for ( SAMReadGroupRecord rg : getToolkit().getSAMFileHeader().getReadGroups() ) {
+                partition.add(String.format("%s_cn_%s",rg.getSample(),rg.getSequencingCenter()));
+            }
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.sample_by_platform ) {
+            for ( SAMReadGroupRecord rg : getToolkit().getSAMFileHeader().getReadGroups() ) {
+                partition.add(String.format("%s_pl_%s",rg.getSample(),rg.getPlatform()));
+            }
+        } else if ( type == DoCOutputType.Partition.sample_by_platform_by_center ) {
+            for ( SAMReadGroupRecord rg : getToolkit().getSAMFileHeader().getReadGroups() ) {
+                partition.add(String.format("%s_pl_%s_cn_%s",rg.getSample(),rg.getPlatform(),rg.getSequencingCenter()));
+            }
         } else {
             throw new StingException("Invalid aggregation type sent to getSamplesFromToolKit");
         }
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/DoCOutputType.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/DoCOutputType.java
index a1c637aea..ce7d7c911 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/DoCOutputType.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/coverage/DoCOutputType.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.coverage;
  * @version 0.1
  */
 public class DoCOutputType {
-    public enum Partition { readgroup, sample, library }
+    public enum Partition { readgroup, sample, library, platform, center, sample_by_platform, sample_by_center, sample_by_platform_by_center }
     public enum Aggregation { locus, interval, gene, cumulative }
     public enum FileType { summary, statistics, coverage_counts, coverage_proportions }