Application interface and display control in an analyte monitoring environment

• US 10,360,368 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2014
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Inventors: Berman, Glenn, Crouther, Nathan, Love, Michael R., Sloan, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kenneth W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lane, Gregory A
• Application Number:
  US14/575,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,678 Days
• Field of Search: 726 16, 600309
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150847 Communication to or from blood sampling device transmitting measured data A61B5/0002
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for the control of interfacing between applications that facilitate the monitoring of diabetes running on a mobile device, including the authentication of a third party user interface application by a sensor interface application. Control of the display of current analyte levels and critical events is also provided.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring an analyte level of a human with an in vivo analyte sensor and a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

downloading and installing, by a user, a first application onto the mobile communication device;

downloading and installing, by the user, a different second application onto the mobile communication device, wherein the first application is a sensor interface application and the second application is a user interface application;

receiving data, at the mobile communication device, from the in vivo analyte sensor;

processing the received data with the sensor interface application to generate data indicative of an analyte level of the human;

determining, by the sensor interface application, whether the user interface application is authorized by reference to a registration database;

granting, by the sensor interface application to the user interface application, if authorized, access to the data indicative of the analyte level of the human;

communicating the data indicative of the analyte level of the human from the sensor interface application to the user interface application;

causing, by the user interface application, display of the analyte level of the human on a display of the mobile communication device; and

if an indication is received, at the sensor interface application, that access of the user interface application to the data indicative of the analyte level of the human is to be removed,

then removing access of the user interface application to the data indicative of the analyte level of the human.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface application is a first user interface application adapted to cause display of the analyte level of the human on the display of the mobile communication device, and the sensor interface application also communicates with a second user interface application adapted to cause display of the analyte level of the human on the display of the mobile communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the following steps performed by the sensor interface application:

causing the capture of data from either the first user interface application or the second user interface application; and

providing the captured data to the other of the first or second user interface applications.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the following steps performed by the sensor interface application:

determining that a critical event has occurred; and

providing an indication to the user interface application that the critical event has occurred.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

if a confirmation was not received from the user interface application that a notification of the critical event was provided to the user, then requesting that the user interface application provide the notification to the user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

after requesting that the user interface application provide the notification, if a confirmation was not received from the user interface application that the notification was provided, then disconnecting the user interface application from the sensor interface application.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

after requesting that the user interface application provide the notification, if a confirmation was not received from the user interface application that the notification was provided, then logging the critical event and sending an error message to a trusted computer system over the internet.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

if a confirmation was not received from the user interface application that a notification of the critical event was provided to the user, then providing the indication to user interface application that the critical event has occurred a second time.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

after providing the indication to the user interface application a second time, if a confirmation was not received from the user interface application that the notification was provided, then disconnecting the user interface application from the sensor interface application.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

after providing the indication to the user interface application a second time, if a confirmation was not received from the user interface application that the notification was provided, then logging the critical event and sending an error message to a trusted computer system over the internet.

11. The method of claim 4, wherein the critical event is based on an analyte level sensed in the human or wherein the critical event is an error that has occurred in the in vivo analyte sensor or the sensor interface application.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor interface application is provisioned by a first party associated with the manufacture of the in vivo analyte sensor and the user interface application is provisioned by a second party that is different from the first party.

25. The method of claim 1, further comprising the following step performed by the user interface application:

causing display of a current analyte level of the human on the display of the mobile communication device based at least in part on a determination that a current data age window of the data indicative of the analyte level of the human has not expired.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor interface application does not cause display of the analyte level of the human on the display.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the sensor interface application, whether the user interface application is authorized comprises:

sending information about the user interface application from the sensor interface application to a remote registration server;

receiving an indication from the remote registration server whether the user interface application is approved for operation with the sensor interface application;

generating and assigning a registration identifier, by the sensor interface application, for the user interface application if the indication indicates that the user interface application is approved for operation with the sensor interface application; and

communicating the registration identifier to the user interface application.

12. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a non-transitory memory on which a user downloadable sensor interface application and a user downloadable user interface application are stored;

an RF transceiver adapted to receive data from an in vivo analyte sensor; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled with the non-transitory memory and the RF transceiver, wherein the at least one processor is adapted to execute the user downloadable sensor interface application and adapted to;

process the received data with the user downloadable sensor interface application to generate data indicative of an analyte level of the human;

determine, with the user downloadable sensor interface application, whether the user downloadable user interface application is authorized by reference to a registration database;

grant, with the user downloadable sensor interface application to the user downloadable user interface application, if authorized, access to the data indicative of the analyte level of the human;

communicate the data indicative of the analyte level of the human from the user downloadable sensor interface application to the user downloadable user interface application, wherein the user downloadable sensor interface application and the user downloadable user interface application are both operating on the mobile communication device; and

cause display of the analyte level of the human on a display of the mobile communication device with the user interface application; and

if there is receipt of an indication, at the user downloadable sensor interface application, that access of the user downloadable user interface application to the data indicative of the analyte level of the human is to be removed, then remove access of the user downloadable user interface application to the data indicative of the analyte level of the human.

13. The mobile communication device of claim 12, wherein the user downloadable user interface application is a first user interface application adapted to cause display of the analyte level of the human on the display of the mobile communication device, and the user downloadable sensor interface application is adapted to communicate with a second user interface application adapted to cause display of the analyte level of the human on the display of the mobile communication device.

14. The mobile communication device of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to:

cause the capture of data from either the first user interface application or the second user interface application; and

provide the captured data to the other of the first or second user interface applications.

15. The mobile communication device of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to:

determine that a critical event has occurred; and

provide an indication to the user downloadable user interface application that the critical event has occurred.

16. The mobile communication device of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to:

if a confirmation was not received from the user downloadable user interface application that a notification of the critical event was provided to a user, then request that the user downloadable user interface application provide the notification to the user.

17. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to:

after the request that the user downloadable user interface application provide the notification, if a confirmation is not received from the user downloadable user interface application that the notification was provided, then disconnect the user downloadable user interface application from the user downloadable sensor interface application.

18. The mobile communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to:

after the request that the user downloadable user interface application provide the notification, if a confirmation is not received from the user downloadable user interface application that the notification was provided, then log the critical event and cause an error message to be sent to a trusted computer system over the internet.

19. The mobile communication device of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to:

if a confirmation is not received from the user downloadable user interface application that a notification of the critical event was provided to a user, then provide the indication to the user downloadable user interface application that the critical event has occurred a second time.

20. The mobile communication device of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to:

after the indication is provided to the user downloadable user interface application a second time, if a confirmation is not received from the user downloadable user interface application that the notification was provided, then disconnect the user downloadable user interface application from the user downloadable sensor interface application.

21. The mobile communication device of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to:

after the indication is provided to the user downloadable user interface application a second time, if a confirmation is not received from the user downloadable user interface application that the notification was provided, then log the critical event and cause an error message to be sent to a trusted computer system over the internet.

22. The mobile communication device of claim 15, wherein the critical event is based on an analyte level sensed in the human or wherein the critical event is an error that has occurred in the in vivo analyte sensor or the user downloadable sensor interface application.

24. The mobile communication device of claim 12, wherein the user downloadable sensor interface application is provisioned by a first party associated with the manufacture of the in vivo analyte sensor and the user downloadable user interface application is provisioned by a second party that is different from the first party.

27. The mobile communication device of claim 12, wherein the user downloadable sensor interface application is adapted to not cause display of the analyte level of the human on the display.