Displaying status of a blood glucose measure being transferred wirelessly from a handheld glucose meter
First Claim
1. A method for displaying status during a wireless transmission of a glucose measure from a handheld glucose meter to a diabetes management application residing on a portable computing device, comprising:
- determining, by the glucose meter, a blood glucose measure from a test strip inserted into a port of the glucose meter, the test strip having a reaction site for receiving a sample of blood from a patient;
displaying, by the glucose meter, the blood glucose measure on a result screen of the glucose meter, the display of the blood glucose measure being performed in response to the determination of the blood glucose measure;
navigating, in response to an input command, from the result screen to a comment selection screen, the comment selection screen presenting a listing of comments for selection;
receiving a selection of a comment from the listing of comments;
navigating from the comment selection screen to the result screen; and
transferring the blood glucose measure via a wireless data link to the diabetes management application in response to navigating away from the result screen after returning to the result screen once a comment from the selection screen has been chosen; and
displaying, by the glucose meter, an interface on a display of the glucose meter concurrently with the transfer of the blood glucose measure to the diabetes management application, where the interface provides an indication of a data transfer, a numeric value for the blood glucose measure and an identifier for the portable computing device.
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Abstract
Persons with diabetes often carry a handheld glucose meter as well as a portable computing device, such as a mobile phone. Given the close proximity of these two devices, the portable computing device can serve as a data collector for the glucose measures taken by the glucose meter. Improved techniques are set forth for transferring glucose measures automatically and seamlessly to the patient'"'"'s portable computing device, including displaying a value for the glucose measure along with an identifier for the portable computing device on a display of the glucose meter during the data exchange with the portable computing device.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for displaying status during a wireless transmission of a glucose measure from a handheld glucose meter to a diabetes management application residing on a portable computing device, comprising:
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determining, by the glucose meter, a blood glucose measure from a test strip inserted into a port of the glucose meter, the test strip having a reaction site for receiving a sample of blood from a patient; displaying, by the glucose meter, the blood glucose measure on a result screen of the glucose meter, the display of the blood glucose measure being performed in response to the determination of the blood glucose measure; navigating, in response to an input command, from the result screen to a comment selection screen, the comment selection screen presenting a listing of comments for selection; receiving a selection of a comment from the listing of comments; navigating from the comment selection screen to the result screen; and transferring the blood glucose measure via a wireless data link to the diabetes management application in response to navigating away from the result screen after returning to the result screen once a comment from the selection screen has been chosen; and displaying, by the glucose meter, an interface on a display of the glucose meter concurrently with the transfer of the blood glucose measure to the diabetes management application, where the interface provides an indication of a data transfer, a numeric value for the blood glucose measure and an identifier for the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A handheld glucose meter having an improved user interface for displaying status during transmission of a blood glucose measure, comprising:
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a port configured to receive a test strip having a reaction site for receiving a sample of blood from a patient; a glucose measurement module cooperatively operable with a test strip inserted in the port to measure glucose in a sample of blood residing on the test strip; a wireless transceiver in data communication with the glucose measurement module and operable to communicate the glucose measure received from the glucose measurement module automatically via a wireless data link to a diabetes management application residing on a portable computing device and being physically separated from the glucose meter; and a user interface module in data communication with the glucose measurement module and the wireless transceiver, the user interface module operates to display the glucose measure on a result screen of the glucose meter immediately following the determination of the glucose measure by the glucose measurement module and operates to display an interface on a display of the glucose meter concurrently with the transfer of the glucose measure to the diabetes management application, where the interface provides an indication of a data transfer, a numeric value for the glucose measure and an identifier for the portable computing device, wherein the user interface module navigates, in response to an input command, from the result screen to a comment selection screen, the comment selection screen presents a listing of comments for selection; and
, in response to receiving a comment, navigates from the comment selection screen back to the result screen;
wherein the wireless transceiver transfers the blood glucose measure and the comment in response to navigating away from the result screen after returning to the result screen once a comment from the selection screen has been chosen. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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