Blood glucose monitoring system having wireless communication module to which time synchronization method is applied

• US 9,143,250 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2014
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: i-SENS, Inc.
• Original Assignee: i-SENS, Inc.
• Inventors: Ryu, Chang Woo, Choi, Dae Kag, Cha, Geun Sig, Nam, Hakhyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Latorre, Ivan O
• Application Number:
  US14/273,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20140241338A1
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 370/320, 370/343, 370/350, 370/503, 370/235, 370/389, 370/392, 370/395.4, 370/321, 370508-510, 455/522.1, 455/556.1, 340/539.12, 340/573.1, 709/238, 709/242, 709/248, 714/48, 714/55, 714/746, 714/748, 714/814, 714/815, 600/316, 600/319, 600/347, 600/365
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1411 by percutaneous method, e.g. by lancet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150854 long distance, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/025 for measuring physiological data
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/04 using radio waves radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 7/00 Synchronisation radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0076 in which the time in another time-zone or in another city can be displayed at will
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0638 Clock or time synchronisation among nodes; Internode synchronisation synchronization for ring networks H04L12/422; data switching networks with synchronous transmission H04L12/43

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module, and more particularly, to a time synchronization method between a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module synchronized with a cellular network such as a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network and the cellular network. The present invention provides a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module applying a time synchronization scheme including: a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network transmitting network identity and time zone (NITZ) information; and a blood sugar meter metering user'"'"'s blood sugar data, wherein the blood sugar meter synchronizes a network time according to the NITZ information with an internal time of the metered data and transmits the metered blood sugar data to a server connected to the GSM/CDMA network.

Claims

1. A blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module applying a time synchronization scheme, the blood sugar meter system comprising:

a blood sugar meter that meters a user'"'"'s blood sugar data, wherein the blood sugar meter synchronizes an internal time of the metered blood sugar data to a network time of a residence area of the user according to network identity and time zone (NITZ) information transmitted from a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and when a local standard time changes depending on a season change, modifies the network time of the user'"'"'s residence area according to the changed time; and

a server connected to the GSM/CDMA network to receive the metered blood sugar data from the blood sugar meter, wherein

the server determines whether the metered blood sugar data is valid or not, by comparing a time for the blood sugar meter to meter a datum of the blood sugar data with a time for transmitting said datum of the metered blood sugar data, and upon determining the blood sugar datum to be invalid, notifies the blood sugar meter of the same.

2. The blood sugar meter system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blood sugar meter comprises:

a blood sugar metering unit metering the user'"'"'s blood sugar data;

a micro control unit (MCU) converting the blood sugar data metered from the blood sugar metering unit into digital data;

a display unit displaying the metered blood sugar data converted by the MCU; and

a wireless communication module synchronizing an internal time of the blood sugar data metered by the blood sugar metering unit to a network time according to the NITZ information transmitted from the GSM/CDMA network and transmitting to a server connected to the GSM/CDMA network.

3. The blood sugar meter system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the local standard time change is associated with Daylight Saving Time.

4. The blood sugar metering system of claim 1, further comprising the global system for mobile communication (GSM) code division multiple access (CDMA) network that transmits the network identity and time zone (NITZ) information.

5. A blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module applying a time synchronization scheme, the blood sugar meter system comprising:

a first blood sugar meter that meters blood sugar data for a user residing in a first time zone, wherein the first blood sugar meter synchronizes an internal time of the metered data to a network time of a residence area of the user according to network identity and time zone (NITZ) information transmitted from a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network;

a second blood sugar meter that meters blood sugar data of a user residing in a second time zone, wherein the second blood sugar meter synchronizes an internal time of the metered data to a network time according to the NITZ information transmitted from the GSM/CDMA network; and

a server connected to the GSM/ CDMA network to receive the metered blood sugar data from the first and second blood sugar meters, respectively,

wherein, when a local standard time changes depending on seasons, the first and second blood sugar meters modify the network time of the user'"'"'s residence area according to the changed time, and

the server determines whether the metered blood sugar data is valid or not, by comparing a time for the first and second blood sugar meters to meter respective first and second blood sugar data with a time for transmitting the respective first and second metered blood sugar data, and when determining the blood sugar data to be invalid, notifies the blood sugar meter of the same.

6. The blood sugar meter system as set forth in claim 5, wherein each of the blood sugar meters comprises:

a blood sugar metering unit metering the user'"'"'s blood sugar data;

a micro control unit (MCU) converting the blood sugar data metered from the blood sugar metering unit into digital data;

a display unit displaying the metered blood sugar data converted by the MCU; and

a wireless communication module synchronizing an internal time of the blood sugar data metered by the blood sugar metering unit to a network time according to the NITZ information transmitted from the GSM/ CDMA network and transmitting to a server connected to the GSM/CDMA network.

7. The blood sugar meter system as set forth in claim 5, wherein the local standard time change is associated with Daylight Saving Time.

8. The blood sugar metering system of claim 5, further comprising the global system for mobile communication (GSM) code division multiple access (CDMA) network that transmits the network identity and time zone (NITZ) information.

9. A blood sugar metering system, comprising:

a server connected to a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network that transmits network identity and time zone (NITZ) information, the server coupled to the GSM/CDMA network to receive a metered blood sugar datum from a blood sugar meter, the metered blood sugar datum including a blood sugar value and a time associated with acquisition of the blood sugar value, wherein the server determines whether the metered blood sugar datum is valid or not by comparing the time associated with acquisition of the blood sugar datum with a time at which the blood sugar datum is transmitted by the blood sugar meter via the GSM/CDMA network, and if the blood sugar data is determined to be invalid, notifies the blood sugar meter of the same.