Distributed system architecture for continuous glucose monitoring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016335409-A1
Application number	US-201615152465-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 11, 2016
Priority date	May 12, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to techniques for receiving glucose data from a continuous glucose sensor and controlling the use and redistribution of that data so it is used in an intended manner. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining one or more data points relating to glucose levels from a transmitter associated with a continuous glucose monitor device; distributing the one or more data points among one or more display devices and one or more servers; identifying a missing data point from among a display device of the one or more display devices or a server of the one or more servers, the missing data point being one of the one or more data points; and providing the missing data point to the display device or the server when the missing data point falls within a defined time period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of updating data in a distributed architecture, comprising:
obtaining one or more data points relating to glucose levels from a transmitter associated with a continuous glucose monitor device; distributing the one or more data points among one or more display devices and one or more servers; identifying a missing data point from among a display device of the one or more display devices or a server of the one or more servers, the missing data point being one of the one or more data points; and providing the missing data point to the display device or the server when the missing data point falls within a defined time period.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the missing data point comprises backfilled data sent to the display device or server after the distributing.

3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
identifying one or more missing data points from among a display device of the one or more display devices or a server of the one or more servers; and providing the one or more missing data points to the display device or the server.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
displaying the one or more data points and the one or more missing data points; and displaying an indication that the one or more missing data points includes backfilled data.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
identifying one or more missing data points from among a display device of the one or more display devices or a server of the one or more servers; determining which of the one or more missing data points were created within a subset of the defined time interval; and providing those missing data points that were created within the subset of the defined time interval.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
displaying the one or more data points and the one or more missing data points; and displaying an indication that the one or more missing data points includes backfilled data.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device or the server that receives the missing data point was turned off or disconnected when the missing data point was initially available.

8 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
identifying one or more missing data points from among a display device of the one or more display devices or a server of the one or more servers; determining a number of the missing data points to backfill based on the device that missed the data; and providing the determined number of missing data points to the display device or the server.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, by the one or more display devices or the one or more servers that was provided the missing data point, an indication that the missing data point comprises backfilled data.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, by the one or more display devices and the one or more servers, an indication that the one or more data points were received in real-time.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
connecting a plurality of display devices to the transmitter; distributing the one or more data points to the plurality of display devices; and forwarding the one or more data points from the plurality of display devices to the one or more servers along with an indication of which display device forwarded the data.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving the one or more data points during the distributing of the plurality of sets of data; and displaying the one or more data points received during the distributing differently from the missing data point.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the defined time period comprises the past six hours.

14 . A system for updating data in a distributed architecture, comprising:
a continuous glucose monitor device including a transmitter configured to obtain a plurality of sets of data relating to glucose levels and distribute the plurality of sets of data among one or more display devices and one or more servers; and one or both of (i) the one or more display devices and (ii) the one or more servers, wherein the one or more display devices and/or the one or more servers are configured to:
identify a missing set of data from among the plurality of sets of data,
request the missing set of data, and
receive the missing set of data when the missing set of data falls within a defined time period.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the missing set of data comprises backfilled data sent to the one or more display devices or servers after the distributing.

16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more display devices and/or the one or more servers are configured to:
identify a plurality of missing sets of data from among a display device or a server, request the plurality of missing sets of data, and receive the plurality of missing sets of data.

17 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more display devices and/or the one or more servers are configured to:
identify a plurality of missing sets of data, determine which of the plurality of missing sets of data were created within a subset of the defined time interval, and request those missing sets of data that were created within the subset of the defined time interval.

18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the one or more display devices are configured to:
display the plurality of sets of data and the missing set of data, and display an indication that the missing set of data includes backfilled data.

19 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more display devices and/or the one or more servers that receives the missing set of data was turned off or disconnected when the missing set of data was initially available.

20 . The system of claim 14 , wherein:
a plurality of missing sets of data from among a display device of the one or more display devices and/or a server of the one or more servers are identified; a number of the missing sets of data to backfill based on the device that missed the data are determined; and the determined number of missing sets of data are provided to the display device or the server.

21 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more display device and/or the one or more servers that was provided the missing set of data are configured to store an indication that the missing set of data comprises backfilled data.

22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the one or more display devices and/or the one or more servers store an indication that the plurality of sets of data were received in real-time.

23 . The system of claim 14 , further comprising a plurality of display devices in communication with the transmitter, wherein:
the plurality of sets of data are distributed to the plurality of display devices; and the plurality of sets of data are forwarded from the plurality of display devices to the one or more servers along with an indication of which display device forwarded the sets data.

24 . The system of claim 14 , wherein:
the plurality of sets of data are received during the distributing of the plurality of sets of data; and the plurality of sets of data received during the distributing are displayed differently from the missing set of data.

25 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the defined time period comprises the past six hours.

26 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or mo

Assignees

• Dexcom Inc

Inventors

• Mensinger Michael Robert
• Cohen Eric
• Datta ray Basab
• Hampapuram Hari
• Karnath Apurv Ullas
• Madigan Stephen
• Mayou Phil

Classifications

• G06F21/6245

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• G16H10/60

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• A61B5/14532

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