Blood Glucose Meter Supporting Contextual Data Filtering

1 . A method for filtering blood glucose measurements and associated contextual data of a user on a handheld blood glucose meter, comprising:

storing by the blood glucose meter a plurality of blood glucose measurements with each of the blood glucose measurements having an associated date and time, an event, and a sub-event associated with the event, the blood glucose having a meter display;

selecting data filtering on the meter display by the user;

selecting a predetermined range for blood glucose measurements;

selecting from a plurality of event indicators on the meter display an event indicator by the user;

selecting from a plurality of sub-event indicators on the meter display associated with the selected event indicator a sub-event indicator by the user; and

displaying a plurality of blood glucose measurements within the predetermined range that have both the event and sub-event that correspond to the event indicator and sub-event indicator selected by the user.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined range is selected from one of a low data range that is below a target range and a high data range that is above the target range.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the low data range is selected from within a first range from about 50 mg/dL to about 100 mg/dL and the high data is selected from within a second range from about 101 mg/dL to about 200 mg/dL.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the event indicator is selected from one of before meal, after meal, fasting, bedtime, felt hypoglycemic, exercise, and alcohol.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected event indicators of before meal, after meal, and exercise each have associated sub-event indicators selected from one of breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, coffee break, walking, running, cycling, and swimming.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining after the user selects the predetermined range on the meter display that a target range is disabled and no stored blood glucose measurements have target range markers;

stopping data filtering because no stored blood glucose measurements have target range markers;

displaying that data filtering has been stopped because no stored blood glucose measurements have target range markers on the meter display.

7 . A method for filtering blood glucose measurements and associated contextual data of a user on a computing device, comprising:

receiving by the computing device from a blood glucose meter a plurality of blood glucose measurements, each of the blood glucose measurements having an associated date and time, an event, and a sub-event associated with the event, the computing device having a device display;

selecting data filtering on the computing device display by the user;

selecting a predetermined range for blood glucose measurements;

selecting from a plurality of event indicators on the computing device display an event indicator by the user;

selecting from a plurality of sub-event indicators on the computing device display associated with the selected event indicator a sub-event indicator by the user; and

displaying a plurality of blood glucose measurements within the predetermined range that have both the event and the sub-event that correspond to the event indicator and sub-event indicator selected by the user.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined range is selected from one of a low data range that is below a target range and a high data range that is above the target range.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the low data range is selected from within a first data range from about 50 mg/dL to about 100 mg/dL and the high data range is selected from within a second data range from about 101 mg/dL to about 200 mg/dL.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the event indicator is selected from one of before meal, after meal, fasting, bedtime, felt hypoglycemic, exercise, and alcohol.

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the selected event indicators of before meal, after meal, and exercise each have associated sub-event indicators selected from one of breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, coffee break, walking, running, cycling, and swimming.

12 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining after the user selects the predetermined range of blood glucose measurements on the computing device display that a target range is disabled and no stored blood glucose measurements have target range markers;

stopping data filtering because no blood glucose measurements have target range markers;

displaying that data filtering has been stopped because no blood glucose measurements have target range markers on the computing device display.

13 . A method for filtering blood glucose measurements and associated contextual data of a user on a handheld blood glucose meter, comprising:

(a) obtaining a blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose meter operated by the user and the blood glucose meter associates a date and time with the blood glucose measurement, the blood glucose meter having a display;

(b) displaying a plurality of event indicators on the meter display;

(c) selecting an event indicator by the user from the plurality of event indicators;

(d) associating the blood glucose measurement with an event that corresponds to the event indicator;

(e) displaying a plurality of sub-event indicators on the meter display associated with the selected event indicator;

(f) selecting a sub-event indicator by the user from the plurality of sub-event indicators;

(g) associating the blood glucose measurement with a sub-event corresponding to the selected sub-event indicator;

repeating (a)-(g) by the user to create a plurality of blood glucose measurements with associated events and sub-events;

selecting data filtering on the meter display by the user;

selecting a predetermined range for blood glucose measurements;

selecting from the plurality of event indicators on the meter display an event indicator by the user;

selecting from the plurality of sub-event indicators on the meter display associated with the selected event indicator by the user a sub-event indicator by the user; and

displaying a plurality of blood glucose measurements within the predetermined range that have both the event and the sub-event that correspond to the selected event indicator and the selected sub-event indicator selected by the user.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the predetermined range is selected from one of a low data range that is below a target range and a high data range that is above a target range.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the low data range is selected from within a first range from about 50 mg/dL to about 100 mg/dL and the high data range is selected from within a second range from about 101 mg/dL to about 200 mg/dL.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the event indicator is selected from one of before meal, after meal, fasting, bedtime, felt hypoglycemic, exercise, and alcohol.

17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the selected event indicators of before meal, after meal, and exercise each have associated sub-event indicators selected from one of breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, coffee break, walking, running, cycling, and swimming.

18 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

determining after the user selects the predetermined range on the meter display that a target range is disabled and no stored blood glucose measurements have target range markers;

stopping data filtering because no stored blood glucose measurement have target range markers; and

displaying that data filtering has been stopped because no stored blood glucose measurements have target range markers on the meter display.