Diabetes Therapy Timeline Alignment Across Time Zone Changes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing diabetes therapy data management systems face challenges in accurately aligning and presenting data from multiple devices due to differing reference times, time zone changes, and clock adjustments, complicating data organization and user understanding.
Innovation Solution
A method for organizing diabetes therapy data involves segmenting data from different sources based on continuous periods and real-time alignment, displaying a therapy timeline with aligned segments, and incorporating time change indicators to maintain user relevance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If data from multiple devices is collected and aligned in a central location, then comprehensive therapy data can be reviewed, but data organization and presentation become complicated due to different reference times and time zone changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments therapy data into discrete events with associated timestamps and references them to a common reference time. This segmentation allows complex multi-device data to be broken down into manageable units that can be systematically aligned and presented without overwhelming complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a reference time as an intermediary mechanism that mediates between different device timestamps. By converting all timestamps to this common reference time, the system simplifies data alignment across devices without requiring complex real-time synchronization or time zone conversion logic.
2Measurement precision
If real-time data alignment is performed, then accurate time relationships can be maintained, but the system cannot receive all events from all devices in real time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary timestamp conversion to reference time when data is received, rather than attempting real-time alignment. This preliminary action ensures time relationship accuracy is maintained from the start, while allowing the system to process data as it arrives without requiring simultaneous real-time reception from all devices.
3Measurement precision
If data is displayed according to device reference time, then accurate timing information is preserved, but user understanding is complicated by time zone changes and clock corrections
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the time parameter representation by converting all timestamps to a common reference time before display. This parameter change maintains the accuracy of timing relationships while presenting data in a consistent time frame that is easier for users to understand, eliminating confusion from multiple time zones and clock corrections.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are system and methods for organizing diabetes therapy data from different devices and across time changes that enable user analysis and visualization in a way that incorporates the changes in user time.