Glucose Monitoring App Interface With Authenticated Alert Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Individuals with diabetes often fail to monitor their glucose levels frequently due to convenience, testing discretion, and cost, leading to inadequate glycemic control.

Innovation Solution

In vivo analyte monitoring systems that interface with mobile devices, including authentication and display control methods to ensure secure and timely communication of glucose data, using sensor and user interface applications, with encryption and remote registration for approval, and alarms for critical events.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If in vivo analyte monitoring systems continuously broadcast glucose data to mobile devices, then real-time glycemic control is improved, but user compliance and convenience deteriorate due to frequent monitoring requirements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveglycemic controlVSAvoiduser compliance

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements intelligent feedback mechanisms where the mobile application analyzes glucose trend data and only alerts users when clinically significant events occur (hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, rapid changes). This selective feedback approach maintains reliable glycemic monitoring while reducing unnecessary user interactions, thereby improving compliance without sacrificing control quality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer between the continuous glucose sensor and the user interface. The sensor interface application and mobile application act as mediators that buffer, interpret, and selectively present data to the user. This intermediary layer filters continuous data streams into meaningful insights, maintaining reliable monitoring while presenting information in a convenient, non-intrusive manner that improves user compliance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple applications access sensor data simultaneously, then application versatility is improved, but data security and reliability deteriorate due to unauthorized access risks

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication interoperabilityVSAvoiddata security

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a sensor interface application as an intermediary layer between the glucose sensor and multiple user applications. This intermediary application manages authentication, authorization, and secure data distribution. It verifies the legitimacy of requesting applications and controls data access accordingly, enabling versatile multi-application support while maintaining robust security and data reliability through centralized access management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4343784B1Application interface and display control in an analyte monitoring environment

Publication Date: 2026.03.25 ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC

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AI summary

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for the control of interfacing between applications that facilitate the monitoring of diabetes running on a mobile device, including the authentication of a third party user interface application by a sensor interface application. Control of the display of current analyte levels and critical events is also provided.