Patent ID: 8655259

Claim:
A blood glucose monitoring system for monitoring a blood glucose level and for providing health-related information comprising: (a) a display device including a display screen which displays the blood glucose level as measured; (b) an audio speaker; (c) a processor configured to provide audio and visual signals to the audio speaker and the display device respectively; (d) at least one built-in memory including read-only digital memory (ROM) or writeable digital memory (RAM), or both, having stored therein operation data and operation software routines executable by the processor for: (i) controlling the blood glucose monitoring system; (ii) comparing the blood glucose level as measured with stored measurements; (iii) performing one or more further processing functions in response to the comparing; (iv) connecting the processor to a remotely located computer via a communication network in response to receiving a network address of the remotely located computer from a removable memory card attached to the system, wherein (a) the network address identifies the remotely located computer within the communication network and (b) the remotely located computer is located distant from the processor; and (v) receiving the health-related information at the processor via the communication network from the remotely located computer; (e) at least one physiological data monitor configured to (i) provide a measurement signal representative of a physiological parameter of a user and (ii) reside outside a first housing containing said processor; and (f) an input device in communication with the processor and configured to (i) receive an input from the user including an identification code, (ii) enable the user to (1) make selections and (2) control one or more user functions of the blood glucose monitoring system and (iii) provide a control signal to the processor based upon the input, thereby to cause the health related information to be provided to the user based upon (a) the measurement signal representative of the blood glucose level, (b) the identification code received from said user, and (c) a destination address programmed by a physician prior to the user receiving the processor, wherein the physiological parameter includes the blood glucose level and the physiological data monitor includes a blood glucose indicator.