Patent ID: 8710993

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for mitigating single point failure of at least one device in an analyte monitoring system, comprising: requesting, using a second device, that a functionality check of one or more components of a first device be performed and that data related to the functionality check of the one or more components of the first device be communicated to the second device; receiving, at the second device, information from the first device that is related to the functionality check of the one or more components of the first device; communicating, using the second device, the information related to the functionality check of the one or more components of the first device to a third device; receiving, at the second device, a request from the third device that an alarm be annunciated if it is determined by the third device that the one or more components of the first device is not functioning in accordance with at least one predetermined criterion; and annunciating, using the second device, the alarm to alert that the one or more components of the first device is not functioning in accordance with the at least one predetermined criterion.