Patent ID: 8762400

Claim:
Data retrieval method for retrieving multiple blocks of patient data pertaining to the same patient from a memory device that is communicatively coupled to a monitor device, the method comprising: identifying a collection time period of interest; retrieving metadata identifying a start time of a first collection time period and a stop time of the first collection period, wherein the first collection period is associated with a first block of patient data pertaining to a first patient, wherein the metadata is stored in an external storage device configured to be communicatively coupled to a plurality of memory devices, and wherein the first block of patient data is stored on a first memory device; retrieving secondary metadata identifying a start time of a second collection time period and a stop time of the second collection period, wherein the second collection period is associated with a second block of patient data pertaining to the first patient, wherein the secondary metadata is stored in the external storage device, and wherein the second block of patient data is stored on a second memory device; querying the start time and the stop time identified by the metadata and by the secondary metadata for determining a memory device from the plurality of memory devices such that the determined memory device stores patient data pertaining to the first patient, wherein the patient data is associated with the identified collection time period; and retrieving the stored patient data pertaining to the first patient, wherein the stored patient data is associated with the identified collection time period such that the stored patient data is retrieved from the determined memory device in the plurality of memory devices.