Methods for analyte monitoring management and analyte measurement data management, and articles of manufacture related thereto

A data processing device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory device having a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• analyze analyte measurement data to identify at least one rate-of-change based analyte episode within a time period, the analyte measurement data representing analyte measurement data collected over a time period, the rate-of-change being the rate of change of an analyte value over time, wherein the at least one rate-of-change based episode comprises a core that extends between a first and an end analyte value, wherein the at least one rate-of-change episode has a threshold core rate-of-change for a duration threshold;
• identify a first local extreme analyte value that occurs before the first analyte value and a second local extreme analyte value that occurs after the end analyte value;
• identify a lowest and a highest analyte value between the first and second local extreme analyte values;
• and
• define a beginning analyte value of the at least one rate-of-change based episode to be one of the lowest or highest analyte values and an ending analyte value of the at least one rate-of-change based episode to be the other of the lowest or highest analyte values.