User interface features for an electronic device

An electronic analyte measuring device, comprising:

• a housing,
• an analyte measuring facility positioned in the housing, the analyte measuring facility configured to measure a concentration of an analyte in a liquid sample deposited on a sample carrier received in the analyte measuring facility,
• a display device carried by the housing, and
• a processor including a memory having instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor to automatically control the display device to display instructions to measure via the analyte measuring facility a concentration of the analyte in a subsequent liquid sample if the concentration of the analyte in the liquid sample is outside of a predetermined analyte concentration limit.

An electronic blood glucose measuring device, comprising:

• a housing,
• a blood glucose measuring facility positioned in the housing, the blood glucose measuring facility configured to measure a concentration of glucose in a blood sample deposited on a sample earlier received in the blood glucose measuring facility,
• a display device carried by the housing, and
• a processor executing a bolus recommendation process that recommends a bolus amount based on a number of factors including a carbohydrate value entered by a user, the processor including a memory having instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor to automatically control the display device, after a programmable amount of time has passed since entering the carbohydrate value, to display instructions to measure blood glucose of a blood sample via the blood glucose measuring facility if the carbohydrate value entered by the user is greater than a carbohydrate limit.

An electronic analyte measuring device, comprising:

• a housing,
• a plurality of user buttons carried by the housing,
• a carrier port having an opening defined by the housing and extending into the housing from the opening,
• an analyte measuring facility positioned in the housing and in communication with the carrier port, the analyte measuring facility measures an analyte in a fluid sample deposited on a sample carrier that is received in the carrier port, and
• a processor including a memory having instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor to power up the device from a powered down state, disable the plurality of user buttons and measure the analyte in a fluid sample deposited on a sample carrier when the sample carrier is received within the carrier port with the device in the powered down state, and to enable the plurality of user buttons when the analyte measurement is complete.