Electronic vaping devices, cartridges, and access control systems

1 . An e-vaping device, comprising:

a memory;

wireless communications circuitry; and

processing circuitry coupled to the wireless communications circuitry and the memory, the processing circuitry configured to

receive authorization information via the wireless communications circuitry from a computing device, the authorization information including an approved list of one or more cartridge identifiers associated with one or more authorized removable cartridges,

store the authorization information in the memory,

obtain a cartridge identifier directly from a docked removable cartridge,

determine whether the cartridge identifier obtained from the docked removable cartridge is included in the approved list stored in the memory, and

conditionally activate the docked removable cartridge based on whether the cartridge identifier obtained from the docked removable cartridge is included in the approved list.

2 . The e-vaping device of claim 1 , wherein the authorization information further includes an authorization time limit associated with the one or more authorized removable cartridges, and the processing circuitry is further configured to,

delete or mark the authorization information as stale upon expiration of the authorization time limit.

3 . The e-vaping device of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

obtain an onboard cartridge identifier of the docked removable cartridge from the docked removable cartridge; and

permit power to be delivered to the docked removable cartridge in response to determining that the cartridge identifier of the docked removable cartridge obtained from the docked removable cartridge is included in the approved list; and

prevent power from being delivered to the docked removable cartridge in response to determining that the cartridge identifier of the docked removable cartridge obtained from the docked removable cartridge is not included in the approved list.

4 . The e-vaping device of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

obtain updated authorization information via the wireless communications circuitry in response to determining that the cartridge identifier of the docked removable cartridge is not included in the approved list; and

conditionally permit power to be delivered to the docked removable cartridge based on the updated authorization information.

5 . The e-vaping device of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive the authorization information, via the wireless communications circuitry and from an adult consumer mobile device connected to a server device hosting an account associated with an authenticated adult consumer of the e-vaping device.

6 . The e-vaping device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive the authorization information via a personal area network established between the wireless communications circuitry and the computing device.

7 . The e-vaping device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

control a feedback element, the feedback element providing at least one of a tactile, auditory, or visual indication indicating an activation status of the docked removable cartridge, wherein the activation status indicates whether the cartridge identifier obtained from the docked removable cartridge is included in the approved list.

8 . The e-vaping device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether to activate the docked removable cartridge in response to each docking event by,

obtaining the cartridge identifier from the docked removable cartridge upon detecting the docking event; and

determining whether the cartridge identifier obtained from the docked removable cartridge is included in the approved list stored in the memory.

9 . The e-vaping device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

obtain, via a removable cartridge identification interface, an onboard the cartridge identifier of the docked removable cartridge directly from the docked removable cartridge.

10 . The e-vaping device of claim 9 , wherein the removable cartridge identification interface includes:

at least one of a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip reader configured to wirelessly read the cartridge identifier from an RFID chip in the docked removable cartridge, a near-field communication (NFC) chip reader configured to wirelessly read the cartridge identifier from an NFC chip in the docked removable cartridge, or a contact reader configured to read the cartridge identifier from a memory in the docked removable cartridge via physical contact.