E-cigarette personal vaporizer

1. A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including:

(a) an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir;

and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.

2. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which the device is configured to automatically fully re-fill the atomizing unit with e-liquid.

3. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which the device displays a visual indication of e-liquid volume remaining in the reservoir.

4. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which the device is configured to lift an atomizing unit section up when the device is opened.

5. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which the device is lockable to prevent use by unauthorized persons, including under-age persons.

6. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which the device is lockable remotely from a smartphone app.

7. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which a smartphone app implements a nicotine reduction or cessation program and controls operation of the device.

8. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which the device temporarily ceases to work once e-liquid equivalent to a single cigarette has been consumed, but will resume after re-filling.

9. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which the device includes indicators that show when e-liquid equivalent to a single cigarette is available for vaping.

10. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which the device includes indicators that show when e-liquid equivalent to a single cigarette has been consumed.

11. The reservoir of claim 1 in which the pump is a peristaltic pump.

12. The reservoir of claim 1 , in which the reservoir includes a unique identifier chip.

13. The reservoir of claim 1 in which the reservoir is designed in normal use to permit e-liquid to escape only if the reservoir is correctly positioned in the device.

14. The reservoir of claim 1 in which the e-liquid capacity of the user replaceable reservoir is at least three times greater than the e-liquid capacity of a chamber feeding the atomizing unit.

15. The reservoir of claim 1 in which the device includes an overflow channel or return path that enables excess e-liquid that is pumped up from the reservoir but is not stored in a chamber feeding the atomizing unit to be captured and returned to the reservoir.

16. The reservoir of claim 1 in which the device detects the level of e-liquid or the quantity of e-liquid in the user-replaceable reservoir.

17. The reservoir of claim 1 in which the device includes a data processor that controls sending a signal requesting a replacement for the user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir in the device.

18. The reservoir of claim 1 in which the device includes a data processor that controls sending a signal reminding the user that a replacement is needed for the user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir in the device.

19. A portable, personal e-cigarette device that includes:

(a) a refillable e-liquid atomizing unit;

(c) a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid; and

(d) an electrical or electronic pump adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to the atomizing unit, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir;

and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.

20. A method of operating a portable, personal e-cigarette device, the method including the steps of:

(a) inserting or attaching a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid to the device;

(b) operating an electrical or electronic pump in the case to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to an atomising unit, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir;

and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.