IP Library Granted Patent US 11,510,040
Granted Patent B2
US 11,510,040 · App. 16/610,587 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Method and an aerosol delivery device for transmitting aerosol delivery device information

Inventors: Robert Kersey (Brighton, GB); Darryl Baker (London, GB); Patrick Moloney (London, GB); Maurice Ezeoke (London, GB)
Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
H04W4/80A24F40/65H04W84/18
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Patent No.
US 11,510,040
App. No.
16/610,587
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for an aerosol delivery device may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further include creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface. The method may further include receiving a connectionless-state request packet from a remote wireless device, via the wireless communication interface; and responsive to receiving the request packet, creating, using the wireless communication interface, a connectionless state response packet that that includes a second set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory.

Claims (34)

1. A method for an aerosol delivery device, the method comprising:

storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device;

creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and an advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory, wherein the connectionless state advertising packet comprises a first payload which includes the first set of information recording usage characteristics;

transmitting the connectionless-state advertising packet via the wireless communication interface;

receiving a connectionless-state request packet from a remote wireless device, via the wireless communication interface; and

responsive to receiving the connectionless-state request packet, creating, using the wireless communication interface, a connectionless-state response packet that includes a second set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory;

wherein a connectionless-state packet is a packet transmitted without a formal bonding, pairing or other connection establishment process, and

wherein the first set of information recording usage characteristics are arranged in the first payload according to a predetermined schema defining the order and size of the values included in the first payload.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aerosol delivery device is an electronic nicotine delivery device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication interface utilizes an IEEE802.11 or IEEE802.15-derived wireless communication protocol.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the wireless communication interface is a Bluetooth or BTLE interface.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of information recording usage characteristics comprises one or more values selected from: battery properties, aerosol generation properties, aerosol medium properties, aerosol generation event properties, and erroneous or abnormal behavior properties.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connectionless-state response packet comprises a second payload which includes the second set of information recording usage characteristics, wherein the second set of information recording usage characteristics comprises one or more values selected from: battery properties, aerosol generation properties, aerosol medium properties, aerosol generation event properties, and erroneous or abnormal behavior properties.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the connectionless-state response packet further includes information relating to an identity of the aerosol delivery device.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second set of information recording usage characteristics are arranged in the second payload according to a predetermined schema defining an order and a size of the values included in the payload.

9. An aerosol delivery device, comprising:

a memory configured to store, during use of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device;

a wireless communication interface configured to transmit a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and an advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory, wherein the connectionless state advertising packet comprises a first payload which includes the first set of information recording usage characteristics, wherein the wireless communication interface is further configured to receive a connectionless-state request packet from a remote wireless device and to transmit a connectionless-state response packet that includes a second set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory;

wherein a connectionless-state packet is a packet transmitted without a formal bonding, pairing or other connection establishment process;

wherein the first set of information recording usage characteristics are arranged in the first payload according to a predetermined schema defining the order and size of the values included in the first payload.

10. The aerosol delivery device of claim 9 , wherein the aerosol delivery device is an electronic nicotine delivery device.

11. The aerosol delivery device of claim 9 , wherein the wireless communication interface utilizes an IEEE802.11 or IEEE802.15-derived wireless communication protocol.

12. The aerosol delivery device of claim 11 , wherein the wireless communication interface is a Bluetooth or BTLE interface.

13. The aerosol delivery device of claim 9 , wherein the first set of information recording usage characteristics comprises one or more values selected from: battery properties, aerosol generation properties, aerosol medium properties, aerosol generation event properties, and erroneous or abnormal behavior properties.

14. The aerosol delivery device of claim 9 , wherein the connectionless-state response packet comprises a second payload which includes the second set of information recording usage characteristics, wherein the second set of information recording usage characteristics comprises one or more values selected from: battery properties, aerosol generation properties, aerosol medium properties, aerosol generation event properties, and erroneous or abnormal behavior properties.

15. The aerosol delivery device of claim 14 , wherein the connectionless-state response packet further includes information relating to an identity of the aerosol delivery device.

16. The device of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first set of information recording usage characteristics or the second set of information recording usage characteristics are arranged in the second payload according to a predetermined schema defining an order and a size of the values included in the second payload.

17. A system comprising:

the aerosol delivery device of claim 9 ; and

a remote wireless device comprising:

a wireless communication interface configured to:

receive the connectionless-state advertising packet from the aerosol delivery device;

transmit the connectionless-state request packet; and

receive the connectionless state response packet.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2022
From: KERSEY, ROBERT
To: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061030/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2022
From: NICOVENTURES HOLDING LIMITED
To: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061031/0042 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2022
From: BAKER, DARRYL
To: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061397/0264 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2022
From: MOLONEY, PATRICK; EZEOKE, MAURICE
To: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062256/0118 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2021
From: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
To: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055405/0253 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1707050 · May 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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