IP Library Granted Patent US 11,924,728
Granted Patent B2
US 11,924,728 · App. 17/452,361 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

Method and an aerosol delivery device for transmitting aerosol delivery

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 11,924,728
App. No.
17/452,361
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
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 comprise 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 comprise 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 (23)

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

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 a memory of the aerosol delivery device; and

transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface;

wherein the connectionless state advertising packet comprises a payload which includes the first set of information recording usage characteristics; and

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

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the advertising packet comprises an error check code.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the advertising packet comprises a header for indicating the size of the payload.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payload is up to 37 bytes in size.

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

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

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the wireless communication interface is a Bluetooth or BTLE interface.

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

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the advertising packet at a logging device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the logging device comprises any of a tablet computer, a smartphone, a portable computer, a desktop computer, or a server.

11. 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; and

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 payload which includes the first set of information recording usage characteristics; and

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

12. A system comprising:

the aerosol delivery device of claim 11 ; and

a remote wireless device comprising a wireless communication interface configured to receive the connectionless-state advertising packet from the aerosol delivery device.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2023
From: KERSEY, ROBERT
To: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065027/0400 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2023
From: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
To: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065027/0479 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2023
From: BAKER, DARRYL; MOLONEY, PATRICK; EZEOKE, MAURICE; BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065028/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2023
From: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
To: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065029/0001 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1707050 · May 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16610587
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