Granted Patent B2

US 12,696,061 · App. 18/460,966 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Inventors: Patrick Moloney (London Greater London, GB); Robert Kersey (London Greater London, GB); Darryl Baker (London Greater London, GB)

Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited

H04W4/80A24F15/01A24F40/65A61M11/042A61M15/06H04W8/005

Abstract

Claims (36)

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

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

responsive to receiving the request packet, creating, using the wireless communication interface, a connectionless-state response packet; and

transmitting the response packet via the wireless communication interface,

wherein the response packet includes first data from a memory of the aerosol provision device and second data generated by the aerosol provision device and stored in the memory.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second data includes information describing usage characteristics of the aerosol provision device.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the usage characteristics of the aerosol provision device 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.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the usage characteristics of the aerosol provision device are recorded and stored in the memory during use of the aerosol provision device.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the response packet that includes the first data from the memory and the second data generated by the aerosol provision device and stored in the memory includes a selection of the first data stored in the memory and all of the data generated by the aerosol provision device and stored in the memory.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the response packet which includes the first data from the memory and data generated by the aerosol provision device and stored in the memory includes a selection of the first data stored in the memory and the data generated by the aerosol provision device and stored in the memory.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises received data received from an other aerosol provision device, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the first data from the wireless communication interface of the other aerosol provision device; and

storing the received data in the memory of the aerosol provision device.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

deleting, prior to storing the received data in the memory of the aerosol provision device, any data previously received from the other aerosol provision device and stored in the memory of the aerosol provision device.

9 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining, prior to storing the received data in the memory of the aerosol provision device, a number of aerosol provision devices from which data has been previously received and stored in the memory of the aerosol provision device; and

if the number of aerosol provision devices from which data has been previously received is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, deleting at least the oldest data prior to storing the data received from the other aerosol provision device.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the data generated by the aerosol provision device or the first data includes location data.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the response packet that includes the first data from the memory and the second data generated by the aerosol provision device and stored in the memory includes a timestamp.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

deleting, after a predetermined period of time, the first data stored in the memory of the aerosol provision device.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication interface is a Bluetooth low energy communication interface.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote wireless device comprises a mobile communications device.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote wireless device comprises a mobile phone.

16 . An aerosol provision device comprising:

a processor;

a wireless communication interface; and

memory containing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

17 . A wireless device comprising:

a processor;

a wireless communication interface;

memory containing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

transmitting, to an aerosol provision device, a connectionless-state request packet, via the wireless communication interface;

receiving, from the aerosol provision device, a connectionless-state response packet via the wireless communication interface,

wherein the response packet includes first data, and second data generated by the aerosol provision device.

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