DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOGGING SMOKING DATA
A system, a method, a device, and a computer program for detecting, monitoring and logging smoking activity related data. The device can comprise a housing, a power supply located within the housing, an atomizer electrically coupled to the power supply, a liquid solution fluidly coupled to the atomizer, and a data logging device configured to be located within the housing and that can comprise a microcontroller, a memory, and a data interface. The data logging device can be configured to detect, monitor, and log smoking activity data, and a data logging device that can comprise a microcontroller, a memory, and a data interface. The data logging device can be configured to detect, monitor, and log smoking activity data.
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21 . A method of logging smoking data, the method comprising:
determining a puff has been initiated on an electronic cigarette;
storing a first-time incident in a memory by a data logging device;
determining the puff has stopped;
storing a second-time incident in the memory by the data logging device;
determining a puff duration using the first-time incident and the second-time incident;
determining an electronic cigarette battery has been charged;
storing a battery charge incident by the data logging device; and
determining a puff count value based on the puff duration and the battery charge incident, wherein the puff count value comprises a number of puffs and a total puff time since the electronic cigarette battery was last charged.
22 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein the puff count value tracks the number of puffs that have been taken on the electronic cigarette since the electronic cigarette has been manufactured.
23 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein the puff count value tracks the number of puffs that have been taken since a new cartomizer has been connected to the battery.
24 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein the electronic cigarette comprises a cartomizer.
25 . The method according to claim 21 , further comprising incrementing a puff count value in the memory after the puff has stopped.
26 . The method according to claim 21 , further comprising tracking and storing a total duration of time that puffs have been taken.
27 . The method according to claim 21 , further comprising the step of transmitting stored smoking data.
28 . The method according to claim 27 , wherein transmitting the stored smoking data comprises:
broadcasting a data set comprising smoking data stored by the data logging device;
waiting a predetermined period of time;
rebroadcasting the data set a predetermined number of times; and
ending broadcasting of the data set.
29 . An electronic cigarette comprising:
a sensor configured to determine a puff has been initiated and that the puff has stopped;
a data logging device configured to:
store a first time incident in a memory,
store a second time incident in the memory,
determine a puff count value based on the puff duration and the battery charge incident, wherein the puff count value comprises a number of puffs and a total puff time since the electronic cigarette battery was last charged.
30 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 29 , further comprising a housing wherein the data logging device is disposed within the housing, the data logging device comprising a microcontroller, the memory, and a data interface, wherein the data logging device is configured to detect, monitor, and log smoking activity data.
31 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 29 , further comprising:
a housing;
a power supply located within the housing;
an atomizer electrically coupled to the power supply; and
a liquid solution fluidly coupled to the atomizer.
32 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 29 , wherein the data logging device further comprises a clock.
33 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 29 , wherein the data logging device further comprises a timer.
34 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 29 , wherein the data logging device further comprises at least one data logging sensor.
35 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 29 , wherein the data logging device is further configured to log a smoking activity data on the memory.
36 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 29 , wherein the data logging device is further configured to transmit a stored smoking activity data.
37 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 36 , wherein the data logging device is further configured to transmit the stored smoking data wirelessly.
38 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 36 , wherein the data logging device is further configured to broadcast a data set comprising smoking data stored by the data logging device, wait a predetermined period of time, rebroadcast the data set a predetermined number of times, and end broadcasting of the data set.
39 . The electronic cigarette according to claim 29 , wherein the puff count value tracks the number of puffs that have been taken on a particular electronic cigarette battery since the device has been manufactured, the number of puffs that have been taken on a particular electronic cigarette battery since the last recharging, and the number of puffs that have been taken since a new cartomizer has been connected to the electronic cigarette battery.