Device, method and system for logging smoking data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11833293-B2
Application number	US-202117204685-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2021
Priority date	Nov 21, 2013
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method of logging smoking data, the method comprising:
sending a first signal indicating that a puff has been initiated on an electronic cigarette;
receiving the first signal that a puff has been initiated by a data logging device;
storing a first time incident in a memory by the data logging device;
sending a second signal indicating that the puff has stopped;
storing a second time incident in the memory by the data logging device; and
determining a puff duration using the first time incident and the second time incident,
storing a puff count value in the memory, wherein the puff count value tracks the number of puffs that have been taken on the electronic cigarette, wherein the puff count value tracks the number of puffs that have been taken and the total duration of time of the puff that have been taken on a particular electronic cigarette battery since the last recharging;
storing an SCig log data in the memory, wherein the SCig log data comprises a number of times the electronic cigarette battery has been recharged.

2. The method according to claim 1 , 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.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the puff count value tracks the number of puffs that have been taken since a new cartomizer has been connected to the battery.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic cigarette comprises a cartomizer.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising incrementing a puff count value in the memory after the puff has stopped.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising tracking and storing a total duration of time that puffs have been taken.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of transmitting stored smoking data.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the step of transmitting 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.

9. An electronic cigarette comprising:
a sensor configured to send a first signal indicating that a puff has been initiated and send a second signal indicating that the puff has stopped;
a data logging device configured to receive the first signal that a puff has been initiated, store a first time incident in a memory, receive the second signal that a puff has been stopped, store a second time incident in the memory, determine a puff duration using the first time incident and the second time incident, and store a puff count value in the memory, wherein the puff count value tracks the number of puffs that have been taken on the electronic cigarette, wherein the puff count value tracks the number of puffs that have been taken and the total duration of time of the puff that have been taken on a particular electronic cigarette battery since the last recharging, and wherein the data logging device is configured to store a number of times the electronic cigarette battery has been recharged.

10. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , 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.

11. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , 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.

12. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , wherein the data logging device further comprises a clock.

13. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , wherein the data logging device further comprises a timer.

14. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , wherein the data logging device further comprises at least one data logging sensor.

15. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , wherein the data logging device is further configured to log a smoking activity data on the memory.

16. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , wherein the data logging device is further configured to transmit a stored smoking activity data.

17. The electronic cigarette according to claim 16 , wherein the data logging device is further configured to transmit the stored smoking data wirelessly.

18. The electronic cigarette according to claim 16 , 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.

19. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , 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.

Assignees

• Fontem Holdings 4 Bv
• Fontem Ventures Bv

Inventors

• Alarcon Ramon
• Kepner Chris
• Starman Michael
• Howard Dennis Christopher

Classifications

• A24F40/50

  Control or monitoring · CPC title

• A24F40/65

  Devices with integrated communication means, e.g. wireless communication means · CPC title

• A61M15/06 Primary

  Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes · CPC title

• A24F40/53

  Monitoring, e.g. fault detection · CPC title

• G16H20/13

  delivered from dispensers · CPC title