Aerosol generating device and payment system including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025113873-A1
Application number	US-202318572418-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 6, 2023
Priority date	Oct 7, 2022
Publication date	Apr 10, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an aerosol generating device used for payment of tobacco articles for aerosol generating devices, and a payment system using the same. An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment includes a heater, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, a communication unit configured to communicate with a seller terminal, and a controller configured to receive payment target tobacco article information from the communication unit, determine whether a payment target tobacco article is genuine based on the payment target tobacco article information, and transmit payment information to the seller terminal through the communication unit based on the payment target tobacco article being determined to be genuine.

First claim

1 . An aerosol generating device comprising:
a heater; a battery configured to supply power to the heater; a communication unit configured to communicate with a seller terminal; and a controller configured to receive payment target tobacco article information from the communication unit, determine whether a payment target tobacco article is genuine based on the payment target tobacco article information, and transmit payment information to the seller terminal through the communication unit based on the payment target tobacco article being determined to be genuine.

2 . The aerosol generating device of claim 1 , wherein
the communication unit comprises a short-range communication module in a form of a chip or a tag, and the controller is further configured to receive the payment target tobacco article information through tagging of the short-range communication module and the seller terminal.

3 . The aerosol generating device of claim 1 , wherein
the communication unit is further configured to communicate with an external device, and the controller is further configured to switch the aerosol generating device from an inactivated state to an activated state based on communication with the external device through the communication unit.

4 . The aerosol generating device of claim 3 , wherein
the external device comprises a user terminal configured to perform user authentication, and the controller is further configured to receive a user authentication signal indicating that the user authentication is completed from the user terminal, and switch the aerosol generating device to the activated state based on the user authentication signal.

5 . The aerosol generating device of claim 1 , further comprising a user input unit configured to receive a user's input including user authentication information,
wherein the controller is further configured to switch the aerosol generating device to an activated state based on the user authentication information.

6 . The aerosol generating device of claim 1 , further comprising an output unit comprising at least one of a display, a speaker, a light emitting diode (LED), and a haptic motor,
wherein the controller is further configured to output, through the output unit, a result of determining whether the payment target tobacco article is genuine.

7 . The aerosol generating device of claim 1 , further comprising a memory storing information about tobacco articles compatible with the aerosol generating device,
wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the payment target tobacco article is genuine by comparing the tobacco article information stored in the memory and the payment target tobacco article information.

8 . A system comprising:
an aerosol generating device; and an external device configured to: receive, from the aerosol generating device, device information about target tobacco articles compatible with the aerosol generating device, determine whether a payment target tobacco article of a seller terminal is genuine based on the device information, and transmit payment information to the seller terminal based on the payment target tobacco article being determined to be genuine.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein
the external device comprises a short-range communication module in a form of a chip or a tag, and the external device is further configured to receive information about the payment target tobacco article according to tagging of the short-range communication module and the seller terminal.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the aerosol generating device comprises:
a communication unit configured to communicate with the external device; and a controller configured to switch the aerosol generating device from an inactivated state to an activated state based on communication with the external device through the communication unit.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the external device comprises a user terminal configured to perform user authentication, and
the controller is further configured to receive a user authentication signal indicating that the user authentication is completed from the user terminal, and switch the aerosol generating device to an activated state, based on the user authentication signal.

12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the aerosol generating device comprises:
a user input unit configured to receive a user's input including user authentication information; and a controller configured to switch the aerosol generating device to an activated state based on the user authentication information.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the external device further comprises an output unit comprising at least one of a display, a speaker, a light emitting diode (LED), and a haptic motor, and outputs, through the output unit, a result of determining whether the payment target tobacco article is genuine.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the external device further comprises a memory storing the device information, and determines whether the payment target tobacco article is genuine by comparing the device information stored in the memory and the payment target tobacco article information.

Assignees

• Kt & G Corp

Inventors

• Lee Won Kyeong
• Kim Min Kyu
• Sunwoo Paul Joon

Classifications

• G08B7/06

  using electric transmission {, e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources} · CPC title

• G06Q20/32 Primary

  using wireless devices · CPC title

• G06F21/31

  User authentication · CPC title

• A24F40/60 Primary

  Devices with integrated user interfaces · CPC title

• A24F40/50

  Control or monitoring · CPC title