Data communication method and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9886836-B2
Application number	US-201615174095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2016
Priority date	Jun 19, 2014
Publication date	Feb 6, 2018
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018

Abstract

A data communication method and a data communication method are provided. The method includes: detecting, by an electronic cigarette, a behavior characteristic of a user; generating, by the electronic cigarette, a first triggering signal for indicating a current behavior of the user, if the behavior characteristic of the user meets a reporting condition; transmitting, by the electronic cigarette, the first triggering signal to a user terminal bound to the electronic cigarette; collecting, by the user terminal, use information of the electronic cigarette according to the first triggering signal; determining, by the user terminal, preset time and a preset event according to the collected use information; and issuing, by the user terminal, a prompt about the preset event at the preset time.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A data communication method, comprising:
detecting, by an electronic cigarette, a behavior characteristic of a user;
generating, by the electronic cigarette, a first triggering signal for indicating a current behavior of the user, if the behavior characteristic of the user meets a reporting condition;
transmitting, by the electronic cigarette, the first triggering signal to a user terminal bound to the electronic cigarette;
collecting, by the user terminal, use information of the electronic cigarette according to the first triggering signal;
determining, by the user terminal, preset time and a preset event according to the collected use information;
issuing, by the user terminal, a prompt about the preset event at the preset time;
generating, by the user terminal, a second triggering signal when the user terminal receives an incoming call before a preset time period elapses since the first triggering signal is received;
transmitting, by the user terminal, the second triggering signal to the electronic cigarette; and
issuing, by the electronic cigarette, a prompt according to the second triggering signal.

2. The data communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the electronic cigarette, whether the user is smoking the electronic cigarette; and determining that the behavior characteristic of the user meets the reporting condition, if the user is smoking the electronic cigarette.

3. The data communication method according to claim 2 , wherein the collecting, by the user terminal, use information of the electronic cigarette according to the first triggering signal comprises:
collecting, by the user terminal, a use frequency and a use duration of the electronic cigarette according to the first triggering signal.

4. The data communication method according to claim 3 , wherein the determining, by the user terminal, preset time and a preset event according to the collected use information comprises:
determining, by the user terminal, the remaining amount of the cigarette liquid of the electronic cigarette according to the collected use information;
determining, by the user terminal, the time when the remaining amount of the cigarette liquid of the electronic cigarette is lower than a preset value as the preset time; and
determining, by the user terminal, reminding the user to add or replace the cigarette liquid as the preset event.

5. The data communication method according to claim 2 , wherein the collecting, by the user terminal, use information of the electronic cigarette according to the first triggering signal comprises:
obtaining, by the user terminal, a current time and positioning a current location according to the first triggering signal.

6. The data communication method according to claim 5 , wherein the determining, by the user terminal, preset time and a preset event according to the collected use information comprises:
determining, by the user terminal, a daily schedule of the user according to the obtained current time and the positioned current location; and
obtaining, by the user terminal, the preset time and the preset event according to the daily schedule of the user.

7. The data communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, by the user terminal, corresponding information to the user according to the collected use information.

8. The data communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
enabling, by the user terminal, the user to edit the use information collected by the user terminal.

9. The data communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
establishing, by the electronic cigarette, a correlation between the electronic cigarette and the user terminal.

10. The data communication method according to claim 9 , wherein the correlation between the electronic cigarette and the user terminal is established by the electronic cigarette through a Bluetooth connection, a WIFI connection, an infrared connection or a NFC connection.

11. The data communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the user terminal is a mobile phone, a personal computer, a laptop or a tablet computer.

12. A data communication system, comprising:
an electronic cigarette and a user terminal;
wherein the electronic cigarette is configured to:
detect a behavior characteristic of a user and generate a first triggering signal for indicating a current behavior of the user, if the behavior characteristic of the user meets a reporting condition;
transmit the first triggering signal to the user terminal bound to the electronic cigarette; and
issue a prompt according to a second triggering signal transmitted by the user terminal; and

the user terminal is configured to:
collect use information of the electronic cigarette according to the first triggering signal;
determine preset time and a preset event according to the collected use information;
issue a prompt about the preset event at the preset time;
generate the second triggering signal when the user terminal receives an incoming call before a preset time period elapses since the first triggering signal is received; and
transmit the second triggering signal to the electronic cigarette.

13. The data communication system according to claim 12 , wherein the electronic cigarette is configured to determine whether the user is smoking the electronic cigarette, and determine that the behavior characteristic of the user meets the reporting condition if the user is smoking the electronic cigarette.

14. The data communication system according to claim 13 , wherein the user terminal is configured to collect a use frequency and a use duration of the electronic cigarette according to the first triggering signal.

15. The data communication system according to claim 14 , wherein the user terminal is configured to determine the remaining amount of the cigarette liquid of the electronic cigarette according to the collected use information, determine the time when the remaining amount of the cigarette liquid of the electronic cigarette is lower than a preset value as the preset time, and determine reminding the user to add or replace the cigarette liquid as the preset event.

16. The data communication system according to claim 13 , wherein the user terminal is configured to obtain a current time and to position a current location according to the first triggering signal.

17. The data communication system according to claim 16 , wherein the user terminal is configured to determine a daily schedule of the user according to the obtained current time and the positioned current location, and obtain the preset time and the preset event according to the daily schedule of the user.

18. The data communication system according to claim 12 , wherein a correlation between the electronic cigarette and the user terminal is established by the electronic cigarette through a Bluetooth connection, a WIFI connection, an infrared connection or a NFC connection.

Assignees

• Kimree Hi Tech Inc
• Huizhou Kimree Technology Co Ltd Shenzhen Branch

Inventors

• Liu Qiuming

Classifications

• A24F47/00

  Smokers' requisites not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G08B21/182 Primary

  Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold · CPC title

• A24F47/008

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A24F47/002

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A24F40/65

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