US 11,676,438 B2
Authentication and age verification for an aerosol delivery device
Sawyer Hubbard, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Leigh Ann Joyce, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Jared Aller, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Jake Novak, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Sean Daugherty, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on May 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/415,460.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/828,222, filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315259 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. G07C 9/32 (2020.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 9/32 (2020.01) [H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H02J 7/00045 (2020.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an age verification system configured to verify an age of a user;
an aerosol delivery device comprising a battery that provides aerosol to the user; and
a charging accessory configured to be connected to an electrical power supply and provide electrical charge to the battery of the aerosol delivery device to electrically charge the battery when the charging accessory is unlocked, wherein the charging accessory is unlocked in response to the user being authenticated with the age verification system;
wherein the charging accessory is initially unlocked in response to the user performing an initial age verification with age verification system by providing evidence of age, and the charging accessory is subsequently unlocked in response to an authentication that comprises a verification of the user's identity without requiring evidence of age.