US 11,730,902 B2
Topography apparatus for electronic vaping device
Isaac Weigensberg, Tekoa (IL); Yuval Malka, Richmond, VA (US); Boris Bessarabov, Richmond, VA (US); David Rubli, Revava (IL); Moshe Eliyahu, Beit Shemesh (IL); Phillip Diana, Richmond, VA (US); and Alex Malamud, Jerusalem (IL)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,304.
Application 17/734,304 is a continuation of application No. 17/142,579, filed on Jan. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,331,443, issued on May 17, 2022.
Application 17/142,579 is a continuation of application No. 15/604,500, filed on May 24, 2017, granted, now 10,897,930, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257882 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 15/06 (2013.01) [A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8237 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A topography apparatus configured to be coupled to an e-vaping device within an interior space that is at least partially defined by a housing of the e-vaping device, the topography apparatus comprising:
an interface assembly configured to communicatively couple with a power supply of the e-vaping device;
a memory storing a program of instructions;
a processor configured to execute the program of instructions to generate vapor topography data based on processing a signal received from an element included within the interior space of the e-vaping device, the vapor topography data indicating a physical characteristic of a pattern of vapor generation by the e-vaping device; and
a communication interface configured to communicate the vapor topography data to an external device, the external device separately located in relation to the e-vaping device and the topography apparatus,
wherein the interface assembly is configured to communicatively couple with a first communication conduit of the e-vaping device, the first communication conduit communicatively coupling a sensor of the e-vaping device to a control circuitry of the e-vaping device to configure the sensor to communicate sensor data generated by the sensor to the control circuitry, such that the processor of the topography apparatus is configured to execute the program of instructions to generate the vapor topography data based on receiving and processing the sensor data that is generated by the sensor and communicated to the control circuitry via the first communication conduit.