US 11,871,321 B2
Device identification method
Darryl Baker, London (GB); Robert Kersey, London (GB); and Patrick Moloney, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 15/733,325
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/086624
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/129717, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1722278 (GB), filed on Dec. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0323275 A1, Oct. 15, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01)
CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a portable electronic device and via a wireless communication interface of the portable electronic device that is capable of supporting paired interaction, a data packet from an aerosol provision device via a wireless communication network, wherein the data packet contains information relating to at least one physical characteristic of the aerosol provision device, wherein the at least one physical characteristic comprises one or more of a shape of the aerosol provision device, a size of the aerosol provision device, a color of the aerosol provision device, or a model of the aerosol provision device;
determining, by the portable electronic device, an identity of the aerosol provision device based at least in part on the at least one physical characteristic of the aerosol provision device;
changing an aspect of a user interface on a display of the portable electronic device based on the determined identity of the aerosol provision device, wherein changing an aspect of the user interface on the display of the portable electronic device comprises displaying a graphical representation of the aerosol provision device on the user interface, wherein the graphical representation includes the shape of the aerosol provision device; and
following determining the identity of the aerosol provision device, displaying, in text form, a product ID of the aerosol provision device next to the graphical representation of the aerosol provision device.