US 12,232,006 B2
Device identification method
Darryl Baker, London (GB); Robert Kersey, London (GB); and Patrick Moloney, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,853.
Application 18/322,853 is a continuation of application No. 15/733,325, granted, now 11,871,321, previously published as PCT/EP2018/086624, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1722278 (GB), filed on Dec. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300587 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)
CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a mobile phone, via a wireless communication interface 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, the at least one physical characteristic comprising a colour of the aerosol provision device and a shape of the aerosol provision device;
determining an identity of the aerosol provision device based at least in part on information from the data packet; and
changing an aspect of a user interface on a display of the mobile phone based on the determined identity of the aerosol provision device, wherein changing an aspect of the user interface comprises:
displaying a graphical representation of the aerosol provision device on the user interface, wherein the graphical representation includes the colour of the aerosol provisional device and the shape of the aerosol provision device; and
changing one or more display settings of the user interface.