US 12,233,208 B2
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) authentication system for aerosol delivery devices
Wilson Christopher Lamb, Hillsborough, NC (US); Raymond Charles Henry, Jr., Green Cove Springs, FL (US); Terrence E. Rogers, Chapel Hill, NC (US); and Frederic Philippe Ampolini, 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 Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/235,503.
Application 17/235,503 is a division of application No. 14/808,466, filed on Jul. 24, 2015, granted, now 11,033,054.
Prior Publication US 2021/0236751 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2024.01); H04B 5/77 (2024.01); H04B 5/79 (2024.01)
CPC A61M 15/06 (2013.01) [A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); H04B 5/77 (2024.01); H04B 5/79 (2024.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 15/008 (2014.02); A61M 15/0081 (2014.02); A61M 15/0083 (2014.02); A61M 2016/0024 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0039 (2013.01); A61M 2205/127 (2013.01); A61M 2205/14 (2013.01); A61M 2205/27 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6018 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6054 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8212 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operation of an aerosol delivery device that includes a control body coupleable with a cartridge, the cartridge containing an aerosol precursor composition and equipped with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, and the control body comprising at least one housing including a coupler having a cavity, the method comprising:
coupling the control body with the cartridge such that the cartridge engages the coupler;
at the control body:
communicating, using an RFID reader of the control body, with the RFID tag of the cartridge;
authorizing, by a processor of the control body, the cartridge for use with the control body based at least in part on the communication between the RFID reader and the RFID tag; and
controlling, by the processor, the aerosol delivery device to produce an aerosol from the aerosol precursor composition contained in the cartridge,
wherein the RFID reader or the RFID tag is configured such that power emitted thereby causes the RFID reader or the RFID tag to be incapable of communicating with other devices outside the aerosol delivery device,
wherein the RFID reader includes an antenna positioned in the cavity of the coupler such that upon coupling of the control body with the cartridge, the antenna of the RFID reader is located proximate an antenna of the RFID tag to enable the communication between the RFID reader and the RFID tag, and
wherein the antenna of the RFID reader is configured to render the RFID reader substantially incapable of communication with any device external to the control body other than the RFID tag.