US 12,245,629 B2
Product use and behavior monitoring instrument
Jeffrey Sean Smith, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Paul R. Nelson, 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 Sep. 14, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/131,785.
Prior Publication US 2020/0085097 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A24F 13/12 (2006.01); A24F 47/00 (2020.01); G01N 21/53 (2006.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC A24F 13/12 (2013.01) [A24F 47/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/534 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product use and behavior instrument comprising:
a housing comprising a first housing end defining an integral combustible smoking article holder configured to receive a combustible smoking article, and the housing comprising a second housing end comprising a hollow flow member; and
a controller positioned within the housing, the controller comprising:
a sensor circuit caused to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action, wherein the smoking action is associated with use of the combustible smoking article;
local memory structured to buffer the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action; and
a communication interface structured to communicate the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device,
wherein the first housing end of the housing further defines a recessed portion including a shroud comprising a shroud surface and a shroud wall, the shroud wall extending axially away from the second housing end and the shroud surface, the shroud configured to receive a loose combustible smoking material, and wherein the combustible smoking article holder is disposed within the shroud surface.