US 12,283,148 B2
Functional control and age verification of electronic devices through visual communication
Sawyer Hubbard, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Charles A. Leyes, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Vince Ireland, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Sean Daugherty, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Sean Lukan, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Jared Aller, 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 Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,464.
Application 18/381,464 is a continuation of application No. 17/548,415, filed on Dec. 10, 2021, granted, now 12,087,117.
Application 17/548,415 is a continuation of application No. 16/441,937, filed on Jun. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,200,770, issued on Dec. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/828,222, filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0046728 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 9/32 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G07C 9/32 (2020.01) [H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H02J 7/00045 (2020.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a consumable comprising an aerosol source material, the consumable being associated with readable information corresponding to a serial number assigned to the consumable;
a host device comprising a communications interface, wherein the host device is configured to:
transmit a request and receive an age verification confirmation for a user via the communications interface,
read the readable information corresponding to the serial number of the consumable via the communications interface, and
output a control signal comprising an indication of the age verification confirmation and information corresponding to the serial number of the consumable that is based on the readable information;
an aerosol delivery device comprising processing circuitry and signal detector operably coupled to the processing circuitry, the aerosol delivery device being configured to receive the consumable as a removably installed component;
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
transition the aerosol delivery device into a locked state in response to detecting installation of the consumable to the aerosol delivery device;
receive the control signal from the host device via the signal detector, the control signal comprising the indication of the age verification confirmation and the information corresponding to the serial number of the consumable; and
transition, in response to receipt of the control signal from the host device, the aerosol delivery device out of the locked state to permit delivery of an aerosol, by the aerosol delivery device using the aerosol source material from the consumable.