US 12,294,925 B2
Method and aerosol delivery device for transmitting aerosol delivery device information
Robert Kersey, Brighton (GB); Darryl Baker, London (GB); Patrick Moloney, London (GB); and Maurice Ezeoke, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by Nicoventures Trading Limited, London (GB)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/304,447.
Application 18/304,447 is a continuation of application No. 17/935,449, filed on Sep. 26, 2022, granted, now 12,047,855.
Application 17/935,449 is a continuation of application No. 17/659,341, filed on Apr. 15, 2022, granted, now 12,096,327.
Application 17/659,341 is a continuation of application No. 17/452,361, filed on Oct. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,924,728.
Application 17/452,361 is a continuation of application No. 16/610,587, granted, now 11,510,040, previously published as PCT/EP2018/061086, filed on May 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1707050 (GB), filed on May 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284002 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [A24F 40/65 (2020.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing feedback to a user regarding usage of an aerosol delivery device, the method comprising:
storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information relating to the usage of the aerosol delivery device;
creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes the information relating to the usage of the aerosol delivery device;
transmitting the connectionless-state advertising packet to a remote wireless device, via the wireless communication interface, and via a Bluetooth protocol without formal bonding pairing or other connection establishment process;
processing the information from the aerosol delivery device at the remote wireless device; and
providing feedback regarding the usage of the aerosol delivery device on a graphical user interface displayed on a display device of the remote wireless device;
wherein the remote wireless device comprises a smartphone.