US 12,295,423 B2
Electrical charger device for an electronic cigarette
Adrian Peter Stockall, Grand-Saconnex (CH); Ronald Van Tuijl, Geneva (CH); and David Vargas, Geneva (CH)
Assigned to JT International S.A., (CH)
Appl. No. 17/784,226
Filed by JT International SA, Geneva (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/085848
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/116456, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19215801 (EP), filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042080 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01)
CPC A24F 40/90 (2020.01) [A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical charger device, comprising:
an interface configured to establish a wireless communicative pairing between the electrical charger device and an electronic cigarette, the wireless communicative pairing being establishable when the electronic cigarette and the electrical charger device are within communication range of one another; and
a controller configured to:
acquire data related to the electronic cigarette, and
prohibit use of the electronic cigarette based on the acquired data and configurable rules, wherein the configurable rules include prohibiting use of the electronic cigarette based on a distance between the electronic cigarette and the electrical charger device.