US 12,326,794 B2
Product use and behavior monitoring instrument
Jeffrey Sean Smith, Winston Salem, NC (US); Steven L. Alderman, Lewisville, NC (US); Paul A. Brinkley, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Sarah A. Baxter-Wright, Mooresville, NC (US); Kyung Soo (Jason) Hong, Clemmons, NC (US); Paul R. Nelson, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Stephen B. Sears, Siler City, NC (US); Rajesh Sur, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and John Darnell, 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 Feb. 8, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/892,151.
Application 15/892,151 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/710,681, filed on Sep. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,856,577.
Prior Publication US 2019/0087302 A1, Mar. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 11/3438 (2013.01) [A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); G06F 11/3013 (2013.01); G06F 11/3058 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product use and behavior instrument comprising:
a housing defining a central compartment therein and an airway port that allows airflow through the product use and behavior instrument; and
a controller positioned within the central compartment of the housing, the controller comprising:
a connector configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to an electronic smoking article comprising a battery and an aerosol generating element to generate an aerosol from a tobacco product, the connector operatively and removably coupled to the battery of the electronic smoking article;
a sensor circuit structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action;
local memory structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action; and
a communication interface structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device,
wherein the sensor circuit begins capturing the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action in response to detection of a change in ambient temperature within the product use and behavior instrument.