US 12,453,382 B2
Smoking substitute device
Daniel Fard, Liverpool (GB); Oliver Talbot, Liverpool (GB); and David Newns, Liverpool (GB)
Assigned to Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed by Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/733,550.
Application 18/733,550 is a continuation of application No. 17/001,894, filed on Aug. 25, 2020, granted, now 12,035,756.
Application 17/001,894 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/053502, filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1803026 (GB), filed on Feb. 26, 2018; application No. 1808611 (GB), filed on May 25, 2018; and application No. 1815356 (GB), filed on Sep. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0315350 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/49 (2020.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC A24F 40/53 (2020.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/49 (2020.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing a smoking substitute device, the system comprising:
a smoking substitute device; and
a mobile device configured to have a wireless connection with the smoking substitute device;
wherein the system is configured to activate a geographic lock function on the smoking substitute device thereby disabling the smoking substitute device if the smoking substitute device and/or the mobile device is determined to have a geographical location that is within one or more predetermined geographical areas; and
wherein the smoking substitute device and/or the mobile device is configured to, after the smoking substitute device has been disabled, enable the smoking substitute device in response to a predetermined action being performed by a user using the smoking substitute device and/or the mobile device so as to show that the user is authorized to use the smoking substitute device.