US 12,143,914 B2
Device identification method
Darryl Baker, London (GB); Robert Kersey, London (GB); and Patrick Moloney, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,834.
Application 18/322,834 is a continuation of application No. 15/733,325, granted, now 11,871,321, previously published as PCT/EP2018/086624, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1722278 (GB), filed on Dec. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300586 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)
CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a mobile phone via a Bluetooth protocol, and via a wireless communication interface capable of supporting paired interaction, a data packet from a first aerosol provision device via a wireless communication network, wherein the data packet contains information relating to at least one physical characteristic of the first aerosol provision device;
determining an identity of the first aerosol provision device based at least in part on information from the data packet; and
changing an aspect of a user interface on a display of the mobile phone based on the determined identity of the first aerosol provision device, wherein changing an aspect of the user interface comprises:
displaying a graphical representation of the first aerosol provision device on a first portion of the user interface, wherein the graphical representation includes a shape of the first aerosol provision device; and
wherein the method further comprises:
displaying information relating to an identity of a second aerosol provision device on a second portion of the user interface which comprises displaying a graphical representation of the second aerosol provision device that includes a shape of the second aerosol provision device on the second portion of the user interface.