Charging Accessory Device for an Aerosol Delivery Device and Related System, Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Providing Interactive Services for Aerosol Delivery Devices

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to charging accessory device for the aerosol delivery device and related systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing interactive services for aerosol delivery devices. For example, a method may include a computing device establishing communication with a charging accessory device for an aerosol delivery device; receiving usage data for the aerosol delivery device provided by the charging accessory device; generating social data based on the usage data; and sending the social data to a social networking service including a community of aerosol delivery device users.

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FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0001]The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices such as smoking articles, and more particularly to a charging accessory device for the aerosol delivery device and related systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing interactive services for aerosol delivery devices. The smoking articles may be configured to heat a material, which may be made or derived from tobacco or otherwise incorporate tobacco, to form an inhalable substance for human consumption.BACKGROUND[0002]Many smoking devices have been proposed through the years as improvements upon, or alternatives to, smoking products that require combusting tobacco for use. Many of those devices purportedly have been designed to provide the sensations associated with cigarette, cigar, or pipe smoking, but without delivering considerable quantities of incomplete combustion and pyrolysis products that result from the burning of tobacco. To this end, there have been pro...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]The present disclosure relates to a charging accessory device and related systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing interactive services for aerosol delivery devices. For example, in one aspect, a charging accessory device is provided. The charging accessory device may include a housing defining a receptacle configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol delivery device comprising a battery. The charging accessory device may further include a power storage device and a charging interface configured to establish an electrical connection with the battery and to supply electrical power from the power storage device to the battery to charge the battery. The charging accessory device may also include an aerosol delivery device interface, which may be configured to enable communication between the charging accessory device and a control component of the aerosol delivery device. The charging accessory device may additionally include a communication interface. The charging accessory device may further include processing circuitry, which may be configured to control the charging accessory device to at least access usage data for the aerosol delivery device via the aerosol delivery device interface; and cause, via the communication interface, social data derived based at least in part on the usage data to be provided to a social networking service comprising a community of aerosol delivery device users.

Problems solved by technology

Many of those devices purportedly have been designed to provide the sensations associated with cigarette, cigar, or pipe smoking, but without delivering considerable quantities of incomplete combustion and pyrolysis products that result from the burning of tobacco.

While aerosol delivery devices continue to increase in popularity and sophistication, there continues to be a lack of interactive services available for aerosol delivery devices.

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