Aerosol delivery devices using usage data monitoring

Abstract

An aerosol delivery device comprising a sensor configured to monitor aspects of a user's use of the aerosol delivery system, and a controller configured to establish usage data based on the monitoring of aspects of the user's use of the aerosol delivery system over a plurality of puffs, including 20 to 150 puffs, wherein the controller is further configured to control aspects of operation of the aerosol delivery device based on the established usage data.

Claims

1. A sensor configured to monitor how users utilize the aerosol delivery system, A controller configured to establish usage data based on monitoring of the user's usage of the aerosol delivery system across multiple puffs, including 20 to 150 puffs, wherein the number of puffs among the multiple puffs is preset by the controller, an aerosol delivery device comprising, The controller is further configured to control the mode of operation of the aerosol delivery device based on the established usage data, wherein the aerosol delivery device is an aerosol delivery device.

2. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the number of puffs in the plurality of puffs is determined based on the number of puffs ingested by the user during at least one predetermined period.

3. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 2, wherein the aforementioned preset period has a duration of 24 hours.

4. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the number of puffs in the plurality of puffs is determined based on establishing a characteristic periodicity in the user's use of the aerosol delivery system, and the periodicity is established based on an analysis of usage data.

5. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the number of puffs in the plurality of puffs is determined based on establishing a number of puffs in which the average value of the parameters included in the usage data is determined to be characteristic of the manner in which the user uses the aerosol delivery system.

6. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 5, wherein the mode of operation is controlled for a second plurality of puffs based on usage data associated with the first plurality of puffs, and the second plurality of puffs also include 20 to 150 puffs.

7. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 6, wherein the first and second plurality of puffs overlap.

8. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 6, wherein the mode of operation is controlled for puff n among the second plurality of puffs based on usage data associated with puff n among the first plurality of puffs.

9. The mode of operation is controlled for puff n among the second plurality of puffs based on usage data of a subset of puffs among the first plurality of puffs, wherein the subset of puffs is centered on puff n among the first plurality of puffs, as described in claim 6, for the aerosol delivery device.

10. The mode of operation is controlled by setting the power level supplied to the atomizer in the puff, as described in claim 1, for the aerosol delivery device.

11. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the mode of operation is controlled by determining an aerosol generation rate based on the usage data, and determining an aerosol generation rate to be applied to one or more puffs based on the determined aerosol generation rate.

12. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the utilization data includes at least one of puff timing, puff duration, puff intensity, and power delivered to the atomizer during each puff.

13. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the aforementioned usage data includes information regarding the location of the user of the aerosol delivery device.

14. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the usage data includes information about one or more control parameters input by a user of the aerosol delivery system.

15. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the utilization data includes information relating to at least one of the user's skin temperature, the user's heart rate, and the acceleration of the device.

16. The aerosol delivery system comprises a transceiver circuit configured to transmit usage data to an external electronic device via a data communication interface and to receive at least one control parameter for controlling the mode of operation of the aerosol delivery system from the external electronic device via the data communication interface, wherein the control parameter is derived based on the usage data, as described in claim 1.

17. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to establish a current context for the aerosol delivery device and to control the mode of operation of the aerosol delivery system based on usage data established based on monitoring of the mode of use of the aerosol delivery system during a period associated with a previous instance in which the aerosol delivery device was established to be associated with the same context.

18. The aerosol delivery device according to claim 17, wherein the context includes a predetermined period.

19. A method for controlling an aerosol delivery device comprising a sensor and a controller, wherein the method is: Using the aforementioned sensor, the manner in which the user utilizes the aerosol delivery device is monitored. Using the controller, usage data is established based on monitoring the user's usage of the aerosol delivery device over a plurality of puffs, including 20 to 150 puffs, which is a number of puffs predetermined by the controller. Using the controller, the mode of operation of the aerosol delivery device is controlled based on the established usage data. A method comprising the step of controlling the aerosol delivery device in such a manner.

20. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, when executed by a processor, for performing the method according to claim 19.

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