User Profile Module for Direct Aerosol Device Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aerosol provision devices lack user-friendly configuration options, making it difficult for users to customize their preferences and update settings, often requiring additional devices like computers or smartphones.
Innovation Solution
A user-profile module with internal memory and a connector that allows for direct connection to aerosol provision devices, enabling the storage and transfer of user profiles and preferences, allowing users to configure and update settings without external devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If aerosol provision devices use basic configuration without user-profile module, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates due to lack of user-friendly configuration options
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two parts: a basic aerosol provision device and a separate user-profile module. The module contains the computer memory for storing user profiles and the connector for operative connection. This segmentation allows the device to gain advanced configuration capabilities without permanently increasing its core complexity, as the module can be attached or removed as needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The user-profile module serves multiple functions: it stores user profiles in computer memory, transfers data to the aerosol provision device, and controls device functions based on user profiles. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single modular unit, the system achieves multi-functionality without proportionally increasing overall complexity.
2Ease of operation
If aerosol provision devices require external devices like computers or smartphones for configuration, then ease of operation deteriorates, but device complexity is avoided
Solution Approach 1:
The aerosol provision device with the user-profile module enables self-service configuration. Users can directly input and store their preferences in the module's computer memory without needing external devices like computers or smartphones. The device autonomously manages user profile data, transferring it when the module is operatively connected, thus eliminating dependency on external configuration tools.
3Ease of operation
If aerosol provision devices include integrated user profile storage, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of integrating user profile storage directly into the aerosol provision device, the system segments the storage function into a separate user-profile module. This module contains the computer memory and can be operatively connected to the device, providing profile storage capabilities without permanently increasing the device's internal complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The user-profile module acts as an intermediary between the user and the aerosol provision device. It contains the computer memory for storing user profiles and facilitates data transfer to the device when operatively connected, serving as a mediator that simplifies the configuration process without requiring permanent integration into the device structure.
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AI summary
There is provided a user-profile module for use with an aerosol provision device, the user-profile module including a housing, an internal computer memory located within the housing and a connector for operatively connecting the user-profile module to the aerosol provision device. The user-profile module can store one or more user profiles in the internal computer memory, where each user profile comprises user profile data. The user-profile module can be configured to, in use, perform at least one of copying user profile data from the one or more user profiles stored in the internal computer memory to the aerosol provision device and controlling at least one function of the aerosol provision device in dependence upon the one or more user profiles. There is also provided an aerosol provision device and a system.