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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jeffrey Sean Smith, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Steven L. Alderman, Lewisville, NC (US);
Sarah A. Baxter-Wright, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John Darnell, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Kyung Soo (Jason) Hong, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Paul R. Nelson, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Elaine K. Round, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Stephen B. Sears, Siler City, NC (US);
Rajesh Sur, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a first connector. The first connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a battery element. A second connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a tank element. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the tank and battery element. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.