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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Barry S. Smith, Hopewell, VA (US);
Douglas A. Burton, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Assignee:
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/51 (2020.01); G01N 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/80 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/80 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); G01N 19/00 (2013.01); G01N 27/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01);
Abstract
An exemplary smoking topography circuit of an electronic aerosol smoking article, includes at least one sensor configured to measure user interaction with the smoking article, a processor, and memory. The processor is configured to detect a smoking event based an output of the at least one sensor, collect data associated with the smoking event, and arrange the data in a pattern that associates the smoking event to shifts in battery voltage. The memory is configured to store the data pattern in a structured multi-byte format.