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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); A24F 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); G06V 30/224 (2022.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 1/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06V 30/2253 (2022.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2129 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/13515 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device comprises a sensor and processing circuitry coupled to the sensor. The sensor is configured to obtain authentication information from an identification label of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device. The processing circuitry is configured to perform authentication of the cartridge based on the authentication information; and determine whether to unlock a battery section of the electronic vaping device to power the cartridge based on a result of the authentication of the cartridge.