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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Nicoventures Trading Limited, London, GB;
NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London, GB;
Abstract
An aerosol provision device is configured to couple to a consumable component, and includes a transceiver configured for connection of the device to a communications network; and a processor configured to: obtain identification information from a consumable component engaged with the device, the identification information being uniquely provided to the consumable component or to a group of consumable components to which the consumable component belongs; configure the identification information as an identifier for the consumable component; send, via the communications network, an authorization query including the identifier to a remote server holding a list of one or more authorized identifiers; receive, via the communications network, an authorization response to the authorization query from the remote server; and identify the consumable component as authorized if the authorization response indicates that the identifier is comprised in the list of authorized identifiers.