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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2024
Applicant:
Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/49 (2020.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/49 (2020.01);
Abstract
A system for managing a smoking substitute device is described. The system comprises a smoking substitute device; and a mobile device configured to have a wireless connection with the smoking substitute device; wherein the system is configured to activate a geographic lock function on the smoking substitute device thereby disabling the smoking substitute device if the smoking substitute device and/or the mobile device is determined to have a geographical location that is within one or more predetermined geographical areas.