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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
Jt International S.a., Geneva, CH;
Adrian Peter Stockall, Le Grand-Saconnex, CH;
Magd Kudama Al Mudaris, London, GB;
Jonathan Ruiz Peinado, London, GB;
JT International SA, , CH;
Abstract
A method of enabling an operation of an aerosol generation device including at the aerosol generation device: determining whether an aerosol generation device held operation enablement message is valid or invalid, and enabling the operation if the aerosol generation device held operation enablement message is determined to be valid, at the personal computing device attempting to obtain a server generated operation enablement message, transmitting the server generated operation enablement message to the aerosol generation device if the server generated operation enablement message is obtained, and generating a personal computing device generated operation enablement message and transmitting the personal computing device operation enablement message to the aerosol generation device if the server generated operation enablement message is not obtained. The aerosol generation device uses whichever of the operation enablement messages it receives from the personal computing device as the aerosol generation device held operation enablement message.