# US 10,440,999 B2 · Electronic vaping device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,440,999 B2 - Document ID: US10440999B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/008,009 - Filed: 2018-06-13 - Published: 2018-10-11 - Granted: 2019-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-31 - Applicants: Martin Tremblay - Inventors: Martin Tremblay - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10440999B2 ## CPC - A24F 40/53: Monitoring, e.g. fault detection - A24F 40/60: Devices with integrated user interfaces - A24F 40/65: Devices with integrated communication means, e.g. wireless communication means - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A61M 2205/13: with means for the detection of operative contact with patient, e.g. lip sensor - A61M 2205/609: Biometric patient identification means - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract An electronic vaping device may be designed to enhance or facilitate its use. For example, the electronic vaping device may: allow a capability of the electronic vaping device to provide vapor to be altered (e.g., disabled, reduced, enabled, or increased) in some situations (e.g., to prevent unauthorized vaping by a child, teenager or other individual); be able to communicate with an external communication device (e.g., a smartphone, a computer, etc.) to convey a notification of potential unauthorized use of the electronic vaping device (e.g., by a child, teenager or other unauthorized user); implement a physical deterrent to its unauthorized use; be able to visually convey information (e.g., advertisements, notifications, etc.); and/or be able to capture images and/or sounds (e.g., record pictures and/or video, speech, music, etc.). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising an electronic vaping device to vape, the electronic vaping device comprising: an outlet; and a vapor producer configured to produce vapor drawable by a user through the outlet using the user's mouth; the system comprising: an interface configured to receive information regarding the user; and at least one processor configured to: process the information regarding the user to determine whether the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device based on an age of the user; and generate at least one signal based on whether the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device, wherein the user establishes the age of the user certain times that the electronic vaping device is used and does not establish the age of the user other times that the electronic vaping device is used. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the user is provided by a communication device external to the electronic vaping device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to enable a capability of the electronic vaping device to be vaped if the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device. ### Claim 4 A system comprising an electronic vaping device to vape, the electronic vaping device comprising an outlet and a vapor producer configured to produce vapor drawable by a user through the outlet using the user's mouth, the system comprising: an interface configured to receive information regarding the user; and at least one processor configured to: process the information regarding the user to determine whether the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device based on an age of the user; and generate at least one signal based on whether the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device, without the user having to establish the ace of the user every time the electronic vaping device is used. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein: the information regarding the user is provided by a communication device external to the electronic vaping device; and the at least one signal causes a notification to be conveyed by the communication device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein at least part of the information regarding the user is verifiable by at least one of a government agency and a credit card company. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one processor is configured to obtain the age of the user based on the information regarding the user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the information regarding the user comprises the age of the user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the interface is configured to receive data regarding a picture associated with the user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the information regarding the user comprises at least one of information on a driver's license of the user and information on a credit card of the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one signal enables a capability of the electronic vaping device to be vaped if the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one signal disables a capability of the electronic vaping device to be vaped if the user is not allowed to vape the electronic vaping device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one processor is configured to process the information regarding the user to determine whether the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device based on a location of the electronic vaping device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is configured to process the information regarding the user to determine whether the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device based on the location of the electronic vaping device relative to a predetermined area where vaping is prohibited. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the location of the electronic vaping device relative to the predetermined area is established based on a locator carried by the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein: the information regarding the user is provided by a communication device external to the electronic vaping device; and the communication device comprises the locator. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the location of the electronic vaping device relative to the predetermined area is established based on a wireless transmitter at the predetermined area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one signal causes the electronic vaping device to convey information based on the age of the user. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the information conveyed by the electronic vaping device comprises a notification indicative of whether the user is authorized to vape the electronic vaping device. ### Claim 20 A system comprising an electronic vaping device to vape, the electronic vaping device comprising an outlet and a vapor producer configured to produce vapor drawable by a user through the outlet using the user's mouth, the system comprising: an interface configured to receive information regarding the user; and at least one processor configured to: process the information regarding the user to determine whether the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device based on an age of the user; and generate at least one signal for controlling a capability of the electronic vaping device to be vaped by the user based on whether the user is allowed to vape the electronic vaping device, such that a number of times that the electronic vaping device is vaped by the user is greater than a number of times that the user establishes the age of the user.