# US 2018/0020724 A1 · Data Connection for an Electronic Smoking Device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0020724 A1 - Document ID: US20180020724A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/219,033 - Filed: 2016-07-25 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-25 - Applicants: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. - Inventors: Ramon Alarcon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180020724A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0269: {based on user profile or attribute} - A24F 40/60: Devices with integrated user interfaces - A24F 40/65: Devices with integrated communication means, e.g. wireless communication means - G06F 8/65: Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) - G06F 16/211: {Schema design and management} - G06F 16/22: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures - H04L 67/306: User profiles - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes - H04W 8/22: Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities - H04W 8/245: {from a network towards a terminal} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - 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)} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A data exchange system comprises an electronic smoking device that includes identifying data and a database configured to i) receive the identifying data from the electronic smoking device, ii) receive user data for a user of the electronic smoking device from a processor, iii) associate the identifying data with user data to generate a user record, and iv) store the user record. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A data exchange system for an electronic smoking device (10), the system comprising: the electronic smoking device (10) comprising identifying data; and a database (46) configured to i) receive the identifying data from the electronic smoking device (10), ii) receive user data for a user of the electronic smoking device (10) from a processor (42), iii) associate the identifying data with user data to generate a user record, and iv) store the user record. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The data exchange system of claim 1, wherein the electronic smoking device (10) comprises firmware; wherein the database (46) is further configured to provide a firmware update to the processor (42) based on the user record; and wherein the processor (42) is further configured to transmit the firmware update to the electronic smoking device (10). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The data exchange system of claim 1, wherein the database (46) is further configured to provide marketing information to the processor (42) based on the user record. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The data exchange system of claim 3, wherein the marketing information comprises at least one of the following: a coupon, a rebate, an advertisement, an offer, a deal, a name of a vendor, a location of the vendor, an inventory of the vendor, an electronic purchase order, or an electronic payment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The data exchange system of claim 1, wherein the identifying data comprises at least one of a serial number, a calibration parameter, a batch code, a date, a line number, or a barcode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The data exchange system of claim 1, wherein the user data comprises at least one of a user demographic, a number of puffs taken on the electronic smoking device, an average length of puffs taken on the electronic smoking device, a smoke juice level of the electronic smoking device, a smoke juice flavour used in the electronic smoking device, or a location of the electronic smoking device (10). ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The data exchange system of claim 1, wherein the processor (42) comprises at least one of a personal computer or a mobile device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The data exchange system of claim 1, wherein the database (46) is configured to receive the identifying data or the user data via a communication network (48). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The data exchange system of claim 1, wherein the processor (42) is configured to receive the user data from the electronic smoking device (10) via a charger (40). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The data exchange system of claim 1, wherein the database (46) is configured to receive the identifying data from the electronic smoking device (10) via a processor (42). ### Claim 11 A method for providing a firmware update to an electronic smoking device (10), the method comprising: assigning identifying data to the electronic smoking device (10); collecting user data for a user of the electronic smoking device (10); associating the identifying data with the user data to generate a user record; providing the firmware update based on the user record. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the identifying data comprises at least one of a serial number, a calibration parameter, a batch code, a date, a line number, or a barcode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the user data comprises at least one of a user demographic, a number of puffs taken on the electronic smoking device, an average length of puffs taken on the electronic smoking device, a smoke juice level of the electronic smoking device, a smoke juice flavour used in the electronic smoking device, or a location of the electronic smoking device (10). ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein providing the firmware update to the electronic smoking device comprises transmitting the firmware update to a processor (42) configured to communicate with the electronic smoking device (10). ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the processor (42) comprises a personal computer or a mobile device. ### Claim 16 A method for generating a user record associated with a user of an electronic smoking device (10), the method comprising: assigning identifying data to the electronic smoking device (10); collecting user data for a user of the electronic smoking device (10); and associating the identifying data with the user data to generate a user record. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the identifying data comprises at least one of a serial number, a calibration parameter, a batch code, a date, a line number, or a barcode. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the user data comprises at least one of a user demographic, a number of puffs taken on the electronic smoking device, an average length of puffs taken on the electronic smoking device, a smoke juice level of the electronic smoking device, a smoke juice flavour used in the electronic smoking device, or a location of the electronic smoking device (10). ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising tracing the electronic smoking device (10) using the user record. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising providing marketing information to the user based on the user record.