Vaping heat map system and method for electronic vapor provision systems
AssigneeNicoventures Holdings Limited
InventorsDarryl BAKER, Ross OLDBURY
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Abstract
A method of generating of a map of vaping action events includes receiving respective notifications of a vaping action for each of a plurality of electronic vapor provision systems, logging GPS coordinates in response to detection of the vaping action, transmitting one or more logged sets of GPS coordinates to a vaping heat map server, and updating a vaping action count in one or more map regions in the map of vaping action events responsive to the transmitted GPS coordinates.
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A method of generating of a map of vaping action events, comprising:
- receiving respective notifications of a vaping action for each of a plurality of electronic vapor provision systems;
- logging GPS coordinates in response to detecting the vaping action;
- transmitting one or more logged sets of GPS coordinates to a vaping heat map server;
- and
- updating a vaping action count in one or more map regions in the map of vaping action events responsive to the transmitted one or more logged sets of GPS coordinates.
A method of providing a map of vaping action events, comprising:
- receiving from a remote device a request for the map, the request comprising data indicating a location of interest;
- identifying one or more map regions in the map within a predetermined distance of a map position corresponding to the location of interest;
- retrieving a respective vaping action count corresponding to the one or more identified map regions;
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- transmitting data indicative of the respective vaping action count to the remote device.
An electronic vapor provision system, comprising:
- a pressure sensor arranged to detect an inhalation through the electronic vapor provision system by a user;
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- a communications interface arranged to transmit a wireless signal, in response to a detected inhalation, indicating that a vaping action has occurred.
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a receiver arranged to detect a signal from an electronic vapor provision system indicating that a vaping action has occurred;
- a GPS receiver operable to obtain a set of GPS coordinates;
- a processor arranged to log GPS coordinates obtained substantially when the signal was detected;
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- a transmitter arranged to transmit the logged GPS coordinates to a vaping heat map server.
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a transmitter arranged to transmit a request for a map of vaping action events to a vaping map server, the map request specifying a location of interest;
- a receiver arranged to receive data indicative of an amount of previous vaping activity within a predetermined range of the location of interest;
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- a processor arranged to generate a display representative of the data on a display of the mobile communication device.
A vaping map server, comprising:
- a receiver arranged to receive respective notifications of vaping action events and corresponding GPS coordinates from respective mobile communication devices;
- a memory adapted to store a map of vaping action events comprising one or more map regions;
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- a processor arranged to update a vaping action count in the one or more map regions in the map responsive to the received GPS coordinates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.