US 2020/0138111 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICRO-VAPORIZER USE AUTHORIZATION

Abstract

A personal vaporizer has a case, a vaporization chamber, a fluid reservoir configured for retaining a vaporizable fluid, a fluid transport structure, a heating element disposed within the vaporization chamber, an air flow passage from one or more air intake openings in the case wall to the vaporization chamber, a vaporization mixture flow passage extending from the vaporization chamber to an exit port, and an activation circuit connected to the heating element. The activation circuit includes a power source, a vaporizer control processor, an authorization control device that is selectively connectable to and disconnectable from the activation circuit, and an activation mechanism configured and positioned for manual operation by a user to selectively complete the activation circuit when the authorization control device is connected and the use authorization criteria are met.

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Dependent claims

A personal vaporizer comprising:

a vaporizer case defining a vaporizer interior;
a vaporization chamber within the vaporizer interior;
a fluid reservoir configured for retaining a vaporizable fluid;
a fluid transport structure configured for transporting vaporizable fluid from the fluid reservoir to the vaporization chamber;
a heating element disposed within the vaporization chamber;
an air flow passage from one or more air intake openings in the case wall to the vaporization chamber;
a vaporization mixture flow passage extending from the vaporization chamber to an exit port;
an activation circuit connected to the heating element and configured to activate the heating element if use authorization criteria are met, the circuit comprising
a power source,
a vaporizer control processor,
an authorization control device that is selectively connectable to and disconnectable from the activation circuit, and
an activation mechanism configured and positioned for manual operation by a user to selectively complete the activation circuit when the authorization control device is connected and the use authorization criteria are met.

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A method of authorizing use of a personal vaporizer having a vaporizer control processor, a vaporizer data storage medium, a communication port and an activation circuit including a heating element, an activation switch, and a power supply, the activating circuit being in a normally open configuration, the method comprising:

establishing data communication between the vaporizer control processor and an authorizing processing system;
receiving, by the vaporizer control processor from the authorizing processing system, first authorization information;
storing the first authorization information in the vaporizer data storage medium;
connecting an authorization control device to the communication port of the vaporizer;
determining, by one of the set consisting of the vaporizer control processor and an authorization control data processor of the authorization control device, using the first authorization information whether predetermined authorization criteria are met;
responsive to closure of the activation switch by a prospective user and a determination that the predetermined authorization criteria have been met, activating the vaporizer by closing the activation circuit to allow current to flow from the power supply to the heating element;
and
responsive to closure of the activation switch by the prospective user and a determination that the predetermined authorization criteria have not been met, maintaining the activation circuit in the open configuration.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for micro-vaporizer use authorization

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System and method for micro-vaporizer use authorization

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