Disabling control for an electronic smoking device

An electronic smoking device comprising the following:

• a housing including a flow path;
• a compartment within the housing and configured for storing a consumable material;
• a vaporizer positioned in the flow path and configured to receive consumable material from the compartment and generate vapor;
• a sensor configured for determining usage;
• a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the controller configured to collect usage data from the sensor and to permanently disable the vaporizer if a total period of time since the vaporizer was first activated is not less than a total time limit.

An electronic smoking device comprising the following:

• a housing including a flow path;
• a compartment within the housing and configured for storing a consumable material;
• a vaporizer positioned in the flow path and configured to receive consumable material from the compartment and generate vapor;
• a sensor configured for determining usage;
• a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the controller including controller circuitry configured to collect usage data from the sensor and disable the vaporizer, the controller circuitry selected from at least one of a list consisting of:
• 1) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer permanently if a total period of time since the vaporizer was first activated is not less than a total time limit;
• 2) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer permanently if a cumulative usage of the vaporizer is not less than a predetermined cumulative usage limit;
• 3) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer permanently if a cumulative activation time of the vaporizer is not less than a predetermined cumulative activation time limit;
• 4) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer temporarily if an interval usage of the vaporizer is not less than a predetermined interval usage limit;
• and
• 5) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer temporarily if an interval activation time of the vaporizer is not less than a predetermined interval activation time limit.

A method of disabling an electronic smoking device, the method comprising the steps of:

• operating the electronic smoking device, wherein the electronic smoking device includes a housing including a flow path, a compartment within the housing and configured for storing a consumable material, a vaporizer positioned in the flow path and configured to receive consumable material from the compartment and generate vapor, a sensor configured for determining usage, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the controller including controller circuitry configured to collect usage data from the sensor and disable the vaporizer;
• the controller circuitry selected from a list consisting of 1) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer permanently if a total period of time since the vaporizer was first activated is not less than a total time limit, 2) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer permanently if a cumulative usage of the vaporizer is not less than a predetermined cumulative usage limit, 3) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer permanently if a cumulative activation time of the vaporizer is not less than a predetermined cumulative activation time limit, 4) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer temporarily if an interval usage of the vaporizer is not less than a predetermined interval usage limit, and 5) controller circuitry configured to disable the vaporizer temporarily if an interval activation time of the vaporizer is not less than a predetermined interval activation time limit;
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• using the controller circuitry to disable the vaporizer.