System, Method and Device for Age Authenticated Vaping

A vaping device for age authenticated vaping, comprising:

• a heating coil operable to vaporize e-juice;
• a thumbprint reader operable to read a thumbprint;
• a bioimpedance analysis subsystem comprising first and second bioimpedance sensors, the subsystem operable to measure a bioimpedance signature when a thumb of an active user of the vaping device is in contact with the first of the bioimpedance sensors and a lip of the active user of the vaping device is in contact with the second of the bioimpedance sensors;
• and
• an authenticator engine configured to compare an identity data combination associated with an active user of the vaping device with one or more stored identity data combinations associated with authorized users of the vaping device, wherein a thumbprint and a bioimpedance signature define an identity data combination;
• wherein, if the authenticator engine determines that an identity data combination for an active user of the vaping device is statistically equivalent to one of the one or more identity data combinations associated with authorized users of the vaping device, power is supplied to the coil.

A vaping device for age authenticated vaping, comprising:

• means for reading a thumbprint and means for measuring a bioimpedance signature, wherein the thumbprint and bioimpedance signature define an identity data combination for an active user of a vaping device;
• based on the identity data combination for the active user of the vaping device, means for determining that the active user is an authorized user of the vaping device;
• and
• means for unlocking the vaping device such that power is supplied to a coil operable to vaporize e-juice.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for age authenticated vaping in a personal vaping device (“PVD”), said method comprising:

• reading a thumbprint and measuring a bioimpedance signature, wherein the thumbprint and bioimpedance signature define an identity data combination for an active user of a vaping device;
• based on the identity data combination for the active user of the vaping device, determining that the active user is an authorized user of the vaping device;
• and
• unlocking the vaping device such that power is supplied to a coil operable to vaporize e-juice.