Smoking substitute system
AssigneeImperial Tobacco Limited
InventorsKate Ferrie, Ross Shenton, Chris Lord, Med Benyezzar
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Abstract
A smoking substitute device is described along with a smoking substitute system comprising the device. The device includes a controller configured to determine the remaining usable lifetime of a consumable in a smoking session, and display said remaining usable lifetime in predetermined intervals at a display. Methods of determining the amount of remaining consumable for a session and displaying the result to the user are also described.
Claims22
1-251. (canceled)
A smoking substitute device for consuming a consumable in a session, comprising:
- a display;
- and
- a controller configured to determine a remaining usable lifetime of the consumable in said session, and display said remaining usable lifetime in predetermined intervals at the display.
A smoking substitute device for consuming a consumable in a session, comprising:
- a display;
- and
- a controller configured to determine, based on the type of consumable, the remaining usable lifetime of the consumable in said session, and display said remaining usable lifetime at the display.
A method of consuming a consumable in a session with a smoking substitute device comprising a display and a controller, the method comprising:
- determining the remaining usable lifetime of the consumable to be consumed in said session;
- and
- displaying said remaining usable lifetime of the consumable in predetermined intervals on the display.
(canceled)
A method of consuming a consumable in a session with a smoking substitute device comprising a display and a controller, the method comprising:
- determining the remaining usable lifetime of the consumable to be consumed in said session, in response to determining type of consumable;
- and
- displaying said remaining usable lifetime of the consumable on the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.