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US 9,295,285 B2Granted
System and method to manage smoking
OwnerJoseph Dennis Glazerinventor
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Abstract
A lighter includes a heating element, a data store to store a smoking management plan including one or more rules, and a processor, operatively coupled to the data store and the heating element, to selectively disable activation of the heating element based on the smoking management plan.
Claims23
A lighter comprising:
- a heating element that, when activated, is used to light up a smoking product;
- a data store to store a smoking management plan comprising one or more rules;
- and
- a processor, operatively coupled to the data store and the heating element, to disable activation of the heating element based on the one or more rules of the smoking management plan, wherein disabling the activation of the heating element prevents using the heating element to light up the smoking product, and wherein the disabling the activation of the heating element cannot be manually overridden prior to complying with the one or more rules.
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A lighter comprising:
- a fuel tank containing a fuel;
- a control circuit comprising a spark generator circuit, a first switch, and a second switch for operating the lighter;
- a trigger operatively coupled to the first switch and the second switch;
- a data store to store a smoking management plan comprising one or more rules;
- and
- a processor, operatively coupled to the data store and the control circuit, to:
- in response to detecting that the trigger is pressed to a first position to engage the first switch, cause to display a status of the lighter on an indicator of the lighter;
- in response to detecting that the trigger is pressed to a second position to engage the second switch, determine whether activation of the spark generator circuit is to be disabled based on the status of the lighter and the one or more rules;
- and
- in response to determining that the activation of the spark generator circuit is allowable,
- cause to release a portion of the fuel;
- cause the spark generator circuit to produce a spark to light up the portion of the fuel;
- and
- record occurrence of a smoking event in a record stored in the data store;
- and
- in response to determining that the activation of the spark generator circuit is not allowable,
- disable the activation of the spark generator circuit;
- and
- prevent a manual override of the disabling the activation of the spark generator circuit prior to complying with the one or more rules.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, by a processor, a request to activate a heating element of a lighter that, when activated, is used to light up a smoking product;
- in response to detecting the request to activate, determining a history of one or more smoking events occurring in a period of time;
- determining whether the history of the one or more smoking events complies with one or more rules of a smoking management plan;
- in response to determining that the history of the one or more smoking events does not comply with the one or more rules, disabling activation of the heating element, wherein disabling the activation of the heating element prevents using the heating element to light up the smoking product, and wherein disabling the activation of the heating element cannot be manually overridden prior to complying with the one or more rules;
- and
- in response to determining that the history of the one or more smoking events complies with the one or more rules, enabling the activation of the heating element.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, by a processor operatively coupled to a control circuit comprising a spark generator circuit, a first switch, and a second switch of a lighter, that the first switch is engaged;
- presenting, by the processor, a status of the lighter on an indicator of the lighter;
- detecting, by the processor, that the second switch is engaged, determining whether activation of the spark generator circuit is to be disabled based on the status of the lighter and one or more rules of a smoking management plan;
- in response to determining that the activation of the spark generator circuit is allowable,
- causing to release a portion of fuel stored in a fuel tank of the lighter;
- causing the spark generator circuit to produce a spark to light up the portion of the fuel;
- and
- recording, by the processor, occurrence of a first smoking event in a record;
- and
- in response to determining that the activation of the spark generator circuit is not allowable,
- disabling the activation of the spark generator circuit;
- and
- preventing a manual override of the disabling the activation of the spark generator circuit prior to complying with the one or more rules.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.