Vaporizable material handling for electronic vapor device
AssigneeLunaTech, LLC
InventorsJohn Cameron, Dean Becker, Gene Fein
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Abstract
An electronic vapor device is disclosed comprising a first container for storing a vaporizable material, a vaporizer component coupled to the first container, configured for vaporizing the vaporizable material, a processor coupled to the vaporizer component, configured to control the vaporizer component in response to a disposition signal, and a network access device, coupled to the processor, configured for receiving the disposition signal from a remote server.
Claims20
An electronic vapor device comprising:
- a processor operable for controlling the electronic vaporizer device;
- a first container for storing a vaporizable material;
- a vaporizer component operatively coupled to the processor and controlled in part by the processor, wherein the vaporizer component is in fluid communication with the first container for receiving at least a portion of the vaporizable material therefrom, wherein the vaporizer component is operable to vaporize the vaporizable material received therein;
- a network access device operatively coupled to the processor and controlled by in part by the processor, wherein the network access device is operable to receive at least one disposition signal from a remote server;
- a disposition control mechanism operatively coupled to the processor and controlled in part by the processor, wherein the disposition control mechanism is operatively interposed between the vaporizer component and the first container, wherein the disposition control mechanism is operable to execute an operation in response to the at least one received disposition signal, wherein the disposition control mechanism comprises at least one of:
- a valve, a membrane, a foil barrier, a stationary wick, a movable wick, a bubble jet, a piezoelectric pump, a microfluidic pump, a mechanical pump, a heater, and combinations thereof;
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- wherein the at least one received disposition signal comprises at least one command to replenish the vaporizable material stored in the first container;
- wherein the disposition control mechanism is operable to replenish the first container from a reservoir that is internal to the electronic vapor device in response to the at least one received disposition signal.
A method of operating an electronic vapor device, wherein the electronic vapor device comprises (a) a first container for storing a vaporizable material, (b) a vaporizer component in fluid communication with the first container for receiving at least a portion of the vaporizable material therefrom, wherein the vaporizer component is operable to vaporize the vaporizable material received therein, (c) a network access device operable to receive at least one disposition signal from a remote server, and (d) a disposition control mechanism operable to execute an operation in response to at least one received disposition signal, wherein the disposition control mechanism comprises at least one of:
- a valve, a membrane, a foil barrier, a stationary wick, a movable wick, a bubble jet, a piezoelectric pump, a microfluidic pump, a mechanical pump, a heater, and combinations thereof, the method comprising the steps:
- receiving the least one disposition signal from the remote server, wherein the at least one disposition signal comprises at least one command to replenish the vaporizable material stored in the first container;
- replenishing the first container from a reservoir that is internal to the electronic vapor device in response to the at least one received disposition signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.