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WO2025210351A1 - Commande de système de fourniture d'aérosol - Google Patents

Commande de système de fourniture d'aérosol

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WO2025210351A1
WO2025210351A1 PCT/GB2025/050698 GB2025050698W WO2025210351A1 WO 2025210351 A1 WO2025210351 A1 WO 2025210351A1 GB 2025050698 W GB2025050698 W GB 2025050698W WO 2025210351 A1 WO2025210351 A1 WO 2025210351A1
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aerosol provision
tag
provision system
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Zhihuang Xiao
Hao Lin
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Nicoventures Trading Ltd
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Priority claimed from CN202410395243.3A external-priority patent/CN120770594A/zh
Priority claimed from CN202410395251.8A external-priority patent/CN120770589A/zh
Priority claimed from CN202410395247.1A external-priority patent/CN120774017A/zh
Application filed by Nicoventures Trading Ltd filed Critical Nicoventures Trading Ltd
Publication of WO2025210351A1 publication Critical patent/WO2025210351A1/fr
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/80—Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

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  • Aerosol provision devices are known that produce an aerosol during use, which is inhaled by a user.
  • tobacco heating devices heat an aerosol generating substrate (such as tobacco) to form an aerosol by heating, but not burning, the substrate.
  • an aerosol generating substrate such as tobacco
  • a device e.g. a device of a non-combustible aerosol provision system
  • a near-field communication (NFC) tag having a memory storing an identifier of an application that is configured to control aspects of functionality of a non-combustible aerosol provision system
  • the near-field communication tag is configured to retrieve the identifier from the memory and provide the identifier to a near-field communication reader in response to a prompt from the near-field communication reader, wherein, in use, the device forms part of the non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • the device may be a non-combustible aerosol provision device, a consumable article comprising an aerosol generating medium, or a pack configured to contain one or more consumable articles each comprising an aerosol generating medium.
  • the application is configured to control aspects of the functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system by causing the system to enter an unlocked state from a locked state.
  • the application is further configured to cause a display of a display device to display information related to the non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • a device e.g. a device of a non-combustible aerosol provision system
  • a near-field communication (NFC) reader for reading a near-field communication tag that forms part of a device (e.g. the device of the first aspect described above) of a non-combustible aerosol provision system
  • the near-field communication reader is configured to obtain, from the near- field communication tag, an identifier of an application that is configured to control aspects of the functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system
  • a controller configured to obtain and/or launch the application based on said identifier.
  • the identifier may be stored in a memory of the NFC tag.
  • the near-field communication reader is configured to provide a prompt to the near-field communication tag, in response to which the near- field communication tag is configured to retrieve the identifier from the memory of the near-field communication tag and provide the identifier to the near-field communication reader.
  • the device may be a mobile communication device.
  • the device may be a point-of-sale device.
  • the application is configured to control aspects of the functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system by changing a heating temperature profile that the non-combustible aerosol provision system is configured to use when providing aerosol.
  • the application is further configured to cause a display of a display device to display information related to the non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • the said display device may form a part of the device.
  • a method e.g. a method of operating a device of a non-combustible aerosol provision system, such as a device as set out above with respect to the first or second aspects
  • the method comprising: receiving, at a nearfield communication tag of a device (e.g.
  • a prompt from a near-field communication reader to provide an identifier of an application that is configured to control aspects of the functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system, wherein the identifier is stored in memory of the near-field-communication tag; retrieving the identifier from the memory of the near-field communication tag; and providing the identifier to the near-field communication reader in response to said prompt.
  • the application may be configured to control aspects of the functionality of the non- combustible aerosol provision system by causing the system to enter an unlocked state from a locked state, and further comprising using the application to cause the system to enter an unlocked state from a locked state.
  • the application may be configured to control aspects of the functionality of the non- combustible aerosol provision system by changing a heating temperature profile that the non-combustible aerosol provision system is configured to use when providing aerosol, and wherein the method further comprises using the application to change said heating temperature profile.
  • the application may be further configured to cause a display device to display information related to the non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • a method e.g. a method of operating a device of a non-combustible aerosol provision system, such as a device as set out above with respect to the first or second aspects
  • the method comprising: retrieving, using a near-field communication reader, an identifier stored by a near-field communication tag of a device of a non-combustible aerosol provision system using a near-field communication reader, wherein the identifier identifies an application that is configured to control an aspect of functionality of an aerosol provision system; and obtaining and/or launching the application based on said identifier.
  • the method may further comprise providing a prompt to the near-field-communication tag, wherein the identifier is provided by the near-field-communication tag to the near-field-communication reader in response to said prompt.
  • the method may further comprise launching the application in the event that the application is present on a device including said near-field communication reader; and obtaining and then launching the application in the event that the application is not present on said device.
  • the said application may be configured to control aspects of the functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system by causing the system to enter an unlocked state from a locked state, and further comprising using the application to cause the system to enter an unlocked state from a locked state.
  • the said application may be configured to control aspects of the functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system by changing a heating temperature profile that the non-combustible aerosol provision system is configured to use when providing aerosol, and wherein the method further comprises using the application to change said heating temperature profile.
  • the said application may be configured to cause a display device to display information related to the non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • a system e.g. a non-combustible aerosol provision system
  • the system comprising a first device (e.g. the device of the first aspect described above) and a second device (e.g. the device of the second aspect described above), wherein: the first device comprises a near-field communication tag having a memory storing an identifier of an application that is configured to control aspects of functionality of a non-combustible aerosol provision system, wherein the near-field communication tag is configured to retrieve the identifier from memory and provide the identifier to a near-field communication reader of the second device in response to a prompt from the near-field communication reader, wherein, in use, the first device forms part of the non-combustible aerosol provision system; and the second device comprises: the near-field communication reader for reading the near-field communication tag of the first device; and a controller configured to obtain and/or launch the application based on said identifier.
  • the first device may comprise: a noncombustible aerosol provision device; a consumable article comprising an aerosol generating medium; or a pack configured to contain one or more consumable articles each comprising an aerosol generating medium.
  • the second device may comprise: a mobile communication device; and/or a point-of-sale device.
  • this specification describes computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a computing apparatus, cause the computing apparatus to perform (at least) any method as described herein (including the methods of the third and fourth aspects described above).
  • this specification describes a computer-readable medium (such as a non-transitory computer-readable medium) comprising program instructions stored thereon for performing (at least) any method as described herein (including the methods of the third and fourth aspects described above).
  • this specification describes an apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the apparatus to perform (at least) any method as described herein (including the methods of the third and fourth aspects described above).
  • a computer program comprising instructions for causing a device of a non-combustible aerosol provision system to perform at least the following: receive, at a near-field communication tag of the device, a prompt from a near-field communication reader to provide an identifier of an application that is configured to control aspects of the functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system, wherein the identifier is stored in memory of the near-fieldcommunication tag; retrieve the identifier from the memory of the near-field communication tag; and provide the identifier to the near-field communication reader in response to said prompt.
  • a computer program comprising instructions for causing an apparatus to perform at least the following: retrieve, using a near-field communication reader, an identifier stored by a near-field communication tag of a device of a non-combustible aerosol provision system using a near-field communication reader, wherein the identifier identifies an application that is configured to control an aspect of functionality of an aerosol provision system; and obtain and/or launch the application based on said identifier.
  • this specification describes a device (e.g. a device for configuring an aerosol provision system), the device comprising: a near-field communication interface for over-writing data stored in a memory of a near-field communication tag, wherein the near-field communication tag forms part of an article of an aerosol provision system, and wherein the non-combustible aerosol provision system is configured to use said data to control one or more aspects of functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system; wherein said device is configured to over-write said data based on a storage duration of the article.
  • the device may be a point-of-sale device.
  • the device may be configured to read said data prior to overwriting the data.
  • the device is configured to determine the storage duration of the article based, at least in part, on storage date data stored by said near-field communication tag.
  • the device may be configured to obtain: said storage date data; and current time data, wherein said storage duration is based, at least in part, on said storage data and said current time data.
  • the device may be configured to obtain said current time data from an internal clock and/or from a networked clock.
  • the device is configured to determine or estimate from said storage duration, a change in one or more properties of the article, wherein said over-writing is based, at least in part, on the determined or estimated change.
  • the one or more properties of the article may include a quantity or concentration of one or more active substances of the article.
  • the one or more properties of the article may include a quantity or concentration of one or more active flavourants of the article.
  • the data that the device is configured to over-write represents an amount of use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system that can be sustained by the article.
  • the amount of use of the non-combustible aerosol provision system may comprise one or more of: a duration over which the non- combustible aerosol provision system provides aerosol; a number of times that the non-combustible aerosol provision system provides aerosol; and/or a number of times a user puffs on the non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • the article may be a consumable or replaceable pod of the aerosol provision system.
  • the article may be a pack containing one or more consumables or replaceable pods, each consumable or pod comprising at least one aerosol generating medium.
  • this specification describes a method (e.g. a method for configuring an aerosol provision system), the method comprising: determining a storage duration of an article of a non-combustible aerosol provision system, said article comprising a near-field communication tag having a memory storing data, said data being usable to control one or more aspects of functionality of said noncombustible aerosol provision system; and over-writing said data based on said storage duration.
  • a method e.g. a method for configuring an aerosol provision system
  • the method comprising: determining a storage duration of an article of a non-combustible aerosol provision system, said article comprising a near-field communication tag having a memory storing data, said data being usable to control one or more aspects of functionality of said noncombustible aerosol provision system; and over-writing said data based on said storage duration.
  • the method may further comprise determining or estimating, from said storage duration, a change in one or more properties of the article, wherein said over-writing of said data is based, at least in part, on the determined or estimated change.
  • said one or more properties of the article may include a quantity or concentration of one or more active substances and/or or one or more active flavourants of the article.
  • the data being over-written represents an amount of use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system that can be sustained by the article.
  • this specification describes computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a computing apparatus, cause the computing apparatus to perform (at least) any method as described herein (including the method of the twelfth aspect described above).
  • this specification describes a computer-readable medium (such as a non-transitory computer-readable medium) comprising program instructions stored thereon for performing (at least) any method as described herein (including the method of the twelfth aspect described above).
  • this specification describes a computer program comprising instructions for causing a device of a non-combustible aerosol provision system to perform at least the following: determining a storage duration of an article of the noncombustible aerosol provision system, said article comprising a near-field communication tag having a memory storing data, said data being usable to control one or more aspects of functionality of said non-combustible aerosol provision system; and over-writing said data based on said storage duration.
  • a method e.g. a method for applying a tag to an aerosol provision device or a consumable
  • a method comprising: obtaining a plurality of aerosol provision devices or a plurality of consumables for use with an aerosol provision device; and selecting, for each device or consumable of the plurality, a near- field communication tag for application to the respective device or consumable, wherein each tag is selected from a plurality of candidate tags based, at least in part, on an intended use of the respective device or consumable.
  • Each of the plurality of candidate tags may be a sticker.
  • each tag is selected based, at least in part, on a jurisdiction in which the respective aerosol provision device or consumable is intended to be used.
  • the method may further comprise applying the selected tags to the respective devices or consumables.
  • each of the plurality of tags comprises a near field communication chip, memory and an antenna.
  • Some example embodiments further comprise determining or defining the intended use of the respective devices or consumables.
  • a system e.g. a system for applying a tag to an aerosol provision device or a consumable
  • a system comprising: means (such as a conveyor or an assembly line) for obtaining a plurality of aerosol provision devices or a plurality of consumables for use with an aerosol provision device; and means for selecting, for each device or consumable of the plurality, a near-field communication tag for application to the respective device or consumable, wherein each tag is selected from a plurality of candidate tags based, at least in part, on an intended use of the respective device or consumable.
  • Each tag may be selected based, at least in part, on a jurisdiction in which the respective device or consumable is intended to be used.
  • the system may further comprise a tag applicator for applying the selected tag to the respective device or consumable.
  • the system may further comprise means for determining or defining the intended use of the respective devices or consumables.
  • this specification describes computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a computing apparatus, cause the computing apparatus to perform (at least) any method as described herein (including the method of the seventeenth aspect described above).
  • this specification describes a computer-readable medium (such as a non-transitory computer-readable medium) comprising program instructions stored thereon for performing (at least) any method as described herein (including the method of the seventeenth aspect described above).
  • this specification describes an apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the apparatus to perform (at least) any method as described herein (including the method of the seventeenth aspect described above).
  • this specification describes a computer program comprising instructions for causing an apparatus to perform at least the following: obtaining (e.g. from a conveyor or an assembly line) a plurality of aerosol provision devices or a plurality of consumables for use with an aerosol provision device; and selecting a near-field communication tag for application to each of the plurality of devices or consumables, wherein each tag is selected from a plurality of candidate tags based, at least in part, on an intended use of the respective device or consumable.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing of a non-combustible aerosol provision device in accordance with an example embodiment
  • delivery system is intended to encompass systems that deliver at least one substance to a user, and includes non-combustible aerosol provision systems that release compounds from an aerosol-generating material without combusting the aerosol-generating material, such as electronic cigarettes, tobacco heating products, and hybrid systems to generate aerosol using a combination of aerosol-generating materials.
  • a "combustible" aerosol provision system is one where a constituent aerosol-generating material of the aerosol provision system (or component thereof) is combusted or burned during use in order to facilitate delivery of at least one substance to a user.
  • a "non-combustible" aerosol provision system is one where a constituent aerosol-generating material of the aerosol provision system (or component thereof) is not combusted or burned in order to facilitate delivery of at least one substance to a user.
  • the delivery system is a non-combustible aerosol provision system, such as a powered non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system is an aerosolgenerating material heating system, also known as a heat-not-burn system.
  • An example of such a system is a tobacco heating system.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system is a hybrid system to generate aerosol using a combination of aerosol-generating materials, one or a plurality of which may be heated.
  • Each of the aerosol-generating materials may be, for example, in the form of a solid, liquid or gel and may or may not contain nicotine.
  • the hybrid system comprises a liquid or gel aerosolgenerating material and a solid aerosol-generating material.
  • the solid aerosolgenerating material may comprise, for example, tobacco or a non-tobacco product.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system may comprise a non- combustible aerosol provision device and a consumable for use with the non- combustible aerosol provision device.
  • the disclosure relates to consumables comprising aerosolgenerating material and configured to be used with non-combustible aerosol provision devices. These consumables are sometimes referred to as articles throughout the disclosure.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system such as a non- combustible aerosol provision device thereof, may comprise a power source and a controller.
  • the power source may, for example, be an electric power source or an exothermic power source.
  • the exothermic power source comprises a carbon substrate which may be energised so as to distribute power in the form of heat to an aerosol-generating material or to a heat transfer material in proximity to the exothermic power source.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system may comprise an area for receiving the consumable, an aerosol generator, an aerosol generation area, a housing, a mouthpiece, a filter and/or an aerosol-modifying agent.
  • the consumable for use with the non-combustible aerosol provision device may comprise aerosol-generating material, an aerosol-generating material storage area, an aerosol-generating material transfer component, an aerosol generator, an aerosol generation area, a housing, a wrapper, a filter, a mouthpiece, and/or an aerosol-modifying agent.
  • the aerosol-generating material may comprise one or more active substances and/or flavours, one or more aerosol-former materials, and optionally one or more other functional material.
  • the aerosol-generating material may comprise or be in the form of an aerosolgenerating film.
  • the aerosol-generating film may comprise a binder, such as a gelling agent, and an aerosol former.
  • a substance to be delivered and/or filler may also be present.
  • the aerosol-generating film may be substantially free from botanical material.
  • the aerosol-generating material is substantially tobacco free.
  • a consumable is an article comprising or consisting of aerosol-generating material, part or all of which is intended to be consumed during use by a user.
  • a consumable may comprise one or more other components, such as an aerosol-generating material storage area, an aerosol-generating material transfer component, an aerosol generation area, a housing, a wrapper, a mouthpiece, a filter and/or an aerosolmodifying agent.
  • a consumable may also comprise an aerosol generator, such as a heater, that emits heat to cause the aerosol-generating material to generate aerosol in use.
  • the heater may, for example, comprise combustible material, a material heatable by electrical conduction, or a susceptor.
  • a susceptor is a material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, such as an alternating magnetic field.
  • the susceptor may be an electrically-conductive material, so that penetration thereof with a varying magnetic field causes induction heating of the heating material.
  • the heating material may be magnetic material, so that penetration thereof with a varying magnetic field causes magnetic hysteresis heating of the heating material.
  • the susceptor may be both electrically-conductive and magnetic, so that the susceptor is heatable by both heating mechanisms.
  • the device that is configured to generate the varying magnetic field is referred to as a magnetic field generator, herein.
  • An aerosol generator is an apparatus configured to cause aerosol to be generated from the aerosol-generating material.
  • the aerosol generator is a heater configured to subject the aerosol-generating material to heat energy, so as to release one or more volatiles from the aerosol-generating material to form an aerosol.
  • the aerosol generator is configured to cause an aerosol to be generated from the aerosol-generating material without heating.
  • the aerosol generator may be configured to subject the aerosol-generating material to one or more of vibration, increased pressure, or electrostatic energy.
  • the device 100 is an example of a non-combustible aerosol provision device for generating aerosol from an aerosol generating medium/material.
  • the device 100 may be used to heat a replaceable article 110 comprising an aerosol generating medium to generate an aerosol or other inhalable medium which is inhaled by a user of the device 100.
  • the device 100 and replaceable article 110 together form a system.
  • the device 100 comprises a housing 102 (in the form of an outer cover) which surrounds and houses various components of the device 100.
  • the device 100 has an opening 104 in one end, through which the article 110 may be inserted for heating by a heating assembly. In use, the article 110 may be fully or partially inserted into the heating assembly where it may be heated by one or more components of the heating assembly.
  • the device 100 of this example comprises a first end member 106 which comprises a lid 108 which is moveable relative to the first end member 106 to close the opening 104 when no article 110 is in place.
  • the lid 108 is shown in an open configuration, however the lid 108 may move into a closed configuration.
  • a user may cause the lid 108 to slide in the direction of arrow "B".
  • the device 100 may also comprise an electrical component, such as a socket/port 114, which can receive a cable to charge a battery of the device 100.
  • a socket/port 114 may be a charging port, such as a USB charging port.
  • the device 100 may also comprise a near-field communication (NFC) tag 212 that is configured to be readable by an NFC reader of another device, as discussed in detail below.
  • NFC near-field communication
  • NFC tag 212 is configured to provide information to an NFC reader.
  • the tag 212 may comprise an NFC chip, a memory and an antenna.
  • Tag 212 may be a passive device that receives power from a prompt provided by an NFC reader.
  • a prompt from an NFC reader may cause tag 212 to transmit data stored in the memory of tag 212 to the reader.
  • the memory of tag 212 may also be wirelessly writable by an NFC reader and may also be wirelessly re-writable by an NFC reader, as discussed in detail below.
  • information may be described as being stored in a memory of an NFC tag, and it is envisioned that this information could be stored in an encoded form. Where information is stored in an encoded form either the NFC tag, the NFC reader, or a device in communication with the NFC reader may be relied upon to decode the information. In some example embodiments, a lookup table could be required to access the information stored in the tag, or some of the information stored in the tag.
  • a tag storing a date of manufacture of an article 110 and information relating to the composition of the aerosol generating medium of article 110 may store the date of manufacture in a format from which it may be recovered without the use of a lookup table, and may store an identifier of the composition from which the composition may be determined by referencing a lookup table stored in a memory separate from the memory of tag 212.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a pack 210 configured to store replaceable articles 110 for use in device 100 (or a similar device) in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • the pack 210 of Fig. 2 is shown storing three replaceable articles 110, but it is envisioned that pack 210 could be configured to store any particular number of replaceable articles.
  • the pack may be configured to store one or more articles 110, but in practice it will generally be more efficient from a material usage perspective to store a plurality of articles 110 in pack 210.
  • the pack 210 of FIG. 2 comprises an NFC tag 212.
  • the NFC tag forms part of the replaceable article 110.
  • at least one of article 110, pack 210, and device 100 comprise NFC tag 212.
  • Properties of the aerosol generating medium of articles 110 may include the regulatory status of the aerosol generating medium in a particular jurisdiction or group of jurisdictions, or information associated with the regulatory status of the aerosol generating medium in a particular jurisdiction or group of jurisdictions.
  • the skilled person will be aware of other data that may be stored instead of, or in addition, to any of the data discussed above.
  • FIG. 3 is a side-on cross-sectional view of an article, indicated generally by the reference numeral 1, for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device, such as the device 100 described above.
  • the pack 210 described above may contain a plurality of articles 1.
  • the article 1 is therefore an example implementation of the removable article 110 described above.
  • the article 1 comprises a mouthpiece 2, and a cylindrical rod of aerosol generating material 3 (e.g. tobacco material) connected to the mouthpiece 2.
  • the aerosol generating material 3 also referred to herein as an aerosol generating substrate 3, comprises at least one aerosol forming material (such as glycerol).
  • the aerosol forming material can be another material as described herein or a combination thereof.
  • the aerosol forming material has been found to improve the sensory performance of the article, by helping to transfer compounds such as flavour compounds from the aerosol generating material to the consumer.
  • the part of the mouthpiece which comes into contact with a consumer's lips may be a paper tube, which is either hollow or surrounds a cylindrical body of filter material.
  • the mouthpiece 2 of the article 1 comprises an upstream end 2a adjacent to the aerosol generating substrate 3 and a downstream end 2b distal from the aerosol generating substrate 3.
  • the mouthpiece 2 has a hollow tubular element 4 formed from filamentary tow. This has advantageously been found to significantly reduce the temperature of the outer surface of the mouthpiece 2 at the downstream end 2b of the mouthpiece which comes into contact with a consumer's mouth when the article 1 is in use.
  • the use of the tubular element 4 has also been found to significantly reduce the temperature of the outer surface of the mouthpiece 2 even upstream of the tubular element 4.
  • the article 1 has an outer circumference of about 21 mm (i.e. the article is in the demi-slim format). In other example embodiments, the article can be provided in other formats.
  • the outer circumference of the mouthpiece 2 is substantially the same as the outer circumference of the rod of aerosol generating material 3, such that there is a smooth transition between these components.
  • the outer circumference of the mouthpiece 2 is about 20.8mm.
  • a tipping paper 5 is wrapped around the full length of the mouthpiece 2 and over part of the rod of aerosol generating material 3 and has an adhesive on its inner surface to connect the mouthpiece 2 and rod 3.
  • the tipping paper 5 extends 5 mm over the rod of aerosol generating material 3 but it can alternatively extend by other lengths.
  • the tipping paper 5 can have a basis weight which is higher than the basis weight of plug wraps used in the article 1, for instance a basis weight of 40 gsm to 80 gsm.
  • the outer circumference of the tipping paper 5, once wrapped around the mouthpiece 2, is about 21mm.
  • the mouthpiece 2 in the present example, includes a body of material 6 upstream of the hollow tubular element 4, in this example adjacent to and in an abutting relationship with the hollow tubular element 4.
  • the body of material 6 and hollow tubular element 4 each define a substantially cylindrical overall outer shape and share a common longitudinal axis.
  • the body of material 6 is wrapped in a first plug wrap 7.
  • the second hollow tubular element 8 is located around and defines an air gap within the mouthpiece 2 which acts as a cooling segment.
  • the air gap provides a chamber through which heated volatilised components generated by the aerosol generating material 3 flow.
  • the aerosol generating material 3 is wrapped in a wrapper 10.
  • the wrapper 10 can, for instance, be a paper or paper-backed foil wrapper.
  • the wrapper may comprise aluminium foil.
  • the tobacco material contains an aerosol forming material.
  • an "aerosol forming material” is an agent that promotes the generation of an aerosol.
  • An aerosol forming material may promote the generation of an aerosol by promoting an initial vaporisation and/or the condensation of a gas to an inhalable solid and/or liquid aerosol.
  • an aerosol forming material may improve the delivery of flavour from the aerosol generating material.
  • any suitable aerosol forming material or agents may be included in the aerosol generating material of the invention, including those described herein.
  • Suitable aerosol forming materials include, but are not limited to: a polyol such as sorbitol, glycerol, and glycols like propylene glycol or triethylene glycol; a nonpolyol such as monohydric alcohols, high boiling point hydrocarbons, acids such as lactic acid, glycerol derivatives, esters such as diacetin, triacetin, triethylene glycol diacetate, triethyl citrate or myristates including ethyl myristate and isopropyl myristate and aliphatic carboxylic acid esters such as methyl stearate, dimethyl dodecanedioate and dimethyl tetradecanedioate.
  • a polyol such as sorbitol, glycerol, and glycols like propylene glycol or triethylene glycol
  • a nonpolyol such as monohydric alcohols, high boiling point hydrocarbons, acids such as lactic acid, g
  • the aerosol forming material may be glycerol, propylene glycol, or a mixture of glycerol and propylene glycol.
  • Glycerol may be present in an amount of from 10 to 20 % by weight of the tobacco material, for example 13 to 16 % by weight of the composition, or about 14% or 15% by weight of the composition.
  • Propylene glycol if present, may be present in an amount of from 0.1 to 0.3% by weight of the composition.
  • the aerosol forming material may be included in any component, for example any tobacco component, of the tobacco material, and/or in the filler component, if present. Alternatively or additionally the aerosol forming material may be added to the tobacco material separately. In either case, the total amount of the aerosol forming material in the tobacco material can be as defined herein.
  • the tobacco material described herein can contain an aerosol modifying agent, such as any of the flavours described herein.
  • the tobacco material contains menthol, forming a mentholated article.
  • FIG. 4 depicts an example implementation of the device 100 (as shown in FIG. 1) with the outer cover 102 removed and without an article 110 present.
  • the device 100 is provided by way of example only; the skilled person will be aware of many alternative embodiments.
  • the device 100 defines a longitudinal axis 134.
  • the first end member 106 is arranged at one end of the device 100 and a second end member 116 is arranged at an opposite end of the device 100.
  • the first and second end members 106, 116 together at least partially define end surfaces of the device 100.
  • the bottom surface of the second end member 116 at least partially defines a bottom surface of the device 100.
  • Edges of the outer cover 102 may also define a portion of the end surfaces.
  • the lid 108 also defines a portion of a top surface of the device 100.
  • the end of the device closest to the opening 104 may be known as the proximal end (or mouth end) of the device 100 because, in use, it is closest to the mouth of the user.
  • a user inserts an article 110 into the opening 104, operates the user control 112 (e.g. a button) to begin heating the aerosol generating material and draws on the aerosol generated in the device. This causes the aerosol to flow through the device 100 along a flow path towards the proximal end of the device 100.
  • the control 112 may be omitted in many example embodiments (e.g. if user draw detection is used to trigger heating).
  • the other end of the device furthest away from the opening 104 may be known as the distal end of the device 100 because, in use, it is the end furthest away from the mouth of the user. As a user draws on the aerosol generated in the device, the aerosol flows away from the distal end of the device 100.
  • the device 100 further comprises a power source 118.
  • the power source 118 may be, for example, a battery, such as a rechargeable battery or a non-rechargeable battery.
  • suitable batteries include, for example, a lithium battery (such as a lithium-ion battery), a nickel battery (such as a nickel-cadmium battery), and an alkaline battery.
  • the battery is electrically coupled to the heating assembly to supply electrical power when required and under control of a controller (not shown) to heat the aerosol generating material.
  • the battery is connected to a central support 120 which holds the battery 118 in place.
  • the device further comprises at least one electronics module 122.
  • the electronics module 122 may comprise, for example, a printed circuit board (PCB).
  • the PCB 122 may support at least one controller, such as a processor, and memory.
  • the PCB 122 may also comprise one or more electrical tracks to electrically connect together various electronic components of the device 100.
  • the battery terminals may be electrically connected to the PCB 122 so that power can be distributed throughout the device 100.
  • the socket 114 may also be electrically coupled to the battery via the electrical tracks.
  • the electronics module 122 may include the NFC tag 212 (this component could be provided elsewhere).
  • the device 22 may be configured to obtain user input from a user interface of the remote device 23. This may be facilitated by app 24, which may comprise instructions executable to cause a user interface to be displayed (e.g. on a display of remote device 23 or some other display in communication with remote device 23), to receive user inputs, and transmit those user inputs or instructions obtained by processing those inputs to device 22.
  • the user interface is displayed on a touchscreen, which also serves as a user input device.
  • a user may control aspects of functionality of device 22 through app 24 of remote device 23. Examples of control by app 24 of aspects of functionality of device 22 are described below.
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a system in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • the system of FIG. 6 includes the device 22 and the remote device 23 of the system 20 described above.
  • FIG. 6 shows the NFC tag 212 of device 22 receiving a prompt from an NFC reader 213 of the remote device 23.
  • NFC reader 213 of the remote device 23 is further shown receiving an identifier from NFC tag 212 of the device 22.
  • the remote device 23 includes a controller 214.
  • the identifier is stored in the memory of the NFC tag 212 of device 22 and identifies application 24 such that it can be distinguished from other applications. These other applications may be applications stored on remote device 23 or applications downloadable from a network such as the internet by remote device 23 (e.g. under the control of the controller 214).
  • the identifier could include a file name associated with application 24 that remote device 23 may search for in its memory if app 24 is stored on remote device 23, and/or the identifier could include a link to an address from which app 24 can be obtained if remote device 23 seeks app 24 on a network.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a process, indicated generally by reference numeral 300, in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • Process 300 is a process by which an NFC tag 212 of a device, such as device 22, may provide an identifier.
  • tag 212 receives a prompt from an NFC reader 213.
  • tag 212 provides the reader 213 with an identifier of an application (e.g. the app 24) that is configured to control aspects of the functionality of a non-combustible aerosol provision system, such as a system comprising device 22.
  • an application e.g. the app 24
  • a non-combustible aerosol provision system such as a system comprising device 22.
  • Tag 212 may be a passive device, with no internal power source, and in this case tag
  • 212 may receive from the prompt at step 310 the power needed to provide the identifier at step 320.
  • the memory of tag 212 may store additional information, in addition to the identifier, and this may also be provided to the NFC reader 213 at step 320.
  • FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a process, indicated generally by reference numeral 400, in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • Process 400 is a process by which an NFC reader 213 of a device, such as remote device 23, may obtain an identifier of an application 24 and cause that application to be launched.
  • the process 400 may be controlled by the controller 214 of the remote device 23.
  • remote device 23 determines whether an application 24 identified by the received identifier is present on (or directly available to) remote device 23.
  • remote device obtains application 24 at step 440.
  • application 24 could be obtained from the internet, or from another file location in a network with remote device 23.
  • remote device 23 may display a user interface to the user, which in some examples may be an interface on a web browser, and prompt the user to initiate a download or authorise a download of application 24.
  • application 24 could be obtained by remote device 23 with no further input from a user.
  • FIG. 9 is as block diagram of a process, indicated generally by reference numeral 500, in accordance with an example embodiment by which device 22 may determine whether to provide aerosol.
  • the device receives user input requesting the provision of aerosol.
  • This user input may be in the form of user interaction with a button on device 22 (such as the user-operable control element 112 of the device 110 described above), or another device in communication with device 22, or device 22 may detect a user drawing on the device 22.
  • a user drawing action is a sucking/inhaling action made by the user at a mouthpiece of device 22, which could for example be detected through a pressure change in a portion of device 22.
  • device 22 determines whether to provide aerosol.
  • device 22 may be in a locked or unlocked state, and this may determine whether device 22 provides aerosol.
  • the device 22 will not provide aerosol when in the locked state and may provide aerosol when in an unlocked state.
  • the locked or unlocked state may be stored in a memory of device 22.
  • device 22 may perform other checks before providing aerosol. For example, in embodiments in which device 22 is capable of checking the authenticity of replaceable consumables used with the device, the device may determine that aerosol should not be provided even if the device is in an unlocked state based on detecting an inauthentic replaceable consumable.
  • step 610 application 24 is launched on remote device 23. This process may follow the application launching process 400.
  • an attempt to lock or unlock device 22 is initiated.
  • the user may prompt one of the devices to begin this attempt, or this attempt may begin automatically.
  • a user may provide input to verify that they are authorised.
  • application 24 prompts the user to scan an identification document (e.g. a passport or driving licence).
  • Device 23 may be a point- of-sale device, and a cashier or attendant at the point-of-sale device may operate remote device 23 (which may be the point-of-sale device), to unlock a user's device 22, for example by scanning an identification document provided by a customer to unlock device 22 on the customer's behalf.
  • remote device 23 has determined that the user is not authorised, and the locked or unlocked state of device 22 is unchanged. Remote device 23 may inform the user of the reason for device 22 not being unlocked.
  • the device 22 is manufactured in a locked state, and is unlockable by the user, but cannot be locked again. In other example embodiments device 22 returns to a locked state after a fixed period, or a fixed period of inactivity has passed. The skilled person will be aware of other locking configurations that could be implemented.
  • Device 22 having a locked state and unlocked state and being unlockable using a remote device 23 provides a mechanism by which unauthorized users can be prevented from using the device 22.
  • a suitable unlocking procedure is carried out (e.g. by the user or during a sales process).
  • FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an example process, indicated generally by reference numeral 700, in accordance with an example embodiment by which information relating to device 22 may be displayed using remote device 23.
  • application 24 is launched on remote device 23. This process may follow the application launching process 400.
  • remote device 23 establishes a connection with device 22. This may be a two-way connection, such as that shown in FIG. 5. In implementation of the step 720, the remote device 23 may automatically seek to establish a connection with device 22 upon launching the application, or a user may prompt remote device 23 to seek to establish a connection.
  • the remote device 23 retrieves information regarding device 22 and displays this to the user.
  • This display may be a display of the remote device 23.
  • This display may include a user interface of application 24.
  • the displayed data may include a measure of the remaining uses of device 22 before a consumable must be replaced and/or information regarding the heating temperature profile of device 22.
  • the user may interact with the display to adjust settings, such as the heating temperature profile of device 22, through a user interface of app 24 running on remote device 23.
  • the heating temperature profile of device 22 may consist of a set of parameters describing how device 22 produces heat to generate aerosol.
  • the heating temperature profile may include one or more of a heating duration, heating power, or a heating maximum temperature.
  • the heating power and/or heating maximum temperature may be controlled over time to follow a particular pattern or curve, so the heating temperature profile may define a heating power and/or maximum temperature that device 22 will achieve at a particular point in the operation of the device.
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram an example system, indicated generally by reference numeral 800, in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • the system 800 comprises a device 822 and further device 823, which may be a point-of-sale device. As discussed further below, the system 800 may be used for over-writing data of a memory of an NFC tag 812 of the device 822.
  • the further device 823 may include a controller, similar to the controller 214 described above.
  • Device 822 is a device of a non-combustible aerosol provision system having a memory storing data that device 822 is configured to use to control one or more aspects of functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • device 822 comprises all of the components required for the non-combustible aerosol provision system to provide aerosol.
  • device 822 comprises a subset of the components required for the noncombustible aerosol provision system to provide aerosol.
  • device 822 comprises one or more reusable parts removably attached to one or more replaceable parts. The replaceable parts may be provided as part of a consumable that is expected to be used for a shorter time than the reusable parts.
  • a replaceable part or consumable may comprise parts that are depleted, degraded, or exhausted in the course of providing aerosol, such as an aerosol generating medium.
  • a replaceable part or consumable may be depleted, degraded, or exhausted significantly faster than a reusable part.
  • a reusable part may be expected to remain useable for ten or more times as long as a replaceable part.
  • the device 822 is a pack comprising one or more replaceable parts of a non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • device 822 could be a pack of pods or consumables.
  • Device 822 of an aerosol generating medium may be able to sustain an amount of use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system. This amount of use may be known or reliably estimated (e.g. within an acceptable tolerance) at the date of manufacture of the device. This amount of use may be stored in as data in a memory of an NFC tag of device 822. This amount of use data may be written to the memory during manufacture of device 822, or a tag could be applied to device 822 with this data already stored therein.
  • an amount of use that can be sustained by device 822 may represent an amount of aerosol that could be produced by the non- combustible aerosol provision system while device 822 is in use in the system.
  • an amount of use represents a period of time over which a system using device 822 can produce aerosol when operating in a particular manner.
  • an amount of use represents a number of uses of the system that can take place while device 822 is used.
  • a user input may result in the non-combustible aerosol provision system providing a standardised "puff" of aerosol, which may be produced by heating for a particular temperature for a particular duration, or by heating using a predefined temperature-time profile.
  • a non-combustible aerosol provision system may use this amount of use data to control functionality of the system. For example, this data may be used to control when the system will stop attempting to provide more aerosol while device 822 is being used in the system. This could be done by reading from the memory of device 822 an amount of use represented by a numerical value, and decrementing this value based on use of device 822 until the value is zero and preventing further use of device 822 once the value reaches zero.
  • the heating temperature, heating duration, or heating temperature-time profile could be adjusted to keep the amount of active substance or flavourant provided by the aerosol provision device constant or closer to constant for a given user input. For example, where a user input results in a "puff", the heating temperature, heating duration, or heating temperature-time profile could be adjusted based on the amount of use data, which may change the volume of aerosol produced so that the amount of active substance or flavourant is kept closer to a particular value. Parts of non-combustible aerosol provision systems may degrade or change after manufacturing, even when unused and in storage. For example, depending upon the storage conditions, oxidation may affect substances in the aerosol generating medium.
  • One method of ensuring that different users experiences using device 822 are consistent includes assigning device 822 an expiry date after which it must be discarded. However, this practice is wasteful, as device 822 may remain useable even after a long storage period, even if it is not equivalent to a newly manufactured device 822.
  • the effect of different storage durations on device 822 may be determined empirically and used to predict how properties of device 822 have changed compared to the date of manufacture.
  • These properties can include the amount of substances in an aerosol generating medium of device 822, for example including amounts of active substances, flavourants, or aerosol-former materials.
  • These properties may be expressed in terms of measurable quantities such as concentration of a substance in an aerosol generating medium, total volume of a substance, molar amount of substance, etc.
  • the amount of use of device 822 in a non-combustible aerosol provision system that may be sustained may be predictable based on the storage duration of the device and the known properties of the device on its date of manufacture.
  • the functionality of the non-combustible aerosol provision system may be differently controlled based on the data to ensure that some aspect of the user experience is consistent with the experience using a more recently manufactured device 822.
  • the functionality such as the heating temperature, duration, or temperature-time profile
  • the functionality could be adjusted to ensure that the same user inputs produce the same amount of aerosol.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system is capable informing the user of the amount of aerosol production that may be sustained by device 822 (for example, using a display of a noncombustible aerosol provision system), the displayed amount of aerosol production remaining can be made more consistent with a more recently manufactured device.
  • the amount of use represents an amount of active substance or flavourant
  • the user experience of active substance or flavour can be kept more consistent by correspondingly controlling the functionality of the system, to ensure the same user inputs result in the provision of a comparable amount of active substance or flavourant, and/or by ensuring that any information provided to the user regarding the amount of use remaining is consistent with that provided by a more recently manufactured device that has the same amount of use remaining.
  • device 822 can be marketed to a user as providing a similar experience (for a smaller number of uses/amount of use) to a newly manufactured device 822 even after a long storage duration, providing a use for a device 822 that may otherwise be discarded.
  • FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a process, indicated generally by reference numeral 900, in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • the process 900 may be used for overwriting data of a memory of an NFC tag of device 822.
  • a storage duration of device 822 is determined.
  • current date and time information may be used (referred to as "current time data").
  • device 823 has an internal clock, and compares the storage date data to current time data provided by the internal clock to determine a storage duration.
  • point- of-sale device 823 is in a network with another device having a clock or otherwise providing current time information, and date information received over a network is used. It is also envisaged that device 823 may use the most accurate current time data available to it, whether this is from its own internal clock or another networked device.
  • One or more measures of an amount of use may then be determined from the estimated properties. For example, where the amount of use is an amount of use that can be sustained while providing a particular amount of an active substance for a particular user input, a change in an amount of active substance in device 822 could be estimated from the storage duration, and an amount of use could be estimated from this. While the above description of step 930 describes calculating intermediate values, such as a property of device 822 derived from a storage duration, these intermediate values need not be stored in memory or calculated separately, and this calculation may be performed in one step. In other embodiments the calculation is performed using a lookup table.
  • FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a non-combustible aerosol provision device, indicated generally by reference numeral 1110.
  • device 100 is an example of suitable device 22 comprising NFC tag 212.
  • Device 1110 is another example of a suitable device 22 comprising an NFC tag 212.
  • the device 1110 comprises a battery 1111 (e.g. a rechargeable battery), a control circuit 1112, and an aerosol generator 1113.
  • the aerosol generator 1113 may comprise a resistive heater for heating an aerosolisable material (e.g. a film or a gel) to generate an aerosol (e.g. a vapour).
  • the aerosolisable material is sometimes referred to an as aerosol generating material. It should be noted that the use of resistive heating of an aerosolisable material is described by way of example only. The principles described herein are applicable other aerosol provision systems (such as systems using induction heating).
  • the aerosol provision device 1110 comprises two main components, namely a control section 1102 (which may be referred to as a reusable part) and a consumable part 1104 (which may be referred to as a replaceable or disposable cartridge).
  • the control section 1102 and the consumable part 1104 may be releasably connected at an interface 1106.
  • the consumable part 1104 may be removable and replaceable (e.g. when the consumable part is used), with the control section 1102 being re-used with a different consumable part.
  • the aerosol provision device 1110 is provided by way of example only and is highly schematic. Many variants are possible. For example, in some example embodiments, air is drawn into an air inlet in the control section 1102, passes through the interface 1106, and exits the consumable part 1104. Moreover, in some example embodiments, the aerosol provision device may not be separable into two parts.
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic drawing of a system, indicated generally by the reference numeral 2010, for applying near-field communication (NFC) tags to articles to be tagged.
  • NFC near-field communication
  • the system 2010 further comprises a processor or control module 2018 for selecting an NFC tag for application to articles 2014a - 2014c.
  • the processor or control module 2018 is in communication with a memory storing instructions for selecting the NFC tag.
  • the processor or control module 2018 is in communication with a source of data indicating one or more properties of the articles 2014a - 2014c. In some example embodiments, this data is gathered or generated during an earlier step of the manufacturing process and associated with particular articles of the plurality of articles 2014a - 2014c. In other examples this data is provided at the start of a production run and could be the same for all articles 2014a - 2014c on conveying device 2012 at a particular time.
  • a source of data indicating one or more properties of the articles is not essential to all example embodiments; for example, the processor or control module 2018 may select different tags for articles that are otherwise physically identical.
  • System 2010 comprises a tag obtainer module 2016.
  • the tag obtainer module 2016 obtains an NFC tag selected by processor or control module 2018.
  • obtaining said NFC tag includes retrieving the selected tag from a source of suitable NFC tags.
  • a source of NFC tags may include one or more of each of two or more species of NFC tag.
  • NFC tags of a species of NFC tag may, in some example embodiments, be substantially identical to one another, but in other example embodiments, NFC tags of different species may have different information stored in a memory of the NFC tag.
  • NFC tags of different species comprise different hardware, such as a different NFC chip.
  • tag obtainer module 2016 retrieves tags from a source of NFC tags.
  • the tag obtainer module may obtain the selected tag by reading from and/or writing to a memory of a retrieved tag.
  • Tag obtainer module 2016 may be in communication with processor or control module 2018.
  • processor or control module 2018 may communicate information associated with the selected tag to obtainer module 2016. This information may enable tag obtainer module 2016 to determine, from the tags that it may obtain, the selected tag, and obtain the selected tag.
  • the processor or control module 2018 may communicate to the obtainer module 2016 information that identifies the physical hardware of the tag and/or the content of the memory of the selected tag.
  • the system 2010 obtains a plurality of aerosol provision devices or a plurality of consumables for use with an aerosol provision device (e.g. the articles 2014a - 2014c described above).
  • articles 2014a - 2014c are obtained by at least partially manufacturing them on conveying device 2012 (or some similar conveyor).
  • articles 2014a - 2014c are manufactured on a different line, or at a different site, before being transferred to conveying device 2012.
  • the system 2010 selects an NFC tag to be applied to an article of the articles 2014a - 2014c (e.g. the article 2014c in the example system 2010). This step may be performed by processor or control module 2018. This step may be performed for each article of the one or more articles.
  • the selection of a tag for application to an article of articles 2014a - 2014c may be based on one or more factors, inputs, or considerations.
  • the tag is selected based on one or more of the properties of article 2014a - 2014c (e.g., the properties inherent to the physical structure and composition of the article) and the intended use of the article 2014a - 2014c.
  • system 2010 may select a tag based on information indicating whether article 2014a - 2014c comprises or is a device for providing an aerosol comprising such a substance and based on information indicating the jurisdiction in which article 2014a - 2014c is intended to be used.
  • the tag may be selected based on the intended use only.
  • the tag may therefore be selected based on the intended use of the article 2014a - 2014c or based on the properties of article 2014a - 2014c and the intended use of the article 2014a - 2014c.
  • the system 2010 applies the selected tag to the article of articles 2014a - 2014c to secure the selected tag to the respective article (for example using the tag applier 2017 described above).
  • NFC tags selected based, at least in part, on an intended use of an article 2014a - 2014c permits the manufacturing of articles intended for different uses on the same production line. For example, identical devices may be manufactured, with only the tag applied in the step 2028 being different.
  • FIG. 17 is a block diagram of an example process in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • the process shown in FIG. 18 is an example implementation of step 2024 of the process 2020 described above.
  • the first step 2024a may comprise determining or defining the intended use of the respective devices or consumables. Note that in some example embodiments, each of the plurality of devices or consumables has identical functionality.
  • the one or more parameters determined in the step 2024a may include the jurisdiction in which the article is intended to be used or marketed. However, alternative parameters may be determined in addition to, or instead of, the intended jurisdiction. These may relate to operation parameters (such as a temperature profiles or quantities of active substances provided by the article).
  • the device may (as may be required by the law in a particular jurisdiction) require that the user of the aerosol provision device is authorised to use the consumable, and may require authentication of this.
  • the device may store in a memory an indicator of the identity of the user and the kind of authentication of that identity that was used (for example, the indicator of identity may be an age of the user, and the kind of authentication may be authentication based on user-submitted scans of an identification document using a personal device, or authentication based on an assessment by a third party using a point-of-sale device).
  • the system 2010 may apply a selected tag to the aerosol provision device itself.
  • An NFC reader device may then determine the regulatory status of the aerosol provision device in the jurisdiction in which it was sold based on data stored in the memory of the tag.
  • an NFC reader device is a point-of-sale device or a personal mobile phone, and "unlocking" the aerosol provision device for use may require that the NFC reader device reads the memory of the NFC tag, determines the requirements for unlocking that should be applied based at least in part on at least some of the data stored in a memory of the NFC tag, enters two-way communication with the aerosol provision device, and unlocks the device if those requirements for unlocking are met (such as a certain age, verified by scanning particular documents.
  • the skilled person will, however, be aware of many alternative implementations.
  • Example embodiments therefore provide systems and methods of adapting the articles 2014a - 2014c for use in different jurisdictions without making changes to the hardware of articles 2014a - 2014c that may necessitate the use of a different production line or additional design work, allowing articles 2014a - 2014c for use in different jurisdictions to be made more cost effectively and allowing for quick adaptation to regulatory changes in different jurisdictions.
  • FIG. 18 is a block diagram of a consumable, indicated generally by reference numeral 2040, in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • Consumable 2040 is a pod in the illustrated embodiment.
  • consumable 2040 may be any consumable suitable for use in an aerosol provision system.
  • System 2010 may attach tag 2030 to consumable 2040 (that is to say, articles 2014a - 2014c may be consumables 2040).
  • NFC tag 2030 is attached to consumable 2040 by system 2010.
  • NFC tag 2030 is in the form of a sticker (as discussed above) and may be attached to any generally flat surface of consumable 2040, or any surface having the general shape of a portion of a cylinder. The skilled person will be aware of other forms that NFC tag 2030 may take, and other means of attaching NFC tag 2030 to consumable 2040.
  • the aerosol generator 2042 may comprise a resistive heater for heating an aerosol generating material, which is not shown, (e.g. a film or a gel) to generate an aerosol (e.g. a vapour).
  • an aerosol generating material e.g. a film or a gel
  • aerosol generator 2042 may instead comprise a susceptor, and rely on an inductor internal or external to consumable 2040 to cause inductive heating of aerosol generator 2042.
  • the skilled person would be aware that the principles described herein are applicable to aerosol provision systems other than those using the resistive heating of this example embodiment.
  • Consumable 2040 is provided by way of example only and is highly schematic. Many variants are possible. In aerosol provision systems of other example embodiments, air may take a different path through the consumable. In such embodiments air may enter consumable 2040 through an interface between consumable 2040 and another portion of the system, and aerosol may leave through a mouthpiece, or air may enter through an inlet of the aerosol generator 2042 and aerosol may leave through an interface between consumable 2040 and another portion of the system.
  • FIG. 19 is a block diagram of an aerosol provision system according to an example embodiment, indicated generally by reference numeral 2050.
  • Aerosol provision system 2050 comprises aerosol provision device 2052 and consumable 2040.
  • the NFC chip 2034 may receive said prompt (in the form of a radio frequency signal) from antenna 2032.
  • the prompt may instruct NFC chip 2034 to retrieve data form memory 2036 and transmit this data to the reader that initially provided the prompt using antenna 2032.
  • the device 2100 of this example comprises a first end member 2106 which comprises a lid 2108 which is moveable relative to the first end member 2106 to close the opening 2104 when no article 2110 is in place.
  • the lid 2108 is shown in an open configuration, however the lid 2108 may move into a closed configuration.
  • a user may cause the lid 2108 to slide in the direction of arrow "B".
  • the memory 1002 may comprise code which, when executed by the processor 1004 implements aspects of the methods and algorithms described herein.
  • the memory 1002 and the processor 1004 may form part of the controller 204 of the processor or control module 2018 described above or may form part of the selector 2304 or applicator 2306 described above.
  • the memory 1002 and the processor 1004 may form part of a controller of the remote device 23 described above.
  • the I/O module 1006 may form part of the remote device 23.

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L'invention concerne un système comprenant un premier dispositif et un second dispositif. Le premier dispositif comprend une étiquette de communication en champ proche ayant une mémoire stockant un identifiant d'une application qui est configurée pour commander des aspects de fonctionnalité d'un système de fourniture d'aérosol non combustible, l'étiquette de communication en champ proche étant configurée pour récupérer l'identifiant à partir de la mémoire et fournir l'identifiant à un lecteur de communication en champ proche du second dispositif en réponse à une invite provenant du lecteur de communication en champ proche. Le second dispositif comprend le lecteur de communication en champ proche pour lire l'étiquette de communication en champ proche du premier dispositif et un dispositif de commande configuré pour obtenir et/ou lancer l'application sur la base dudit identifiant.
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