Product use and behavior monitoring instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10856577
APP PUB NO 20190082737A1
SERIAL NO

15710681

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A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a first connector. The first connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a battery element. A second connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a tank element. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the tank and battery element. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.

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RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC401 NORTH MAIN STREET WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alderman, Steven L Lewisville, US 7 195
Baxter-Wright, Sarah A Winston-Salem, US 2 17
Darnell, John Winston-Salem, US 1 10
Hong, Kyung Soo (Jason) Winston-Salem, US 2 17
Nelson, Paul R Winston-Salem, US 3 17
Round, Elaine K Winston-Salem, US 1 10
Sears, Stephen B Siler City, US 60 356
Smith, Jeffrey Sean Winston-Salem, US 7 18
Sur, Rajesh Winston-Salem, US 114 646

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