Patent ID: 11903415
Assignee: GLAS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 6:
7. A method of communicating between a vaporization device and an external device, the method comprising:
receiving, at an external device associated with an individual, an authentication code indicative that the individual is an authenticated user of a vaporization device, the vaporization device having a processor, a memory, and a body including an opening and a cover covering the opening, the opening formed through a surface of the body and fully surrounded by the body, the body comprising an elongated recess formed by the surface, the cover disposed in the recess and on top of the surface, the opening and the cover configured to enable wireless communication through the opening and through the cover, the body having a longitudinal axis and a cartridge receptacle having a cartridge opening that surrounds the longitudinal axis of the body, wherein a cartridge is to be slidably received through the cartridge opening and to move within the cartridge receptacle while surrounded by the cartridge receptacle as the cartridge slides within the cartridge receptacle along the longitudinal axis;
accessing a signal carrying the authentication code at the vaporization device;
in response to accessing the signal, comparing, using the processor of the vaporization device, the authentication code to a reference authentication code stored in the memory of the vaporization device; and
in response to the authentication code matching the reference authentication code, the processor accesses and executes an activation command and switches, by the processor, the vaporization device between a first operational mode and a second operational mode.