Patent ID: 11871798
Assignee: IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 5:
6. A method of using a mobile device on which an application is installed, wherein the application is configured to communicate with an electronic smoking substitute device, the method comprising the steps of:
instructing, by the application, a user to perform an operation at the electronic smoking substitute device, wherein the operation is inserting an electronic consumable into a main body of the electronic smoking substitute device;
verifying, by the application, whether the operation has been correctly performed by the user at the electronic smoking substitute device; and
informing the user whether the operation has been correctly performed;
communicating, by the electronic smoking substitute device, with the application; and
providing feedback, by the electronic smoking substitute device, to the user, the feedback indicating whether the operation has been correctly performed by the user at the electronic smoking substitute device, the feedback provided to the user by the electronic smoking substitute device includes one or more actions selected from the list of actions performed by the electronic smoking substitute device consisting of: operating a light, operating a light in a predetermined color; operating a flashing light in a predetermined sequence; operating a flashing light in a predetermined color, providing haptic feedback, and producing a sound.