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

Claim 0:
1. 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 age verification determination 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 comprises 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 external device being associated with an authorized user, 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;
establishing wireless communication between the external device and the vaporization device through the opening and the cover of the vaporization device comprising receiving a signal carrying an authentication code through the opening and the cover from the external device;
in response to establishing wireless communication between the external device and the vaporization device, 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, enabling, by the processor, operability of the vaporization device.