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

Claim 0:
1. A system for managing an electronic smoking substitute device, the system comprising:
a mobile device; and
an electronic smoking substitute device;
wherein the mobile device comprises:
an application installed thereon, the application configured to
communicate with the electronic smoking substitute device, wherein the application is configured to;
instruct 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;
verify whether the operation has been correctly performed by the user at the electronic smoking substitute device; and,
inform the user whether the operation has been correctly performed;

wherein the electronic smoking substitute device is configured to communicate with the application, and
wherein the electronic smoking substitute device is configured to inform the user whether the operation has been correctly performed by the user at the electronic smoking substitute device by providing feedback to the user, 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.