Patent ID: 11935350
Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
an age verification system configured to verify an age of a user;
a host device configured to communicate with the age verification system and configured to transmit an audio signal from a speaker based on the verification of the age of the user; and
an aerosol delivery device configured to be authenticated in response to receipt of the audio signal from the host device;
wherein the aerosol delivery device comprises:
processing circuitry,
an audio detector configured to detect a pressure signal caused by a puff of a user or the audio signal transmitted by the host device and provide a communication of the pressure signal to the processing circuitry, and

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
receive the communication of the pressure signal from the audio detector,
determine, based on the communication of the pressure signal, whether the pressure signal was caused by the puff by the user or the audio signal transmitted by the host device,
in response to determining that the pressure signal was caused by the audio signal transmitted by the host device, translate the communication of the pressure signal and determine if the translation is correct for authenticating the aerosol delivery device, and
in response to determining that the pressure signal was caused by the puff by the user, activate a heater of the aerosol delivery device if the aerosol delivery device has been authenticated.