A system including: a service platform; a computing device in communication with the service platform; and an aerosol delivery device comprising: at least one housing enclosing a reservoir configured to retain an aerosol precursor composition; a heating element controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heating element, or measure a property of the temperature sensor from which the temperature of the heating element is determinable; and a microcontroller unit coupled to the temperature sensor and including a built-in communication interface configured to enable connection to a wireless local area network (WLAN), and communication with the service platform that includes a database over at least one network including the WLAN, the MCU being configured to communicate with the service platform to enable storage of the temperature in the database and analysis of the temperature therefrom, and to enable the computing device in communication with the service platform and remote from the MCU to remotely receive and provide a user-perceptible feedback that indicates the temperature of the heating element is above, at or below a threshold temperature that defines an upper acceptable limit, wherein the MCU is responsive to signals received from, and configured to be remotely controlled by, the computing device to control at least one functional element of the aerosol delivery device, the control of the at least one functional element including altering a locked state of the aerosol delivery device based on the temperature of the heating element. a service platform; a computing device in communication with the service platform; and an aerosol delivery device comprising: at least one housing enclosing a reservoir configured to retain an aerosol precursor composition; a heating element controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heating element, or measure a property of the temperature sensor from which the temperature of the heating element is determinable; and a microcontroller unit coupled to the temperature sensor and including a built-in communication interface configured to enable connection to a wireless local area network (WLAN), and communication with the service platform that includes a database over at least one network including the WLAN, the MCU being configured to communicate with the service platform to enable storage of the temperature in the database and analysis of the temperature therefrom, and to enable the computing device in communication with the service platform and remote from the MCU to remotely receive and provide a user-perceptible feedback that indicates the temperature of the heating element is above, at or below a threshold temperature that defines an upper acceptable limit, wherein the MCU is responsive to signals received from, and configured to be remotely controlled by, the computing device to control at least one functional element of the aerosol delivery device, the control of the at least one functional element including altering a locked state of the aerosol delivery device based on the temperature of the heating element. at least one housing enclosing a reservoir configured to retain an aerosol precursor composition; a heating element controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heating element, or measure a property of the temperature sensor from which the temperature of the heating element is determinable; and a microcontroller unit coupled to the temperature sensor and including a built-in communication interface configured to enable connection to a wireless local area network (WLAN), and communication with the service platform that includes a database over at least one network including the WLAN, the MCU being configured to communicate with the service platform to enable storage of the temperature in the database and analysis of the temperature therefrom, and to enable the computing device in communication with the service platform and remote from the MCU to remotely receive and provide a user-perceptible feedback that indicates the temperature of the heating element is above, at or below a threshold temperature that defines an upper acceptable limit, wherein the MCU is responsive to signals received from, and configured to be remotely controlled by, the computing device to control at least one functional element of the aerosol delivery device, the control of the at least one functional element including altering a locked state of the aerosol delivery device based on the temperature of the heating element.