- Patent Title: Fault diagnosis apparatus for electrically operated smoking devices
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Application No.: US15568616Application Date: 2016-04-22
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Publication No.: US10692052B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Felix Fernando , Stephane Antony Hedarchet , Noori Moyad Brifcani
- Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Applicant Address: CH Neuchatel
- Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Current Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Neuchatel
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@3ac2ff8c com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7c183870
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/059098 WO 20160422
- International Announcement: WO2016/173955 WO 20161103
- Main IPC: G06Q10/00
- IPC: G06Q10/00 ; G06Q20/18 ; G06Q20/20 ; G07F11/00 ; G07F11/72 ; G06Q30/06 ; A24F47/00

Abstract:
There is provided an apparatus for providing maintenance services for an electrically operated smoking device, the apparatus including an input including an electrical connector configured to engage electrical contacts on the electrically operated smoking device; and a controller connected to the input and being configured to automatically perform electrical testing of the electrically operated smoking device and to provide a test report based on an outcome of the electrical testing, or to perform a software update or a software reset of the electrically operated smoking device, or to provide both a test report and perform a software update or a software reset of the electrically operated smoking device, when the electrically operated smoking device is connected to the input. There is also provided a system and a method of providing maintenance services to a user of an electrically operated smoking device using a publically accessible automatic testing apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180107989A1 FAULT DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICALLY OPERATED SMOKING DEVICES Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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