WO2022032758A1

WO2022032758A1 - Electronic cigarette use method, electronic cigarette system, and client device

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Publication number: WO2022032758A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/113288
Authority: WO
Inventors: 古莹飘; 金刚; 王业凝
Original assignee: 深圳市国科瑞芯科技有限公司
Priority date: 2020-08-14
Filing date: 2020-09-03
Publication date: 2022-02-17
Also published as: CN114073341A; CN114073341B

Abstract

An electronic cigarette use method, an electronic cigarette system, and a client device. The method comprises: in response to an input operation of a user, acquiring identity information of the user (101); identifying, on the basis of the identity information, whether the user falls within a population that is allowed to use an electronic cigarette (102); if the user falls within a population that is allowed to use an electronic cigarette, acquiring identifier information of an electronic cigarette (103); and binding the identifier information of the electronic cigarette with a user identifier of the user to activate the electronic cigarette to be in a usable state (104). The technical solution achieves the purpose of protecting minors, and reduces the occurrence rate of private electronic cigarette use by minors.

Description

Electronic cigarette use method, electronic cigarette system and client device

cross reference

This application refers to Chinese Patent Application No. 2020108212761, which was filed on August 14, 2020, and is entitled "Method for Using Electronic Cigarettes, Electronic Cigarette Systems, and Client Devices", the entire contents of which are incorporated into this application by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, and in particular relates to a method for using electronic cigarettes, an electronic cigarette system and client equipment.

Background technique

Electronic cigarettes, such as atomized electronic cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco heating equipment, etc. Atomized electronic cigarette is an electronic product that imitates cigarettes. It is a product that allows users to smoke after turning nicotine into vapor through atomization and other means. Heat-not-burn tobacco heating equipment heats tobacco products (such as cigarettes) in a non-combustible manner, which reduces many harmful components on the basis of maintaining the taste of traditional cigarette-like tobacco.

At present, the electronic cigarette devices on the market do not have suitable means of protection for minors, so that minors can use electronic cigarette devices, thereby affecting the physical and mental health of minors.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to solve or improve the problems existing in the prior art, various embodiments of the present application provide a method for using an electronic cigarette, an electronic cigarette system, and a client device.

In the embodiments of the present application, a method for using an electronic cigarette is provided. The method includes:

In response to the user's input operation, obtain the identity information of the user; based on the identity information, identify whether the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette; when the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette , obtain the identification information of the electronic cigarette; bind the identification information of the electronic cigarette with the user identification of the user, so as to activate the electronic cigarette and make it in a usable state.

Further, the method for using the electronic cigarette further includes: sending the identity information of the user to the electronic cigarette, so that the electronic cigarette encrypts and stores the identity information locally.

Further, acquiring the identification information of the electronic cigarette includes: searching and acquiring the identification information of at least one electronic cigarette; and acquiring the identification information of the target electronic cigarette determined by the user in response to the user's operation on the at least one electronic cigarette.

Further, the electronic cigarette is: an atomized electronic cigarette or a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device; when the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the acquired identification information is a tobacco rod device identification; When the electronic cigarette is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device, the acquired identification information is the device identification of the tobacco heating device.

Further, when the electronic cigarette is an atomizing electronic cigarette, the method further includes: obtaining a cartridge identification of a cartridge through a cigarette rod device of the atomizing electronic cigarette; comparing the cartridge identification with the The user identification is bound to activate the pod so that the cigarette rod device can heat the pod.

Further, when the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the method further includes: configuring a first periodic activation condition; obtaining the remaining number of cartridges bound to the user identification; and the remaining number satisfying the first When a condition is periodically activated, the cigarette rod device is triggered to be in a disabled state, waiting for an activation operation.

Further, the method for using the electronic cigarette further includes: when the remaining number of the cartridges is zero, or when the operation of replacing the cartridges is monitored, triggering the cigarette rod device to be in a disabled state to wait for an activation operation.

Further, when the electronic cigarette is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device, the method further includes: configuring a second periodic activation condition; obtaining the remaining quantity of heatable tobacco products; and the remaining quantity of the heatable tobacco products meeting all requirements. When the second periodic activation condition is met, the tobacco heating device is triggered to be in a disabled state, waiting for an activation operation.

Further, the method for using the electronic cigarette further includes: when the remaining quantity of the heatable tobacco products is zero, triggering the tobacco heating device to be in a disabled state to wait for an activation operation.

Further, the electronic cigarette using method further includes: in response to a non-use event triggered by a user, triggering the electronic cigarette to be in a disabled state to wait for an activation operation.

Further, the identity information includes at least one of the following: identity identification, biometric information.

Further, based on the identity information, identifying whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes includes: identifying whether the user is an adult based on the identity identifier; and/or based on the biometric information, Identify whether the current operating user is the user corresponding to the identity identifier.

Further, the method for using the electronic cigarette further includes: in response to the user's request to enter the operation page, collecting the user's biometric information, and storing the biometric information locally; after detecting the user's biometric information, Obtain locally stored sample information; compare the biometric information with the sample information; based on the comparison result, determine whether to display the operation page, so that the user can view the bound electronic cigarette through the operation page relevant information, and/or complete the control operation for binding the electronic cigarette.

Further, the method for using the electronic cigarette further includes: when the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette, requesting a server device to generate a corresponding consumption code for the user; and displaying the consumption code.

In the embodiments of the present application, an electronic cigarette system is provided. The electronic cigarette system includes: a first client device, configured to obtain the user's identity information in response to an input operation of the user; based on the identity information, identify whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes; When the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette, obtain the identification information of the electronic cigarette; bind the identification information of the electronic cigarette with the user identification of the user, and send the activation information to the electronic cigarette ; The electronic cigarette is used for sending the identification information to the first client device, and is also used for switching to a usable state after receiving the activated information.

Further, when the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the atomized electronic cigarette cigarette rod device is used to obtain the cartridge identification of the cartridge when the inserted cartridge is detected; sent to the first client device; the first client device is used to bind the cartridge identifier with the user identifier, and send cartridges to the pod device of the atomizing electronic cigarette Activated information; the cigarette rod device of the atomizing electronic cigarette is further used for heating the pod after receiving the activation information of the pod.

Further, the electronic cigarette system further includes: the first client device, which is further configured to send the identity information of the user to the electronic cigarette, so that the electronic cigarette encrypts and stores the identity information locally ; a second client device, configured to read and decrypt the identity information stored in the electronic cigarette, and display the identity information.

Further, the electronic cigarette system further includes: the first client device, which is further configured to send the bound identification information of the electronic cigarette and the user identification to the server device, and send the recorded The user behavior data corresponding to the user identification is sent to the server device; the server device is used to obtain and store the bound identification information of the electronic cigarette and the user identification, as well as the user behavior data corresponding to the user identification. ; When the number of different electronic cigarettes bound to the same user ID is greater than or equal to the threshold, or when it is determined that the electronic cigarette usage behavior is abnormal by analyzing the user behavior data corresponding to the same user ID, corresponding prompt information is generated.

Further, the server device is also used to determine the user identifiers bound with the number of different electronic cigarettes greater than or equal to the threshold or the user identifiers corresponding to abnormal electronic cigarette use behaviors as abnormal identifiers; add the abnormal identifiers. and obtain the identification information of at least one electronic cigarette bound to the abnormal identification, and send a locking instruction to the corresponding at least one electronic cigarette according to the identification information of the at least one electronic cigarette, so that the at least one electronic cigarette The electronic cigarette is locked.

In an embodiment of the present application, a client device is provided, including: a memory and a processor;

Wherein, the memory is used to store a program; the processor is coupled to the memory and used to execute the program stored in the memory, so as to: in response to an input operation of a user, obtain the user identity information; based on the identity information, identify whether the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette; when the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette, obtain the identification information of the electronic cigarette; The identification information of the electronic cigarette is bound with the user identification of the user, so as to activate the electronic cigarette and make it in a usable state.

The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of this application use the identity information input by the user to identify whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes; when the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes (such as an adult group) The e-cigarette is activated by determining the identification information of the e-cigarette and the user identification information to be in a usable state; when the user is not suitable for the use of e-cigarettes (such as minors), the e-cigarette cannot be activated, and the e-cigarette is in Disabled; to achieve the purpose of protecting minors and reduce the incidence of unauthorized use of e-cigarettes by minors.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description These are some embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings without any creative effort. In the attached image:

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for using an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present application;

2 is a schematic diagram of a page corresponding to a registration authentication operation provided by an embodiment of the present application;

3 is a schematic diagram of an identity authentication result display page provided by an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a schematic diagram of an electronic cigarette search result page provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of page display content after successful activation and binding provided by an embodiment of the present application;

6 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette device according to an embodiment of the application;

7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette system according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a client device according to another embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

At present, there is no effective management method for the use of e-cigarettes by minors, resulting in minors can use e-cigarettes at will, thus affecting their health. The electronic cigarette use method, electronic cigarette system and client device provided by this application can effectively avoid the problem of minors using electronic cigarettes at will.

The technical solution for the protection of minors in this application requires electronic cigarettes to meet the following conditions:

1. All electronic cigarettes have a unique UID in the world, which is unbreakable, uncopyable and undestructable. The unique identification number can be used for the whole process management, and the product information and production information can be traced through the UID.

2. The factory default of electronic cigarette is "locked", that is, the electronic cigarette obtained by any consumer cannot be used directly.

3. Electronic cigarettes must be "activated" before they can be used. The activation method satisfies the technical characteristics of "low cost, convenient and easy to use".

Fourth, the "activation process" must meet the following requirements:

1. It is necessary to verify the user's identity information and verify the age;

2. The verification of identity information must pass biometric identification to ensure the operation of the person;

3. The activated e-cigarette must save the identity information of the activator or a pointer to the information;

4. The above-mentioned identity information or information pointer must be encrypted and only reasonably open to authorized personnel;

5. The activated electronic cigarette has "activation time-limitation", and the electronic cigarette that exceeds the time limit must be activated repeatedly.

6. The identity information of the activator for each activation operation must be verified and stored.

In order to make the purposes, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments It is a part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present application are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present application. As used in the examples of this application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "the," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, "a plurality" Generally, at least two kinds are included, but the case of including at least one kind is not excluded.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe XXX in the embodiments of the present application, these XXX should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish XXX from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present application, the first XXX may also be referred to as the second XXX, and similarly, the second XXX may also be referred to as the first XXX. Depending on the context, the words "if", "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at" or "when" or "in response to determining" or "in response to monitoring". Similarly, depending on the context, the phrases "if determined" or "if monitored (the stated condition or event)" could be interpreted as "when determined" or "in response to determining" or "when monitored (the stated condition or event)" )” or “in response to monitoring (statement or event)”.

It should also be noted that the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a commodity or system comprising a list of elements includes not only those elements, but also includes not explicitly listed other elements, or elements inherent to the commodity or system. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the article or system that includes the element.

The technical solution provided by this embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for using an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes:

101. Acquire the identity information of the user in response to an input operation of the user;

102. Based on the identity information, identify whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes;

103. When the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette, obtain identification information of the electronic cigarette;

104. Bind the identification information of the electronic cigarette with the user identification of the user, so as to activate the electronic cigarette and make it in a usable state.

In the above step 101, the identity information includes at least one of the following: an identity identifier and biometric information. Wherein, the identity information includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: the user's name, ID number, etc.; the biometric information includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: the user's fingerprint, facial features, iris, voiceprint, etc.

In the above step 102, based on the identity information, identifying whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes/pods can be identified through the following two aspects:

1. Identify whether the user is an adult according to the identity identifier. For example, whether the user is an adult who has reached the age of 18 can be identified according to the user's ID number.

2. According to the biometric information, identify whether the current operating user is the user corresponding to the identity identifier, and compare the collected biometric information with the user's biometric information stored locally or obtained from a relevant management agency. If the comparison results are consistent, it can be identified that the user is the user; if the comparison results are inconsistent, it can be identified that the user is not the user. Secondly, in order to ensure the accuracy of the recognition, the biometric information such as the user's fingerprint, facial features, iris and other biometric information can be compared one by one.

In the above step 103, "obtaining the identification information of the electronic cigarette" can be completed through the following steps:

1031. Search and obtain identification information of at least one electronic cigarette;

1032. In response to the user's operation on the at least one electronic cigarette, acquire identification information of the target electronic cigarette determined by the user.

In the above step 1032, the user may manually click to select the identification information corresponding to the electronic cigarette that the user wants to add from the searched identification information of at least one electronic cigarette.

This embodiment provides that the execution subject of the method is a client device, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a smart wearable device (such as a smart watch, smart glasses, etc.), a computer, etc., which is not specifically limited in this embodiment. A corresponding application APP or program is installed on the client device. For example, the user turns on the Bluetooth function on the client device and opens the application APP; after entering the APP, the user can enter the identity information through the

above steps

101 and 102, such as nickname, name, identification information, mobile phone number and so on. As shown in Figure 2, the user can enter the registration information through the page on the left. After completing the filling and saving of the registration information, the APP jumps to the page on the right. The user can fill in the information with identity authentication through the page on the right, such as name , identification information (such as ID number, etc.). After the user clicks the "Verify" control, the background verification phase is entered. The authentication process can be completed when it is verified that the user belongs to the group using electronic cigarettes through the identity information input by the user. Referring to Fig. 3, the result of identity authentication can be displayed in the page shown in Fig. 3, which shows whether the age meets legal requirements, whether the identity information verification is passed, whether the face comparison is passed, the verification result, etc. After the authentication is passed, the user can log in to the personal account through the APP to bind and activate the electronic cigarette. The client device can search for nearby electronic cigarettes through the Bluetooth function, and display the identification information of the searched electronic cigarettes. Referring to Fig. 4, the user can start searching for nearby electronic cigarettes by clicking "Search for devices" on the page. The identification information of the searched electronic cigarette as shown in FIG. 4 is "*****". Users can manually click on the searched electronic cigarette to add the electronic cigarette. If there are multiple electronic cigarettes searched, the user can select one of them as the electronic cigarette to be bound.

In the above steps 103-104, the identification information of the electronic cigarette may be the UID (unique identification code) of the electronic cigarette; the identification information of the user may be the user's account information, etc., which is not limited in this embodiment. After the client device of the method described in this embodiment completes the binding of the user identification and the identification information of the electronic cigarette, a display similar to "**electronic cigarette and Chen**, user number** may be displayed on the client device. *bound", and prompt whether to activate the electronic cigarette. For example, the "activation" and "cancel" controls are displayed on the user interface; the user can trigger the activation of the electronic cigarette by clicking the "activation" control. In response to the activation operation of the electronic cigarette triggered by the user, the client device sends a message of successful binding and activation to the electronic cigarette by means of, for example, Bluetooth, and at this time, the electronic cigarette can be switched from the disabled state to the usable state. For example, as shown in Figure 5, after completing the activation and binding of the electronic cigarette, the user can see the relevant information of the electronic cigarette on the page shown in Figure 5, such as unique identification code, production plant, production date, connection Status (connected ready-to-use status).

It should be noted here that according to different heating objects, the electronic cigarette in this embodiment may include two types of devices, namely: atomizing electronic cigarette or heat-not-burn tobacco heating device. When the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the atomized electronic cigarette includes a cigarette rod device and a pod; the electronic cigarette bound in the above steps may specifically be a cigarette rod device; The identification information is the identification of the cigarette rod equipment. When the electronic cigarette is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device (HNB device for short), the electronic cigarette bound in the above steps may specifically be an HNB device, that is, the identification information obtained in the above step 103 is the information of the tobacco heating device. Equipment Identity.

The technical solution provided by this embodiment uses the identity information input by the user to identify whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes; when the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes (such as adults), the The identification information of the cigarette and the user identification information are used to activate the electronic cigarette to be in a usable state; when the user is not suitable for the use of electronic cigarettes (such as minors), the electronic cigarette cannot be activated, and the electronic cigarette is in a disabled state. To achieve the purpose of protecting minors and reduce the incidence of unauthorized use of e-cigarettes by minors.

Further, the method provided in this embodiment may further include the following steps:

105. Send the identity information of the user to the electronic cigarette, so that the electronic cigarette encrypts and stores the identity information locally.

Specifically, the execution body of the method described in this embodiment, such as a client device, can send the identity information bound to the electronic cigarette to the electronic cigarette; this is convenient for other electronic devices (such as monitoring devices held by supervisors) to directly Read the identity information bound in the electronic cigarette to facilitate the supervision and management of relevant personnel (such as supervisors).

Further, in order to facilitate the user to view the relevant information of the binding electronic cigarette and/or complete the control operation on the binding electronic cigarette, the use method of the electronic cigarette further includes:

201. In response to a user's request for entering an operation page, collect biometric information of the user, and store the biometric information locally;

202. After detecting the biometric information of the user, obtain locally stored sample information;

203. Compare the biometric information with the sample information;

204. Based on the comparison result, determine whether to display the operation page, so that the user can view information related to the binding of the electronic cigarette and/or complete the control operation of the binding electronic cigarette through the operation page. Specifically, when the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the relevant information bound to the electronic cigarette that can be viewed may include, but is not limited to: whether the pod is genuine, the flavor of the pod, and the product number of the pod (such as the pod chip). product serial number code in), cartridge status (whether it can be used), cartridge source information (such as generation date, production serial number, dealer number, activation address, etc.), the remaining number of cartridges, etc. The control operations for binding the electronic cigarette may include, but are not limited to: locking the cigarette rod device, binding a new cigarette rod device, reactivating the cigarette rod device operation, and the like.

When the electronic cigarette is an HNB device, the relevant information about the binding electronic cigarette can include, but is not limited to: whether the heatable tobacco product is genuine information, the tobacco product number (such as the product serial number code in the cigarette case chip), tobacco Product source information (such as production date, production serial number, dealer number, etc.), remaining quantity of heatable tobacco products, etc. The control operation for binding the electronic cigarette may include, but is not limited to, the operation of locking the HNB device, the operation of binding a new HNB device, the operation of reactivating the HNB device, and the like.

When the electronic cigarette in this embodiment is an atomized electronic cigarette, the method provided in this embodiment may further include the following steps:

S11, obtaining the cartridge identification of the cartridge through the cartridge device of the atomizing electronic cigarette;

S12. Bind the pod identifier to the user identifier to activate the pod so that the pod device can heat the pod.

Specifically, after the pod is inserted into the pod device of the atomizing electronic cigarette, the execution body of this embodiment, such as the client device, can obtain the pod identifier of the pod through the pod device, and associate the pod identifier with the pod identifier. The user ID is bound to activate the cartridge, so that the atomizing device can heat the cartridge.

Further, in order to prevent minors from using atomized electronic cigarettes, activation conditions can be configured for atomized electronic cigarettes. The specific process is as follows:

S13. Configure a first periodic activation condition;

S14, obtaining the remaining number of cartridges bound to the user ID;

S15. When the remaining number of mouths meets the first periodic activation condition, trigger the cigarette rod device to be in a disabled state to wait for an activation operation.

Specifically, the first periodic activation condition may include one or more thresholds, such as: N1, N2, . . . and so on.

Assuming that the remaining number of cartridges currently activated is A, if A is equal to N1, it means that the remaining number of cartridges satisfies the first regular activation condition. The process of triggering the cigarette rod device may specifically be: the execution subject of the method provided in this embodiment sends a disabling message to the cigarette rod device, and the cigarette rod device switches the currently available state to the disabled state after receiving the disabling message. If the user wants to use the cigarette rod device again, he needs to re-use the execution body (eg, client device) of this embodiment to activate the cigarette rod device. The specific activation process, such as using biometric information to enter the client application, can continue to use the cigarette rod device to heat the cartridge after performing the corresponding activation operation.

Of course, the first periodical activation condition can also be configured in a time-limited manner. For example, after 10 minutes or 20 minutes of continuous use, the cigarette rod device needs to be reactivated. For example, generally, after a user uses an electronic cigarette to smoke continuously for 20 minutes, the regular activation condition is met, and the cigarette rod device is triggered to be in a disabled state. If users want to continue to use, they need to reactivate. Setting regular activation conditions to re-authenticate and activate the vaping electronic cigarette can effectively avoid the use of people other than the user during the use of the vaping electronic cigarette.

Further, when the remaining number of cartridges is zero, or when the operation of replacing the cartridge is monitored, the cigarette rod device can be triggered to be in a disabled state to wait for the next activation operation.

When the electronic cigarette in this embodiment is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device, the method provided in this embodiment may further include the following steps:

S21. Configure a second periodic activation condition;

S22. Obtain the remaining quantity of heatable tobacco products;

S23. When the remaining quantity of the heatable tobacco products satisfies the second periodic activation condition, trigger the tobacco heating device to be in a disabled state to wait for an activation operation.

Likewise, the above-mentioned first periodic activation condition may include one or more thresholds, such as: M1 root, M2 root, . . . and so on. For example, every time a user smokes 5 cigarettes, the HNB device needs to be reactivated.

Further, when the remaining quantity of the heatable tobacco product is zero, the tobacco heating device is triggered to be in a disabled state, waiting for an activation operation.

In the actual application of the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette can also be triggered to be in a disabled state in response to a non-use event triggered by the user, waiting for an activation operation. The non-use event may be the lock button in the electronic cigarette APP. For example, the user can manually click the lock button through the APP when not using the electronic cigarette to avoid the use of the electronic cigarette by minors.

Further, the solution provided in this embodiment can also be controlled in the sales link, and sales to minors are prohibited. That is, the technical solution provided by this embodiment may further include the following steps:

When the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette, request the server device to generate a corresponding consumption code for the user;

The consumption code is displayed.

Specifically, for example, when a user needs to buy an electronic cigarette, the consumption code can be displayed to the salesperson through the client APP, so that strict control can be achieved in the sales process and the use of electronic cigarettes by minors can be avoided.

The technical solutions and technical problems solved by the present application can be intuitively understood through a typical application case below:

An electronic cigarette developed by an electronic cigarette manufacturer adopts the technical solution of the present application.

Each electronic cigarette and cartridge chip has a unique identification number UID, and the identification number is associated with production information.

Consumer A confirmed his identity and age information by showing his ID card at the specialty store and purchased the electronic cigarette. Or, Consumer A applies for a consumption code through the client application APP, and the consumption code can only be applied when Consumer A is an adult. Consumer A needs to display the consumption code through the client application APP when purchasing electronic cigarettes, and provide it to the seller of electronic cigarettes or tobacco products. The salesperson can use the corresponding equipment to read the consumption code, verify the consumption code, and determine whether it is possible to sell electronic cigarettes (such as atomized electronic cigarette rods) to users who hold the code based on the verification result of the consumption code. equipment, atomizing electronic cigarette cartridges, HNB equipment, tobacco products, etc.).

User A uses the mobile phone to download the e-cigarette APP, authenticates his identity and age through the interface provided by the APP, ensures his operation through face recognition, and activates the e-cigarette through Bluetooth communication and uses it normally.

If A's relative B (minor) gets the electronic cigarette left by A and keeps it privately for smoking, when he replaces the pod and finds that he cannot continue to use it, he will be prompted for identity authentication. B tried to activate the electronic cigarette again with his own identity, and found that the age did not meet the requirements and could not be used. That is, using the solution provided in this embodiment, when a new cartridge needs to be replaced, the new cartridge also needs to be activated by binding it with the user ID, and the activation process must verify whether it is a group suitable for the use of electronic cigarettes (such as adults). ), even if a minor smokes the remaining activated cartridges, the verification needs to be activated again when replacing a new cartridge, so the harm to minors is limited to a very small and controllable range. There will be no long-term harm to it.

B asks adult C to help activate the electronic cigarette. C uses his own identity to activate the electronic cigarette and hand it over to B for use. C's identity information is recorded inside the electronic cigarette chip. The activator information is stored in the internal encryption of the atomizing rod device or HNB device of the electronic cigarette. Minor B is reported by consumer E when he uses electronic cigarettes in public. Supervisors can query the information of activator C stored in the electronic cigarette encryption chip through relevant equipment, and supervisors can quickly lock the adult C to facilitate the decision. Further processing; on the other hand, to reduce the probability of such illegal acts by increasing the liability of adults for illegally helping others activate their devices.

The technical solutions provided in this application, that is, the methods in the foregoing embodiments, can be implemented based on the following devices. Specifically, FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette device according to an embodiment of the application. As shown in Figure 6, the device includes:

The first obtaining module 61 is configured to obtain the identity information of the user in response to the user's input operation;

An identification module 62, configured to identify whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes based on the identity information;

The second obtaining module 63 is configured to obtain the identification information of the electronic cigarette when the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette;

The first activation module 64 is configured to bind the identification information of the electronic cigarette with the user identification of the user, so as to activate the electronic cigarette and make it in a usable state.

Further, the device also includes:

A sending module, configured to send the identity information of the user to the electronic cigarette, so that the electronic cigarette encrypts and stores the identity information locally.

Further, the second acquisition module 63 also includes:

a search unit, used to search for and obtain identification information of at least one electronic cigarette;

An acquiring unit, configured to acquire identification information of a target electronic cigarette determined by the user in response to the user's operation on the at least one electronic cigarette.

Further, the electronic cigarette is: an atomized electronic cigarette or a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device; when the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the identification information obtained by the acquisition unit is a tobacco rod Device identification; when the electronic cigarette is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device, the identification information obtained by the acquiring unit is the device identification of the tobacco heating device.

Further, when the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the device further includes:

a third acquisition module, configured to acquire the cartridge identifier of the cartridge through the device of the atomized electronic cigarette;

The second activation module is used for binding the pod identification and the user identification to activate the pod so that the cigarette rod device can heat the pod.

a configuration module for configuring the first periodic activation condition;

a fourth acquisition module, used for acquiring the remaining number of cartridges bound to the user ID;

The first triggering module is used to trigger the cigarette rod device to be in a disabled state when the remaining number of mouths meets the first regular activation condition to wait for an activation operation.

Further, the device also includes:

The second trigger module is used for triggering the cigarette rod device to be in a disabled state to wait for the activation operation when the remaining number of the pods is zero, or when the operation of replacing the pod is monitored.

Further, when the electronic cigarette is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device, the device further includes:

a second configuration module, configured to configure a second periodic activation condition;

a fifth obtaining module, used to obtain the remaining quantity of heatable tobacco products;

A third trigger module for triggering the tobacco heating device to be in a disabled state to wait for an activation operation when the remaining quantity of the heatable tobacco products satisfies the second periodic activation condition.

Further, the device also includes:

a fourth triggering module for triggering the tobacco heating device to be in a disabled state to wait for an activation operation when the remaining quantity of the heatable tobacco products is zero.

Further, the device also includes:

The fifth triggering module is configured to trigger the electronic cigarette to be in a disabled state in response to a non-use event triggered by a user to wait for an activation operation.

Further, the identification module 62 includes:

a first identification unit for identifying whether the user is an adult based on the identity identifier; and/or

The second identifying unit is configured to identify, based on the biometric information, whether the current operating user is the user corresponding to the identity identifier.

Further, the device also includes:

a collection module, configured to collect the biometric information of the user in response to the user's request for entering the operation page, and store the biometric information locally;

a sixth acquisition module, configured to acquire locally stored sample information after detecting the user's biometric information;

a comparison module, configured to compare the biometric information with the sample information;

A determination module, configured to determine whether to display the operation page based on the comparison result, so that the user can view the related information of the bound electronic cigarette and/or complete the control operation of the bound electronic cigarette through the operation page.

Further, the device also includes:

a requesting module, configured to request the server device to generate a corresponding consumption code for the user when the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette;

The display module is used to display the consumption code.

The technical solution provided by the present application, that is, the method in the foregoing embodiment, can be implemented based on the following system architecture. Specifically, FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette system according to an embodiment of the application. As shown in Figure 7, the system includes:

The first client device 701 is configured to obtain the user's identity information in response to the user's input operation; based on the identity information, identify whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes; Obtain the identification information of the electronic cigarette when using the electronic cigarette; bind the identification information of the electronic cigarette with the user identification of the user, and send the activation information to the electronic cigarette;

The electronic cigarette 702 is configured to send the identification information to the first client device, and is further configured to switch to a usable state after receiving the activated information.

The above-mentioned first client device 701 is a client device used by a user, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a smart wearable device, a computer and other available devices.

The above-mentioned electronic cigarette 702 may be an atomizing electronic cigarette or a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device in practical application. When the electronic cigarette is an atomizing electronic cigarette, the acquired identification information is a tobacco rod device identification; when the electronic cigarette is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device, the acquired identification information is tobacco Device identification of the heating device.

When the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the cigarette rod device of the atomized electronic cigarette is used to obtain the cartridge identification of the cartridge when the inserted cartridge is detected; and send the cartridge identification to The first client device; correspondingly, the first client device is used to bind the cartridge identification with the user identification, and send cartridges to the atomizing electronic cigarette rod device Activated information; Correspondingly, the cigarette rod device of the atomizing electronic cigarette is also used to power on the pod to heat the pod after receiving the activated information of the pod.

Further, the first client device 701 is further configured to send the identity information of the user to the electronic cigarette, so that the electronic cigarette encrypts and stores the identity information locally. Correspondingly, the electronic cigarette system further includes: a second client device 703 for reading and decrypting the identity information stored in the electronic cigarette, and displaying the identity information. Wherein, the second client device is a terminal used by supervisors.

It should be noted here that the first client device in this embodiment can implement the functions corresponding to the steps provided in the foregoing method embodiments, and for related content, refer to the content in the foregoing embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

Further, the first client device 701 is further configured to send the bound identification information of the electronic cigarette and the user identification to the server device, and record the user usage behavior corresponding to the user identification The data is sent to the server device. Correspondingly, the electronic cigarette system further includes: a server device 704 that acquires and stores the bound identification information of the electronic cigarette and the user identification, as well as user behavior data corresponding to the user identification; When the number of different e-cigarettes bound to the identifier is greater than or equal to the threshold, or when it is determined that the e-cigarette usage behavior is abnormal by analyzing the user usage behavior data corresponding to the same user identifier, corresponding prompt information is generated.

Further, the server device 704 is further configured to determine the user identifiers bound with the number of different e-cigarettes greater than or equal to the threshold or the user identifiers corresponding to abnormal e-cigarette use behaviors as abnormal identifiers; Add to the blacklist; and obtain the identification information of at least one electronic cigarette bound to the abnormal identification, and send a lock instruction to the corresponding at least one electronic cigarette according to the identification information of the at least one electronic cigarette, so that the at least one electronic cigarette is locked. An e-cigarette is locked to prevent users from activating e-cigarettes for minors.

For example, the server device alarmed and found that Consumer D had purchased and activated more than 100 electronic cigarettes within a month, and the behavior was abnormal. During the specific implementation, the actual investigation can also be carried out manually. After the investigation, it is found that the situation is true, not caused by hardware errors, etc., D can be blacklisted, and consumer D cannot purchase in the store and activate it later. Any other electronic cigarette. The above-mentioned more than 100 electronic cigarettes activated by D become locked and cannot be activated again.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic structural diagram of a client device provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 8 , the client device includes: a memory and a processor; wherein,

The memory 8001 is used to store programs;

The processor 8002, coupled to the memory, is configured to execute the program stored in the memory for:

In response to the user's input operation, obtain the user's identity information;

Identifying whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes based on the identity information;

When the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette, obtain the identification information of the electronic cigarette;

The identification information of the electronic cigarette is bound with the user identification of the user, so as to activate the electronic cigarette and make it in a usable state.

The above-described memory 8001 may be configured to store various other data to support operations on the scheduling device. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the scheduling device. Memory 8001 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or combination thereof, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Magnetic Memory, Flash Memory, Magnetic or Optical Disk.

When the above-mentioned processor 8002 executes the program in the memory 8001, in addition to the above functions, other functions may also be implemented. For details, please refer to the descriptions of the foregoing embodiments.

Correspondingly, the embodiments of the present application further provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a computer, the steps or functions of the methods for using electronic cigarettes provided by the foregoing embodiments can be implemented.

The device embodiments described above are only illustrative, wherein the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in One place, or it can be distributed over multiple network elements. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution in this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without creative effort.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware. Based on this understanding, the above-mentioned technical solutions can be embodied in the form of software products in essence or the parts that make contributions to the prior art, and the computer software products can be stored in computer-readable storage media, such as ROM/RAM, magnetic A disc, an optical disc, etc., includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, but not to limit them; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: it can still be The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments are modified, or some technical features thereof are equivalently replaced; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

A method of using an electronic cigarette, comprising:

In response to the user's input operation, obtain the user's identity information;

Identifying whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes based on the identity information;

When the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette, obtain the identification information of the electronic cigarette;

The identification information of the electronic cigarette is bound with the user identification of the user, so as to activate the electronic cigarette and make it in a usable state.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

The identity information of the user is sent to the electronic cigarette, so that the electronic cigarette encrypts and stores the identity information locally.
The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the identification information of the electronic cigarette comprises:

Search and obtain identification information of at least one electronic cigarette;

In response to the user's operation on the at least one electronic cigarette, the identification information of the target electronic cigarette determined by the user is acquired.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the electronic cigarette is: an atomizing electronic cigarette or a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device;

When the electronic cigarette is an atomizing electronic cigarette, the acquired identification information is a device identification of a cigarette rod;

When the electronic cigarette is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device, the acquired identification information is the device identification of the tobacco heating device.
The method according to claim 4, wherein when the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the method further comprises:

Obtain the cartridge identification of the cartridge through the cartridge device of the atomized electronic cigarette;

The pod identification and the user identification are bound to activate the pod so that the pod device can heat the pod.
The method according to claim 4, wherein, when the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette, the method further comprises:

configure the first periodic activation condition;

Obtain the remaining number of cartridges bound to the user ID;

When the remaining number of mouths satisfies the first periodic activation condition, the cigarette rod device is triggered to be in a disabled state to wait for an activation operation.
The method of claim 6, further comprising:

When the remaining number of the cartridges is zero, or the operation of replacing cartridges is monitored, the device is triggered to be in a disabled state to wait for an activation operation.
The method according to claim 4, wherein when the electronic cigarette is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device, the method further comprises:

configure the second periodic activation condition;

Obtain the remaining quantity of heatable tobacco products;

When the remaining quantity of the heatable tobacco product satisfies the second periodic activation condition, the tobacco heating device is triggered to be in a disabled state, waiting for an activation operation.
The method of claim 4, further comprising:

When the remaining number of heatable tobacco products is zero, the tobacco heating device is triggered to be in a disabled state, awaiting an activation operation.
The method of claim 4, further comprising:

In response to a user-triggered non-use event, the electronic cigarette is triggered to be in a disabled state, waiting for an activation operation.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the identity information includes at least one of the following: an identity identifier and biometric information.
The method according to claim 11, wherein, based on the identity information, identifying whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes comprises:

Identifying whether the user is an adult based on the identifier; and/or

Based on the biometric information, identify whether the current operating user is the user corresponding to the identity identifier.
The method of claim 11, further comprising:

In response to the user's request to enter the operation page, collect the biometric information of the user, and store the biometric information locally;

After detecting the user's biometric information, obtain locally stored sample information;

comparing the biometric information with the sample information;

Based on the comparison result, it is determined whether to display the operation page, so that the user can view the related information of the bound electronic cigarette and/or complete the control operation of the bound electronic cigarette through the operation page.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising:

When the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette, request the server device to generate a corresponding consumption code for the user;

The consumption code is displayed.
An electronic cigarette system, comprising:

a first client device, configured to acquire the user's identity information in response to an input operation of the user; based on the identity information, identify whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes; Obtain the identification information of the electronic cigarette when using the electronic cigarette; bind the identification information of the electronic cigarette with the user identification of the user, and send the activation information to the electronic cigarette;

The electronic cigarette is used for sending the identification information to the first client device, and is also used for switching to a usable state after receiving the activated information.
The system according to claim 15, wherein the electronic cigarette is: an atomizing electronic cigarette or a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device;

When the electronic cigarette is an atomizing electronic cigarette, the acquired identification information is a tobacco rod device identification; when the electronic cigarette is a heat-not-burn tobacco heating device, the acquired identification information is tobacco Device identification of the heating device.
The system according to claim 16, wherein when the electronic cigarette is an atomized electronic cigarette,

The cigarette rod device of the atomizing electronic cigarette is used for obtaining the pod identification of the pod when detecting the inserted pod; and sending the pod identification to the first client device;

the first client device, configured to bind the cartridge identifier to the user identifier, and send cartridge activation information to the pod device of the atomizing electronic cigarette;

The cigarette rod device of the atomizing electronic cigarette is further configured to turn on electricity to heat the pod after receiving the activation information of the pod.
The system of any one of claims 15 to 17, further comprising:

The first client device is further configured to send the identity information of the user to the electronic cigarette, so that the electronic cigarette encrypts and stores the identity information locally;

The second client device is configured to read and decrypt the identity information stored in the electronic cigarette, and display the identity information.
The system of any one of claims 15 to 17, further comprising:

The first client device is further configured to send the bound identification information of the electronic cigarette and the user identification to the server device, and to send the recorded user usage behavior data corresponding to the user identification to the server. the server equipment;

A server-side device for acquiring and storing the bound identification information of the electronic cigarette and the user identification, as well as user usage behavior data corresponding to the user identification; when the number of different electronic cigarettes bound to the same user identification is greater than or equal to the threshold, or when it is determined that the electronic cigarette use behavior is abnormal by analyzing the user behavior data corresponding to the same user ID, corresponding prompt information is generated.
The system of claim 19, wherein:

The server device is also used to determine the user IDs bound with the number of different electronic cigarettes greater than or equal to the threshold or the user IDs corresponding to abnormal electronic cigarette use behaviors as abnormal IDs; add the abnormal IDs to the blacklist ; and obtain the identification information of at least one electronic cigarette bound with the abnormal identification, and send a locking instruction to the corresponding at least one electronic cigarette according to the identification information of the at least one electronic cigarette, so that the at least one electronic cigarette is in the locked state.
A client device, comprising: a memory and a processor; wherein,

the memory for storing programs;

The processor, coupled to the memory, executes the program stored in the memory for:

In response to the user's input operation, obtain the user's identity information;

Identifying whether the user is a group suitable for using electronic cigarettes based on the identity information;

When the user is a group suitable for using the electronic cigarette, obtain the identification information of the electronic cigarette;

The identification information of the electronic cigarette is bound with the user identification of the user, so as to activate the electronic cigarette and make it in a usable state.