Patents by Inventor Maurice EZEOKE

Maurice EZEOKE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12328652
    Abstract: A method for providing feedback to a user regarding usage of an aerosol delivery device, the method including storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information relating to the usage of the aerosol delivery device; creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a packet that includes the information relating to the usage of the aerosol delivery device; transmitting the packet to a remote wireless device, via the wireless communication interface, and via a Bluetooth protocol; processing the information from the aerosol delivery device at the remote wireless device; and providing feedback regarding the usage of the aerosol delivery device on a graphical user interface displayed on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Kersey, Darryl Baker, Patrick Moloney, Maurice Ezeoke
  • Patent number: 12096327
    Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further comprise creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Kersey, Darryl Baker, Patrick Moloney, Maurice Ezeoke
  • Patent number: 12047855
    Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device, may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further comprise creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Kersey, Darryl Baker, Patrick Moloney, Maurice Ezeoke
  • Patent number: 11924728
    Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device, may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further comprise creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Kersey, Darryl Baker, Patrick Moloney, Maurice Ezeoke
  • Patent number: 11819608
    Abstract: There is provided a connector configured to be retrofitted to an electronic aerosol provision system including a first connecting interface connectable to a vaporizer for vaporizing liquid for inhalation by a user; a second connecting interface connectable to a power supply for supplying power to the vaporizer; a sensor for sensing a parameter indicative of a change in the electronic aerosol provision system; and a control unit connected to the sensor and configured to output a signal based on the information from the sensor, wherein the connector, when connected to a vaporizer and to a power supply, forms an electronic aerosol provision system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Maurice Ezeoke, David Leadley, Martin Conrad Mullin
  • Publication number: 20230284002
    Abstract: A method for providing feedback to a user regarding usage of an aerosol delivery device, the method including storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information relating to the usage of the aerosol delivery device; creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a packet that includes the information relating to the usage of the aerosol delivery device; transmitting the packet to a remote wireless device, via the wireless communication interface, and via a Bluetooth protocol; processing the information from the aerosol delivery device at the remote wireless device; and providing feedback regarding the usage of the aerosol delivery device on a graphical user interface displayed on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Robert KERSEY, Darryl BAKER, Patrick MOLONEY, Maurice EZEOKE
  • Publication number: 20230020704
    Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device, may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further comprise creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Robert KERSEY, Darryl BAKER, Patrick MOLONEY, Maurice EZEOKE
  • Patent number: 11510040
    Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further include creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Robert Kersey, Darryl Baker, Patrick Moloney, Maurice Ezeoke
  • Publication number: 20220240070
    Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further comprise creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Robert KERSEY, Darryl BAKER, Patrick MOLONEY, Maurice EZEOKE
  • Publication number: 20220071295
    Abstract: A vaping monitor system comprises an electronic vapor provision system (EVPS) operable to generate vapor from a payload in response to an inhalation by a user, and to supply inhalation data to a dosage processor that is operable to calculate an amount of an active ingredient delivered to the user's bloodstream based on pharmacokinetic data for the EVPS and the inhalation data, the dosage processor also being operable to convert the calculated amount of an active ingredient into an equivalent number of a reference conventional combustion product based on pharmacokinetic data for the reference conventional combustion product, and the vaping monitor system being operable to indicate the equivalent number of a reference conventional combustion product via a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Oriol STROPHAIR, David LEADLEY, Maurice EZEOKE
  • Publication number: 20220060873
    Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device, may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further comprise creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Robert KERSEY, Darryl BAKER, gb MOLONEY, Maurice EZEOKE
  • Publication number: 20210106774
    Abstract: There is provided a connector configured to be retrofitted to an electronic aerosol provision system including a first connecting interface connectable to a vaporizer for vaporizing liquid for inhalation by a user; a second connecting interface connectable to a power supply for supplying power to the vaporizer; a sensor for sensing a parameter indicative of a change in the electronic aerosol provision system; and a control unit connected to the sensor and configured to output a signal based on the information from the sensor, wherein the connector, when connected to a vaporizer and to a power supply, forms an electronic aerosol provision system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Maurice EZEOKE, David LEADLEY, Martin Conrad MULLIN
  • Publication number: 20200060347
    Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further include creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Robert KERSEY, Darryl BAKER, Patrick MOLONEY, Maurice EZEOKE