Method of Managing an Aerosol-Generating Device

Abstract

A method of operating an aerosol generating device includes detecting a puff inhaled by a user; determining a positional orientation of the device; and providing an indication of a battery-level to the user conditional upon the determined positional orientation of the device and the battery-level. The indication is provided within a predefined interval after the puff is detected.

1 . A method of operating an aerosol generating device comprising:
 detecting a puff inhaled by a user;   determining a positional orientation of the device; and   providing an indication of a battery-level to the user conditional upon the determined positional orientation of the device and the battery-level, wherein the indication is provided within a predefined interval after the puff is detected.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining if the battery-level is below a predetermined level, wherein the indication is provided only if the battery-level is below the predetermined level. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  or  2 , further comprising determining whether a previous indication of the battery-level has been provided according to the determined positional orientation, wherein the indication of the battery-level is provided conditional upon the previous indication. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein if the positional orientation of the device is in a first orientation, the previous indication is determined by checking a flag set in a session comprising puffs grouped together according to a configurable rule. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the indication of the battery-level is provided if the flag indicates that no previous indication has been provided in the session. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4  or  5 , wherein the configurable rule comprises grouping detected puffs into a respective session at least based on an interval between consecutive puffs. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein if the positional orientation of the device is in a second orientation, the previous indication is determined by a timestamp. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising determining whether the previous indication was provided during a preset time period, wherein the indication of the battery-level is provided only if the previous indication was not provided during the preset time period. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising repeating the indication of the battery-level conditional upon the determined positional orientation. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein no indication is generated if a next puff is detected within the predefined interval. 
     
     
         11 . An aerosol-generating device comprising:
 a puff sensor configured to detect a puff inhaled by a user;   a sensor configured to determine a positional orientation of the device; and   a controller configured to instruct an indicator to provide an indication of a battery-level to the user conditional upon the determined positional orientation of the device and the battery-level, wherein the indication is provided within a predefined interval after the puff is detected.   
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine if the battery-level is below a predetermined level and instruct the indicator to provide the indication only if the battery-level is below the predetermined level. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a previous indication of the battery-level has been provided according to the determined positional orientation, and instruct the indicator to provide the indication conditional upon the previous indication. 
     
     
         14 . A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the steps of the method of  claim 1 .