Decentralized Identity Storage for Tobacco Products

Abstract

Identity information can be stored in a decentralized structure. The identity information may include age verification information for the purchase or operation of certain tobacco products, such as an electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”) device, which may include aerosol delivery devices. The tobacco products or devices may have an age verification requirement or other identity requirements needed to authenticate a user and that information must be stored. A decentralized structure for storing the identity information may improve the security of that identity information while also providing a mechanism for accessing the information for verification or authentication purposes.

1 . A system for identity and age verification for tobacco products, the system comprising:
 a network;   a decentralized storage of data coupled with the network; and   a user device coupled with the network and configured to communicate with the decentralized storage, wherein the communication comprises personal identifying information about the user sent from the user device for storage at the decentralized storage, further wherein the personal identifying information is provided from the decentralized storage for identifying a user and verifying an age of a user when purchasing or using a tobacco product.   
     
     
         2 - 21 . (canceled)