Aerosol-generating device

Abstract

An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: control circuitry and an energy storage configured to supply electrical energy to the control circuitry operatively coupled to the energy storage and further configured to: receive a limitation parameter indicative of a user-defined number of usage sessions which the aerosol-generating device provides after the energy storage has been charged, and limit operation of the aerosol-generating device to the user-defined number of usage sessions based on the limitation parameter. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device an aerosol-generating article couplable or coupled to the aerosol-generating device is also provided.

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         16 . An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
 control circuitry and an energy storage configured to supply electrical energy to the control circuitry operatively coupled to the energy storage and further configured to:   receive a limitation parameter indicative of a user-defined number of usage sessions which the aerosol-generating device provides after the energy storage has been charged, and   limit operation of the aerosol-generating device to the user-defined number of usage sessions based on the limitation parameter.   
     
     
         17 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to limit operation of the aerosol-generating device to the number of usage sessions indicated by the limitation parameter since the energy storage has been charged the last time. 
     
     
         18 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 ,
 wherein the energy storage is further configured with a capacity for heating the at least portion of the aerosol-generating article to a temperature at or above a predetermined heating temperature in a capacity-defined number of usage sessions, and   wherein the user-defined number of usage sessions indicated by the limitation parameter is different than the capacity-defined number of usage sessions.   
     
     
         19 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 18 , wherein the user-defined number of usage sessions indicated by the limitation parameter is smaller than the capacity-defined number of usage sessions. 
     
     
         20 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 ,
 further comprising communication circuitry configured to communicatively couple the aerosol-generating device to at least one of a computing device and a companion device for at least partially receiving the aerosol-generating device,   wherein the limitation parameter is received based on transmitting the limitation parameter from at least one of the computing device and the companion device to the aerosol-generating device.   
     
     
         21 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to receive the limitation parameter based on retrieving the limitation parameter from a data storage of the aerosol-generating device. 
     
     
         22 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 , wherein the limitation parameter is based on one or more user inputs indicative of the user-defined number of usage sessions. 
     
     
         23 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 , wherein the limitation parameter is received via at least one of a user interface of at least one of the aerosol-generating device, a computing device communicatively couplable to the aerosol-generating device, and a companion device communicatively couplable to the aerosol-generating device. 
     
     
         24 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 ,
 further including a user interface,   wherein the control circuitry is further configured to compute the limitation parameter or user-defined number of usage sessions based on one or more user inputs provided at the user interface of the aerosol-generating device.   
     
     
         25 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to compute the limitation parameter based on one or more user inputs provided at at least one of a computing device and at a receiving device and transmitted to the aerosol-generating device via a communication circuitry of the aerosol-generating device. 
     
     
         26 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 determine a number of completed usage sessions the aerosol-generating device has been used to generate aerosol based on heating one or more aerosol-generating articles at or above the predetermined heating temperature since the last charging event, and   compare the determined number of completed usage sessions to the user-defined number of usage sessions indicated by the limitation parameter.   
     
     
         27 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 26 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to allow or prevent operation of the aerosol-generating device in a further usage session based on comparing the determined number of completed usage sessions to the user-defined number of usage sessions indicated by the limitation parameter. 
     
     
         28 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 26 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to operate a user interface of the aerosol-generating device to indicate one or more the user-defined number of usage sessions, the number of completed usage sessions, and a number of remaining usage sessions available to the user. 
     
     
         29 . The aerosol-generating device according to  claim 26 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 enforce re-charging of the energy storage upon determining that the number of completed usage sessions reaches or exceeds the user-defined number of usage sessions indicated by the limitation parameter, and/or   limit, based on the limitation parameter, operation of the aerosol-generating device to generate aerosol to a single usage session per charge of the energy storage.   
     
     
         30 . An aerosol-generating system, comprising:
 an aerosol-generating device according to  claim 16 , and   an aerosol-generating article couplable or coupled to the aerosol-generating device to generate aerosol from at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article.