公开(公告)号：US20070102013A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-10

申请号：US11528274

申请日：2006-09-28

申请人： John Adams ,  William Crowe ,  John Hearn ,  Robert Lee ,  Brett Stevenson ,  Zuyin Yang ,  James Baggett ,  John Hairfield ,  Steven Larson ,  Robert Ripley ,  Susan Wrenn

发明人： John Adams ,  William Crowe ,  John Hearn ,  Robert Lee ,  Brett Stevenson ,  Zuyin Yang ,  James Baggett ,  John Hairfield ,  Steven Larson ,  Robert Ripley ,  Susan Wrenn

IPC分类号： A24F3/00

CPC分类号： A24F47/008

摘要： A tobacco mass is heated to a temperature of about 150° to about 220° C. to release flavorful tobacco volatiles, which are entrained in air passing through the tobacco mass, and condensed to form an inhalable aerosol. The tobacco mass may have a rotationally symmetric shape, with at least part of its surface in heat transfer relationship with a heater. The heater may be an external shell, an internal rod, or a plate. A shell can enclose the heater and tobacco mass and define a preheating chamber for inflowing air. A mouthpiece, with or without a filter, may be arranged in fluid communication with the tobacco mass to direct the aerosol from the heating system.

摘要翻译： 将烟草块加热至约150℃至约220℃的温度以释放通过烟草块的空气中夹带的香味烟草挥发物，并冷凝以形成可吸入的气溶胶。 烟草块可以具有旋转对称的形状，其表面的至少一部分与加热器的热传递关系。 加热器可以是外壳，内部杆或板​​。 壳体可以包围加热器和烟草块并且限定用于流入空气的预热室。 具有或不具有过滤器的接口管可以布置成与烟草质量流体连通，以引导来自加热系统的气溶胶。

公开(公告)号：US20060185687A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-24

申请号：US11300583

申请日：2005-12-15

申请人： John Hearn ,  Wesley Sanderson ,  Barry Smith ,  Susan Wrenn

发明人： John Hearn ,  Wesley Sanderson ,  Barry Smith ,  Susan Wrenn

IPC分类号： A24F1/32

CPC分类号： A24D3/16 ,  A24B15/282 ,  A24B15/286 ,  A24B15/288 ,  A24D3/14 ,  A24F47/008

摘要： A cigarette of an electrical smoking system includes a filter tipping including a web including added filtering material and a tubular wrapper around the web, and a tobacco rod portion adapted to generate a puff of smoke upon being heated by one or more heating elements during smoking, the tobacco rod portion being attached to the filter tipping.

摘要翻译： 电吸烟系统的香烟包括过滤器倾翻，其包括包括附加的过滤材料的纸幅和围绕幅材的管状包装纸;以及烟草条部分，适于在吸烟期间被一个或多个加热元件加热时产生烟雾， 烟草杆部分附接到过滤器倾翻。

公开(公告)号：US09374231B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-21

申请号：US12728802

申请日：2010-03-22

申请人： Raziel Haimi-Cohen ,  John Hearn

发明人： Raziel Haimi-Cohen ,  John Hearn

IPC分类号： H04L12/18 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/761 ,  H04L12/741

CPC分类号： H04L12/18 ,  H04L12/1836 ,  H04L12/185 ,  H04L12/1886 ,  H04L45/16 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/4084

摘要： A controller in a video headend or other transmission element of a signal distribution system is operative to detect a condition in which unicast transmissions of a given content stream to a plurality of terminals meet a specified threshold. The controller starts a multicast transmission of the given content stream in response to the detected condition, and transitions at least one of the terminals to the multicast transmission. In one embodiment, the controller identifies at least one of the terminals as a terminal that will receive the multicast transmission of the given content stream in place of its unicast transmission prior to one or more of the other terminals receiving the multicast transmission. The controller stops the unicast transmission to the identified terminal if that unicast transmission has already been started, starts the multicast transmission, switches the identified terminal to the multicast transmission, and subsequently transitions one or more of the other terminals to the multicast transmission. The identified terminal may be a leading terminal or a trailing terminal.

摘要翻译： 信号分配系统的视频头端或其他传输元件中的控制器可操作以检测给定多个终端的给定内容流的单播传输满足指定阈值的条件。 控制器响应于检测到的条件启动给定内容流的多播传输，并且将至少一个终端转换到多播传输。 在一个实施例中，控制器将终端中的至少一个识别为在接收多播传输的一个或多个其他终端之前将接收给定内容流的多播传输来代替其单播传输的终端。 如果单播传输已经开始，则控制器停止向所识别的终端的单播传输，开始组播传输，将所识别的终端切换到多播传输，并且随后将一个或多个其他终端转换成多播传输。 所识别的终端可以是前导终端或尾随终端。

公开(公告)号：US20110228769A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-22

申请号：US12728802

申请日：2010-03-22

申请人： Raziel Haimi-Cohen ,  John Hearn

发明人： Raziel Haimi-Cohen ,  John Hearn

IPC分类号： H04L12/56 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04L12/18 ,  H04L12/1836 ,  H04L12/185 ,  H04L12/1886 ,  H04L45/16 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/4084

摘要： A controller in a video headend or other transmission element of a signal distribution system is operative to detect a condition in which unicast transmissions of a given content stream to a plurality of terminals meet a specified threshold. The controller starts a multicast transmission of the given content stream in response to the detected condition, and transitions at least one of the terminals to the multicast transmission. In one embodiment, the controller identifies at least one of the terminals as a terminal that will receive the multicast transmission of the given content stream in place of its unicast transmission prior to one or more of the other terminals receiving the multicast transmission. The controller stops the unicast transmission to the identified terminal if that unicast transmission has already been started, starts the multicast transmission, switches the identified terminal to the multicast transmission, and subsequently transitions one or more of the other terminals to the multicast transmission. The identified terminal may be a leading terminal or a trailing terminal.

摘要翻译： 信号分配系统的视频头端或其他传输元件中的控制器可操作以检测给定多个终端的给定内容流的单播传输满足指定阈值的条件。 控制器响应于检测到的条件启动给定内容流的多播传输，并且将至少一个终端转换到多播传输。 在一个实施例中，控制器将终端中的至少一个识别为在接收多播传输的一个或多个其他终端之前将接收给定内容流的多播传输来代替其单播传输的终端。 如果单播传输已经开始，则控制器停止向所识别的终端的单播传输，开始组播传输，将所识别的终端切换到多播传输，并且随后将一个或多个其他终端转换成多播传输。 所识别的终端可以是前导终端或尾随终端。

公开(公告)号：US20070074733A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-05

申请号：US11241978

申请日：2005-10-04

申请人： Firooz Rasouli ,  John Hearn ,  Ping Li

发明人： Firooz Rasouli ,  John Hearn ,  Ping Li

IPC分类号： A24F19/00

CPC分类号： A24D3/048 ,  A24D3/04 ,  A24D3/065 ,  A24D3/14 ,  B01D53/22 ,  B01D63/024 ,  B01D2313/14

摘要： Smoking articles, such as cigarettes and cigarette filters, methods of manufacturing smoking articles including hollow fibers, and methods of smoking are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a smoking article contains hollow fibers, wherein the hollow fibers change properties of mainstream tobacco smoke drawn through the hollow fibers.

摘要翻译： 提供诸如香烟和香烟过滤嘴的吸烟制品，包括中空纤维的吸烟制品的制造方法和吸烟方法。 在一个示例性实施例中，吸烟制品包含中空纤维，其中中空纤维改变通过中空纤维吸取的主流烟草烟雾的性质。