METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIMITING ACCESS RIGHTS

• US 20130056311A1
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Jukka Salmikuukka, Pertti Makinen
• Inventors: SALMIKUUKKA, Jukka, MKINEN, Pertti
• Granted Patent: US 8,813,917 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 187/380
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4653 wherein the call is registered using portable devices
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 3/00 Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions of elevators
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 3/006 for guiding passengers to their assigned elevator car
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00341 keyless data carrier having more than one limited data transmission ranges
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks

Abstract

The present invention presents a solution for limiting access rights in a building, which building contains a conveying system, an access control system connected to the conveying system, which access control system comprises at least one short-range identification point and at least one long-range identification point and in which access control system passengers have a personal terminal device for giving service requests to the conveying system. A terminal device is taken into the operating area of a short-range identification point, the access rights connected to the service requests of the terminal device are activated, the terminal device is taken into the operating area of a long-range identification point and a service request generated with the terminal device is transmitted to the conveying system, if the access right connected to the service request is valid on the basis of the activation.

Claims

1. Method for limiting access rights in a building, which comprises a conveying system and an access control system connected to the conveying system, which access control system comprises at least one short-range identification point and at least one long-range identification point and in which method a terminal device is given into the possession of passengers, for generating service requests to the conveying system, wherein the method comprises the phases:

a terminal device is taken into the operating area of a short-range identification point;

the access rights connected to the service requests of the terminal device in the operating area of the short-range identification point are activated;

a terminal device is taken into the operating area of a long-range identification point;

the service request generated with the terminal device in the operating area of the long-range identification point is transmitted to the conveying system, if the access right connected to the service request is valid on the basis of the aforementioned activation.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein in connection with the activation of access rights at least one of the following procedures is performed:

a service profile is recorded in a terminal device, in which service profile at least the access rights of the terminal device are set;

the access rights recorded in a terminal device are updated by adding and/or deleting access rights;

the period of validity connected to one or more access rights is updated;

the locking of a conveying device in connection with a short-range identification point is opened, if the access right required by the procedure is valid.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the access rights are activated for specific short-range identification points.

4. Method according to claim 1 above, wherein the user interface of the terminal device is configured on the basis of the currently valid access rights of the terminal device.

5. Method according to claim 1 above, wherein the user interface of the terminal device is configured for specific identification points.

6. Method according to claim 1 above, wherein the position of a terminal device is monitored in one or more identification points in the building;

guidance data and/or alarm data is generated, if on the basis of the monitoring the terminal device deviates from the route required by the service request.

7. Method according to claim 1 above, wherein control data connected to terminal devices is collected in at least one identification point;

alarm data is generated and/or a control procedure connected to the conveying system is performed, if inconsistencies are detected in the aforementioned control data.

8. Method according to claim 1 above, wherein exit of a terminal device from a set monitoring area is monitored in at least one identification point;

at least a part of the access rights of a terminal device is passivated, if on the basis of the monitoring the terminal device leaves the aforementioned monitoring area.

9. Method according to claim 1 above, wherein an access right connected to a service request is checked independently in an identification point.

10. System for limiting access rights in a building, wherein the system comprises:

a conveying system comprising one or more conveying devices;

an access control system connected to the conveying system, which access control system comprises at least one short-range identification point and at least one long-range identification point and also a back-end system connected to at least one short-range identification point;

a terminal device given into the possession of a passenger, which device comprises at least one short-range identifier for transmitting data between the terminal device and a short-range identification point and at least one long-range identifier for transmitting data between the terminal device and a long-range identification point; and

in that the access control system is arranged;

to activate the access rights connected to the service requests of the terminal device in the operating area of the short-range identification point; and

to transmit with the terminal device in the operating area of a long-range identification point the service request generated with the terminal device to the conveying system, if the access right connected to the service request is valid on the basis of the aforementioned activation.

11. System according to claim 10, wherein the access control system is arranged to perform one or more procedures for activating access rights, which procedures are:

a service profile is recorded in a terminal device, in which service profile at least the access rights of the terminal device are set;

the access rights recorded in a terminal device are updated by adding and/or deleting access rights;

the period of validity connected to one or more access rights is updated;

the locking of a conveying device in connection with a short-range identification point is opened, if the access right required by the procedure is valid.

12. System according to claim 10, wherein the access control system is arranged to activate access rights for specific short-range identification points.

13. System according to any of claims 10 above, wherein the system is arranged to configure the user interface of the terminal device on the basis of the currently valid access rights of the terminal device.

14. System according to any of claims 10 above, wherein the system is arranged to configure the user interface of the terminal device for specific identification points.

15. System according to any of claims 10 above, wherein the system is arranged to monitor the position of a terminal device in the building and to generate guidance data and/or alarm data, if on the basis of the monitoring the terminal device deviates from the route required by the service request.

16. System according to any of claims 10 above, wherein the system is arranged to collect control data connected to terminal devices in at least one identification point, to analyze the aforementioned control data and to generate alarm data and/or to perform a control procedure connected to the conveying system, if on the basis of the analysis the system detects inconsistencies in the aforementioned control data.

17. System according to any of claims 10 above, wherein the system is arranged to monitor in at least one identification point the exit of terminal devices from a set monitoring area and to passivate at least a part of the access rights of a terminal device, if on the basis of the aforementioned monitoring the terminal device leaves the aforementioned monitoring area.

18. System according to any of claims 10 above, wherein at least one identification point is arranged to independently check access rights connected to service requests.

19. System according to claim 10, wherein the conveying system comprises an elevator system, to which elevator calls can be only given with a terminal device.