ASSOCIATING USER PREFERENCES WITH ELEVATOR ACTIVITY

• US 20130297093A1
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Inventors: Nowel, Edward
• Granted Patent: US 8,880,200 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/299
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4615 Wherein the destination is registered before boarding
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4653 wherein the call is registered using portable devices

Abstract

A user can be detected and identified at or near an elevator installation. A record for the user can be read from a database, and based on information in the record, a personalized building action can be performed for the user. A portion of the building can thus be “prepared” for the user.

Claims

1. An elevator system method, comprising:

identifying a passenger of an elevator system of a building;

determining a personalized building action associated with the elevator passenger based on a record for the passenger in a database; and

sending an instruction for the personalized building action to one or more building components in a room of the building, the room of the building being outside of the elevator system.

2. The elevator system method of claim 1, further comprising updating the record for the passenger based on input provided in the room of the building.

3. The elevator system method of claim 1, the identifying being performed based on information received for a destination call of the passenger.

4. The elevator system method of claim 1, the personalized building action comprising a food or drink order.

5. The elevator system method of claim 1, the personalized building action comprising a temperature setting for the room in the building.

6. The elevator system method of claim 1, the personalized building action comprising a lighting setting for the room in the building.

7. The elevator system method of claim 1, the personalized building action comprising a multimedia setting for the room in the building.

8. The elevator system method of claim 1, the personalized building action comprising sending a message to a person in the room of the building.

9. The elevator system method of claim 1, the personalized building action comprising reserving use of one or more machines for the passenger.

10. The elevator system method of claim 1, the personalized building action comprising displaying personalized advertising for the passenger.

11. The elevator system method of claim 1, the identifying the passenger being performed by an elevator control unit.

12. The elevator system method of claim 1, the sending the instruction for the associated building action being performed by a building control unit.

13. An elevator system for a building, the system comprising:

a computer-based elevator control unit;

a computer-based service provider unit; and

a database containing a record for an elevator user, the database being coupled to the elevator control unit and the service provider unit, the service provider unit being programmed to,

receive one or more instructions from the database based on the record for the elevator user, and

perform one or more personalized building actions for the elevator user.

14. The elevator system of claim 13, the service provider unit being further programmed to update the record for the elevator user based on input provided to the service provider unit.

15. The elevator system of claim 13, the service provider unit comprising:

a computer-based building control unit; and

an appliance or an environmental component.

16. The elevator system of claim 13, the database being remotely located from the elevator control unit or the service provider unit.

17. The elevator system of claim 13, the elevator control unit being in a first building and the service provider unit being in a second building.

18. One or more computer-readable storage media having encoded thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

identifying a passenger of an elevator system of a building;

determining a personalized building action associated with the elevator passenger based on a record for the passenger in a database; and

sending instructions for the associated building action to a building component in a room of the building.

19. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 18, the method further comprising updating the record for the passenger based on input provided in the room of the building.

20. One or more computer-readable storage media having encoded thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving, from a database, an indication of a personalized building action for an elevator passenger;

sending a command to an environmental component or an appliance based on the indication of the personalized building action;

receiving update information from the elevator passenger for the personalized building action; and

sending the update information to the database.