REASSIGNMENT BASED ON PIGGYBACKING
First Claim
1. A method of operating an elevator call control system, the method comprising:
- receiving an first elevator call from a first individual carrying a first mobile device, the first elevator call including a destination request to travel from a first boarding floor to a destination floor;
assigning a first elevator car to the first elevator call;
detecting a location of the first mobile device;
detecting a location of a second mobile device; and
determining that a second individual carrying the second mobile device intends to board the first elevator car with the first individual carrying the first mobile device in response to determining the location of the first mobile device and the location of the second mobile device.
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Abstract
A method of operating an elevator call control system including: receiving an first elevator call from a first individual carrying a first mobile device, the first elevator call including a destination request to travel from a first boarding floor to a destination floor; assigning a first elevator car to the first elevator call; detecting a location of the first mobile device; detecting a location of a second mobile device; and determining that a second individual carrying the second mobile device intends to board the first elevator car with the first individual carrying the first mobile device in response to determining the location of the first mobile device and the location of the second mobile device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating an elevator call control system, the method comprising:
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receiving an first elevator call from a first individual carrying a first mobile device, the first elevator call including a destination request to travel from a first boarding floor to a destination floor; assigning a first elevator car to the first elevator call; detecting a location of the first mobile device; detecting a location of a second mobile device; and determining that a second individual carrying the second mobile device intends to board the first elevator car with the first individual carrying the first mobile device in response to determining the location of the first mobile device and the location of the second mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An elevator system comprising:
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a first elevator car; a second elevator car; and a system controller comprising; a processor; and a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising; receiving a first elevator call from a first individual carrying a first mobile device, the first elevator call including a destination request to travel from a first boarding floor to a destination floor; assigning a first elevator car to the first elevator call; detecting a location of the first mobile device; detecting a location of a second mobile device; and determining that a second individual carrying the second mobile device intends to board the first elevator car with the first individual carrying the first mobile device in response to determining the location of the first mobile device and the location of the second mobile device.
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20. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a first elevator call from a first individual carrying a first mobile device, the first elevator call including a destination request to travel from a first boarding floor to a destination floor; assigning a first elevator car to the first elevator call; detecting a location of the first mobile device; detecting a location of a second mobile device; and determining that a second individual carrying the second mobile device intends to board the first elevator car with the first individual carrying the first mobile device in response to determining the location of the first mobile device and the location of the second mobile device.
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