Procedures, system and computer program for the presentation of multimedia contents in elevator installations

• US 7,319,967 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2003
• Issued: 01/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Inventors: Meyer, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss; John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CASLER, TRACI
• Application Number:
  US10/366,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20030167464A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,797 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/14, 705/15, 187391-392, 187/396, 704/321, 704/243
• US Class Current: 705/305
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 3/00 Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions of elevators
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 3/008 Displaying information not related to the elevator, e.g. weather, publicity, internet or TV
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address

Abstract

A procedure, a system and a computer program product presents multimedia contents in elevator installations. At least one user profile with multimedia contents is provided for an associated elevator user. When the user is identified in proximity to the elevator system, the multimedia carried in his user profile are presented to him.

Claims

1. A method for the presentation of multimedia contents in elevator installations comprising the steps of:

a. pre-setting an elevator installation with at least one user profile having preferential multimedia contents for an associated user of said elevator installation and storing the at least one user profile in the elevator installation, said pre-set at least one user profile being unique to the individual associated user;

b. operating said elevator installation to identify the associated user when the associated user is within a predetermined proximity to the elevator installation; and

c. presenting to the identified associated elevator user through the elevator installation preferential multimedia contents carried within said pre-set at least one user profile.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said step b. is performed by recognition of an identification code, allocation of the recognized identification code with an identification address and assigning the at least one user profile to the identification address.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein said step c. is performed by transmitting the preferential multimedia contents carried within the at least one user profile from a contents database to an output device and presenting the multimedia contents with the output device.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein said step c. is performed by obtaining the multimedia contents from at least one provider.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein said step c. is performed by obtaining the multimedia contents classified into categories from at least one provider.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said step c. is performed by obtaining the multimedia contents from at least one provider, the at least one provider updating the multimedia contents regularly and updating said pre-set user profile.

7. The method according to claim 1 including a step of categorizing the multimedia contents in accordance with at least one of a demographic travelling preference, a psychographics travelling preference, and a situational travelling preference.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein said step c. is performed by linking at least one signal of an elevator control of the elevator installation with the multimedia contents.

9. A system for the presentation of multimedia contents in elevator installations comprising:

at least one recognition device for recognizing an identification code of a user;

at least one examination device connected to said at least one recognition device for identifying the recognized identification code;

at least one identification database connected to said at least one examination device and storing for the user at least one user profile with preferential multimedia contents, wherein said stored user profile is pre-set within said elevator installation and is unique to the user; and

at least one output device connected to said at least one examination device and to at least one contents database for presenting to the associated elevator user multimedia contents based upon the preferential multimedia contents carried in the at least one pre-set user profile front said at least one contents database when the recognized identification code is identified by said at least one examination device.

10. The system according to claim 9 wherein said at least one recognition device is positioned in an elevator car of the elevator installation.

11. The system according to claim 9 wherein said at least one recognition device is positioned at a floor of the elevator installation.

12. The system according to claim 9 wherein said at least one recognition device is one of a plurality of recognition devices, each one said plurality of recognition devices being positioned at an associated floor or in at least one car of the elevator installation.

13. A computer program product for the presentation of multimedia contents in elevator installations comprising:

at least a comparison means for comparing one recognized identification code of an associated elevator user with a plurality of identification addresses,

an allocation means for supplying a positive allocation result when the at least one recognized identification code is identical to one of the plurality of identification addresses;

an assignment means for assigning a unique user profile with preferential multimedia contents to the identical one of the plurality of identification addresses; and

a storing means for establishing and pre-setting said user profile.

14. The computer program product in accordance with claim 13 including means for reading the identical one of the plurality of identification addresses from an output device and transmitting the multimedia contents based upon the preferential multimedia contents from the user profile of the user to said output device.

15. The computer program product in accordance with claim 13 including means for obtaining the multimedia contents from at least one provider.

16. The computer program product in accordance with claim 13 including means for obtaining the multimedia contents classified into categories from at least one provider.

17. The computer program product in accordance with claim 16 wherein said means for obtaining regularly updates the multimedia contents.