User identification enabled elevator control method and system
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by an elevator control unit within an elevator system, user data segments associated with users for elevators within said elevator system, each user data segment of said user data segments associated with a different user of said users, said elevator system comprising a memory unit, wherein said elevator system comprises a plurality of transceivers, and wherein each transceiver of said plurality of transceivers is electrically connected to said elevator control unit;
receiving, by said elevator control unit, transponder identification data segments associated with a plurality of transponders, each transponder identification data segment of said transponder identification data segments associated with a different transponder of said plurality of transponders, each transponder of said plurality of transponders associated with and possessed by a different user of said users;
storing said user data segments and said transponder identification data segments in said memory unit;
receiving, by said elevator control unit through a first transceiver of said plurality of transceivers, a first identification signal from a first transponder of said plurality of transponders, said first transponder possessed by a first user of said users, wherein said first transceiver is at a first location;
receiving, by said elevator control unit through said first transceiver, a second identification signal from a second transponder of said plurality of transponders, said second transponder possessed by a second user of said users;
retrieving, by said elevator control unit in response to said first identification signal, a first user data segment of said user data segments stored in said memory unit, said first user data segment associated with said first user;
retrieving, by said elevator control unit in response to said second identification signal, a second user data segment of said user data segments stored in said memory unit, said second user data segment associated said second user;
determining, by said elevator control unit, a first priority level for said first user based on said first user data segment, wherein said first priority level is associated with a first business related class associated with said first user;
determining, by said elevator control unit, a second priority level for said second user based on said second user data segment, wherein said second priority level is associated with a second business related class associated with said second user;
sending, by said elevator control unit, an elevator A of said elevators to said first location;
sending, by said elevator control unit to said first transponder, directions for locating elevator A of said elevators, wherein said directions are displayed by a display device of said first transponder;
transporting, by said elevator A, said first user to a second location in accordance with said first priority level;
sending, by said elevator control unit, an elevator B of said elevators to said first location; and
transporting, by said elevator B, said second user to a third location in accordance with said second priority level, wherein said second priority level restricts said second user from accessing specified restricted locations.
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Abstract
An elevator control method and system. The system comprises a control unit and a memory unit. The memory unit comprises user data segments associated with users for elevators within the system and transponder identification data segments associated with transponders. The method comprises receiving by the control unit, ID signals from the transponders. The control unit associates the user data segments with the ID signals and determines priority levels for the users.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by an elevator control unit within an elevator system, user data segments associated with users for elevators within said elevator system, each user data segment of said user data segments associated with a different user of said users, said elevator system comprising a memory unit, wherein said elevator system comprises a plurality of transceivers, and wherein each transceiver of said plurality of transceivers is electrically connected to said elevator control unit; receiving, by said elevator control unit, transponder identification data segments associated with a plurality of transponders, each transponder identification data segment of said transponder identification data segments associated with a different transponder of said plurality of transponders, each transponder of said plurality of transponders associated with and possessed by a different user of said users; storing said user data segments and said transponder identification data segments in said memory unit; receiving, by said elevator control unit through a first transceiver of said plurality of transceivers, a first identification signal from a first transponder of said plurality of transponders, said first transponder possessed by a first user of said users, wherein said first transceiver is at a first location; receiving, by said elevator control unit through said first transceiver, a second identification signal from a second transponder of said plurality of transponders, said second transponder possessed by a second user of said users; retrieving, by said elevator control unit in response to said first identification signal, a first user data segment of said user data segments stored in said memory unit, said first user data segment associated with said first user; retrieving, by said elevator control unit in response to said second identification signal, a second user data segment of said user data segments stored in said memory unit, said second user data segment associated said second user; determining, by said elevator control unit, a first priority level for said first user based on said first user data segment, wherein said first priority level is associated with a first business related class associated with said first user; determining, by said elevator control unit, a second priority level for said second user based on said second user data segment, wherein said second priority level is associated with a second business related class associated with said second user; sending, by said elevator control unit, an elevator A of said elevators to said first location; sending, by said elevator control unit to said first transponder, directions for locating elevator A of said elevators, wherein said directions are displayed by a display device of said first transponder; transporting, by said elevator A, said first user to a second location in accordance with said first priority level; sending, by said elevator control unit, an elevator B of said elevators to said first location; and transporting, by said elevator B, said second user to a third location in accordance with said second priority level, wherein said second priority level restricts said second user from accessing specified restricted locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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