Associating user preferences with elevator activity
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1. An elevator control system method, comprising:
- receiving, by the elevator control system, identification data from one or more input devices coupled to the elevator control system upon placing a destination call by a user when located within a vicinity of an elevator controlled by the elevator control system, wherein the identification data comprises a unique user identification data, the destination call comprises a request to travel to a destination room in a building, and the destination room being outside of the elevator control system;
identifying, by a building control system, the user based on the unique user identification data, wherein the building control system is configured to receive the unique user identification data from the elevator control system;
identifying, by the elevator control system, the destination room of the user based on the destination call and the unique user identification data;
determining, by the building control system, a personalized building action associated with the user based on the destination room, user specific data specifying user specific preferences, and the unique user identification data, wherein the user specific data is accessible by the building control system and the elevator control system, the user specific data comprises a plurality of records specifying user specific preferences for one or more personalized building actions; and
sending, by the building control system, one or more instructions responsive to accessing the user specific data from a database for the personalized building action to one or more building components in the destination room upon detecting the user is traveling to the destination room by the elevator control system.
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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.
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1. An elevator control system method, comprising:
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receiving, by the elevator control system, identification data from one or more input devices coupled to the elevator control system upon placing a destination call by a user when located within a vicinity of an elevator controlled by the elevator control system, wherein the identification data comprises a unique user identification data, the destination call comprises a request to travel to a destination room in a building, and the destination room being outside of the elevator control system; identifying, by a building control system, the user based on the unique user identification data, wherein the building control system is configured to receive the unique user identification data from the elevator control system; identifying, by the elevator control system, the destination room of the user based on the destination call and the unique user identification data; determining, by the building control system, a personalized building action associated with the user based on the destination room, user specific data specifying user specific preferences, and the unique user identification data, wherein the user specific data is accessible by the building control system and the elevator control system, the user specific data comprises a plurality of records specifying user specific preferences for one or more personalized building actions; and sending, by the building control system, one or more instructions responsive to accessing the user specific data from a database for the personalized building action to one or more building components in the destination room upon detecting the user is traveling to the destination room by the elevator control system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An elevator system for a building, the system comprising:
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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 elevator control unit being configured to; receive identification data from one or more input devices coupled to the elevator control system upon placing a destination call by a user when located within a vicinity of an elevator controlled by the elevator control system, wherein the identification data comprises a unique user identification data, the destination call comprising a request to travel to a destination room in a building, and the destination room being outside of the elevator system, identify a destination room in the building to which the elevator user is to travel based on the destination call and the unique user identification data, the service provider unit being programmed to; receive one or more instructions from the database using the record for the elevator user based on information received for a destination call of the elevator user and the destination room, identify the user based on the unique user identification data, wherein the service provider unit is configured to receive the unique user identification data from the elevator control unit, determine a personalized building action associated with the user based on the destination room, user specific data specifying user specific preferences, and the unique user identification data, wherein the user specific data is accessible by the service provider unit and the elevator control unit, the user specific data comprises a plurality of records specifying user specific preferences for one or more personalized building actions, and perform one or more personalized building actions for the elevator user in the destination room responsive to accessing the user specific data from a database and detecting the user is traveling to the destination room by the elevator control unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more non-transitory 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:
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receiving, by an elevator control system, identification data from one or more input devices coupled to the elevator control system upon placing a destination call by a user when located within a vicinity of an elevator controlled by the elevator control system, wherein the identification data comprises a unique user identification data, the destination call comprises a request to travel to a destination room in a building, and the destination room being outside of the elevator system; identifying, by a building control system, the user based on the unique user identification data, wherein the building control system is configured to receive the unique user identification data from the elevator control system identifying , by the elevator control system, the destination room of the user based on the destination call and the unique user identification data; determining, by the building control system, a personalized building action associated with the user based on the destination room, user specific data specifying user specific preferences, and the unique user identification data, wherein the user specific data is accessible by the building control system and the elevator control system, the user specific data comprises a plurality of records specifying user specific preferences for one or more personalized building actions and at least one of the plurality of records is created using a plurality of historical preferences; and sending, by the building control system, one or more instructions responsive to accessing the user specific data from a database for the personalized building action to one or more building components in the destination room upon determining the user is traveling to the destination room by the elevator control system. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. One or more non-transitory 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:
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receiving, by an elevator control system, identification data from one or more input devices coupled to the elevator control system upon placing a destination call by a user when located within a vicinity of an elevator controlled by the elevator control system, wherein the identification data comprises a unique user identification data, the destination call comprises a request to travel to a destination room in a building, and the destination room being outside of the elevator system; identifying, by a building control system, the user based on the unique user identification data, wherein the building control system is configured to receive the unique user identification data from the elevator control system receiving, an indication of a personalized building action for an elevator passenger based on the destination room, user specific data specifying user specific preferences, and the unique user identification data, wherein the user specific data is accessible by the building control system and the elevator control system, the user specific data comprising a plurality of records specifying user specific preferences for one or more personalized building actions; sending, by the building control system, one or more commands responsive to accessing the user specific data from a database to an environmental component or an appliance in the destination room of the building upon detecting the user is traveling to the destination room by the elevator control system; receiving update information from the user for the personalized building action; and sending the update information to the database.
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