Wireless destination entry for elevator dispatching system via web page that is pushed to a wireless device

• US 9,242,834 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2010
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Otis Elevator Company (Otis Worldwide Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Otis Elevator Company (Otis Worldwide Corp.)
• Inventors: Terry, Harold
• Primary Examiner(s): SALATA, ANTHONY J
• Application Number:
  US13/520,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20120279808A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,209 Days
• Field of Search: 187/247, 187380-388, 187/391, 187/393, 187/396
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 method for wireless destination entry in an elevator dispatching system, the elevator dispatching system including a wireless transmitter/receiver (T/R) includes receiving a request to join a network of the T/R from a wireless device; pushing a web page from the T/R to the wireless device; receiving a service request by the T/R from the wireless device via the web page; communicating the service request from the T/R to a group controller; and dispatching an elevator car by the group controller to service the service request is provided. An elevator dispatching system and a computer program product including a computer readable storage medium contain computer code that, when executed by a computer, implements a method for wireless destination entry in an elevator dispatching system, the elevator dispatching system including a wireless transmitter/receiver, are also provided.

Claims

1. A method for wireless destination entry in an elevator dispatching system, the elevator dispatching system comprising a wireless transmitter/receiver (T/R), the method comprising:

receiving a request to join a network of the T/R from a wireless device;

determining whether the wireless device is on a list of approved wireless devices based on a device identifier of the wireless device;

based on determining that the wireless device is on the list of approved wireless devices based on the device identifier of the wireless device, pushing a web page from the T/R to the wireless device;

receiving a service request by the T/R from the wireless device via the web page;

communicating the service request from the T/R to a group controller; and

dispatching an elevator car by the group controller to service the service request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the elevator dispatching system comprises a plurality of T/Rs in communication with the group controller, each of the plurality of T/Rs configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the T/Rs are arranged such that wireless signals from one T/R on a particular floor are not received by another T/R of the plurality of T/Rs that is on another floor that is distinct from the particular floor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the web page comprises a data entry field for entry of the service request by a user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the service request comprises a destination floor.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a password from the wireless device by the T/R.

7. An elevator dispatching system, comprising:

a wireless transmitter/receiver (T/R), the T/R being in communication with a group controller of the elevator dispatching system, the T/R configured to;

receive a request to join a network of the T/R from a wireless device;

determine whether the wireless device is on a list of approved wireless devices based on a device identifier of the wireless device;

based on determining that the wireless device is on the list of approved wireless devices based on the device identifier of the wireless device, push a web page from the T/R to the wireless device;

receive a service request by the T/R from the wireless device via the web page; and

communicate the service request from the T/R to the group controller, wherein the group controller is configured to dispatch an elevator car to service the service request.

8. The elevator dispatching system of claim 7, wherein the elevator dispatching system comprises a plurality of T/Rs in communication with the group controller, each of the plurality of T/Rs configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.

9. The elevator dispatching system of claim 8, wherein the T/Rs are arranged such that wireless signals from one T/R on a particular floor are not received by another T/R of the plurality of T/Rs that is on another floor that is distinct from the particular floor.

10. The elevator dispatching system of claim 7, wherein the web page comprises a data entry field for entry of the service request by a user.

11. The elevator dispatching system of claim 7, wherein the service request comprises a destination floor.

12. The elevator dispatching system of claim 7, further comprising receiving a password from the wireless device by the T/R.

13. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer code that, when executed by a computer, implements a method for wireless destination entry in an elevator dispatching system, the elevator dispatching system comprising a wireless transmitter/receiver (T/R), wherein the method comprises:

receiving a request to join a network of the T/R from a wireless device;

determining whether the wireless device is on a list of approved wireless devices based on a device identifier of the wireless device;

based on determining that the wireless device is on the list of approved wireless devices based on the device identifier of the wireless device, pushing a web page from the T/R to the wireless device;

receiving a service request by the T/R from the wireless device via the web page;

communicating the service request from the T/R to a group controller; and

dispatching an elevator car by the group controller to service the service request.

14. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the elevator dispatching system comprises a plurality of T/Rs in communication with the group controller, each of the plurality of T/Rs configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.

15. The computer program product according to claim 14, wherein the T/Rs are arranged such that wireless signals from one T/R on a particular floor are not received by another T/R of the plurality of T/Rs that is on another floor that is distinct from the particular floor.

16. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the web page comprises a data entry field for entry of the service request by a user.

17. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the service request comprises a destination floor.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising receiving a password from the wireless device by the T/R.