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Information exchange between elevator systems and building systems

  • US 9,580,274 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2011
  • Issued: 02/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of influencing an environment in a building area having an associated building environment control system serving the building area, an environment in a separate elevator area associated with an elevator control system, comprising:

  • identifying a user of the elevator system;

    receiving, at an input device for an elevator car, environment input information of the user for the elevator control system controlling elevator systems for the elevator car and operations of the elevator car responsive to elevator calls;

    receiving, at the elevator control system, the environment input information from the input device for the elevator car;

    operating, by the elevator control system, an environmental component of the elevator system based upon the environment input information;

    updating a user profile based on the received environment input information, the user profile stored in a database communicatively coupled to the elevator control system and to the separate building environment control system that controls building systems for the building area, wherein the database comprises at least one computer-readable storage medium storing one or more records, each of which is associated with a given user and indicates one or more environmental preferences of the user;

    reading the updated user profile by the building environment control system; and

    operating a component of the building systems based on the updated user profile.

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