Patent ID: 11919742
Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 9:
10. A system comprising:
a car operating panel in an elevator car, the car operating panel operable to control a plurality of actions of the elevator car; and
a mobile wireless access point operably coupled to the car operating panel, the mobile wireless access point comprising a short-range communication module and a controller configured to perform:
establishing communication between a mobile device and the mobile wireless access point through the short-range communication module;
determining a proximity between the mobile device and the car operating panel;
registering a car call to command a stop landing of the elevator car based on verifying the proximity of the mobile device to the car operating panel within a threshold distance and an input through the mobile device indicating the stop landing; and
disabling communication between the mobile device and the car operating panel based on determining that the mobile device is external to the elevator car.