Patent ID: 7936249

Claim:
A method for security control and/or transportation of persons with an elevator installation, comprising the steps of: identifying a person at a first location external to an elevator car, from at least one identification code by way of a recognition device mounted in close proximity to a landing door of the elevator installation, the identifying step occurring prior to entry of the person into the elevator car; authenticating the person at a second, different location, from at least one biometric authentication signal by an authentication device mounted before or in the elevator car, to check the identifying step; assigning at least one user profile to the at least one identification code and the at least one biometric authentication signal; and checking the at least one biometric authentication signal against at least one reference stored in the user profile wherein the identifying step includes at least one of entering and transmitting the at least one identification code by the person, the method further including capturing the at least one biometric authentication signal of the person, and determining at least one of an access authorization stored in the user profile and a pre-defined travel destination stored in the user profile.