Patent ID: 7032716

Claim:
Method for controlling an elevator installation with at least one shaft, a number of cars which each have an associated drive and brake, and at least two cars capable of traveling separately up and down along a common traveling path, comprising: entering a destination call with a travel destination of a passenger by means of an input unit of a control device of the elevator installation disposed outside the at least one shaft; performing an allocation assessment for each car; comparing the allocation assessments of all the cars with one another to determine a best allocation assessment; and allocating the destination call to the car with the best allocation assessment to serve the destination call, wherein, in the case of allocation of the destination call to one of the cars which can be made to travel along a common traveling path, a portion of the traveling path required by the allocated car to serve the destination call is assigned to the allocated car and the assigned portion of the traveling path is blocked for a time of the assignment for the other cars which are capable of traveling along the common traveling path.