Patent application EP18175750A (EP), filed 2018-06-04
Publication number: EP3412614A2
Title: ELEVATOR NOTIFICATIONS ON MOBILE DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH USER IDENTIFICATION DEVICE
Abstract: [0001]    An elevator dispatch control system includes an electronic UserID detection device that detects a UserID device and extracts a device identifier associated with the UserID device. An electronic ride request unit detects a ride request of a user. An electronic elevator controller is in communication with the UserID device and the ride request unit. The elevator controller determines contact information of the user based on a comparison between the extracted device identifier and a plurality of stored device identifiers stored in a database. The elevator controller transmits elevator car assignment information to the user device associated with the UserID device based on the determined contact information.
IPC codes: B66B   1/    46            A I
H04W   4/    02            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: An elevator dispatch control system configured to control an elevator system, the elevator dispatch control system comprising:
number: 2
text: The elevator dispatch control system of claim 1, wherein the elevator car assignment information includes an electronic message notification identifying an initial elevator car assigned to perform the ride request, the electronic message notification including at least one of a short-message-service (SMS) text message, a local area network (LAN) instant message, a web-based text message, an Internet-based instant chat message, and an email.
number: 3
text: The elevator dispatch control system of claim 2, wherein the elevator controller transmits a second SMS text message that contains reassignment information in response to determining a modification of the ride request.
number: 4
text: The elevator dispatch control system of claim 3, wherein the reassignment information identifies a different elevator car from the initial elevator car.
number: 5
text: The elevator dispatch control system of claim 4, wherein the user device is a cellular telephone.
number: 6
text: The elevator dispatch control system of claim 5, wherein the cellular telephone receives the assignment information without launching a software application.
number: 7
text: The elevator dispatch control system of any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the elevator controller determines the user is an authorized user when the extracted device identifier matches a stored device identifier in the elevator system database, and determines the user is an unauthorized user when the extracted device identifier is excluded from the elevator system database.
number: 8
text: The elevator dispatch control system of any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the elevator control system refrains from assigning an initial elevator car to the unauthorized user.
number: 9
text: A method of controlling an elevator system, comprising:
number: 10
text: The method of claim 9, wherein transmitting the elevator car assignment information includes transmitting a short-message-service (SMS) text message identifying an initial elevator car assigned to perform the ride request.
number: 11
text: The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting a second SMS text message that contains reassignment information in response to determining a modification of the ride request.
number: 12
text: The method of claim 11, wherein the reassignment information identifies a different elevator car from the initial elevator car.
number: 13
text: The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying the SMS text message using a display screen installed on a cellular telephone.
number: 14
text: The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying the SMS text message without launching a software application.
number: 15
text: The method of any of claims 9 to 14, wherein the elevator controller determines the user is an unauthorized user when the extracted device identifier is excluded from the elevator system database, and refrains from assigning an initial elevator car to the unauthorized user.
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-12-12
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
inventive_step_epc_56
Prior art cited: ref_id: WO2014116182
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: WO2015012787
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: WO2015070926
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US2016130113
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
Final disposition: pending (2018-12-12)