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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Emily Baldi, East Hartford, CT (US);
Paul A. Simcik, Southington, CT (US);
Yew Leong, Simsbury, CT (US);
Sheryl Brothers, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Ashley Chapman, Plainville, CT (US);
Eric C. Peterson, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
James Taylor, West Hartford, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling access to a building is provided. The method comprising: receiving visitor contact information for a visitor from a resident device, the visitor contact information identifies a visitor device of the visitor; receiving visitor access permissions for the visitor from the resident device, the visitor access permissions include at least one of a selected elevator car, a selected door, and a selected floor; and granting the visitor device access to at least one of the selected elevator car, the selected door, and the selected floor.