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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Paul A. Simcik, Southington, CT (US);

Derk Oscar Pahlke, Berlin, DE;

Markus Mueller, Berlin, DE;

Stephen Richard Nichols, Plantsville, CT (US);

Assignee:

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/46 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01); G01S 11/06 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/468 (2013.01); B66B 1/28 (2013.01); G01S 11/06 (2013.01); B66B 2201/103 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4615 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4653 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of assigning a destination floor to an elevator call associated with a mobile device is provided. The method including: receiving a first elevator call to travel from a first floor, the first floor is a boarding floor for the first elevator call; detecting a location of a mobile device relative to an elevator car of an elevator system; moving the elevator car from the first floor to a second floor in response to the first elevator call; determining when the mobile device exits the elevator car at the second floor in response to the location of the mobile device, the second floor is a destination floor for the first elevator call; receiving a second elevator call from the mobile device; and establishing the second floor as a destination floor for the second elevator call.


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