US 11,718,499 B2
Cloud based elevator dispatching resource management
Paul A. Simcik, Southington, CT (US)
Assigned to OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/155,078.
Prior Publication US 2020/0109025 A1, Apr. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 1/3407 (2013.01) [B66B 1/28 (2013.01); B66B 1/3423 (2013.01); B66B 1/3461 (2013.01); B66B 2201/211 (2013.01); B66B 2201/402 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a controller configured with configuration parameters to control the operation of one or more elevators of an elevator system, wherein the controller is configured to collect usage data from the one or more elevators, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the usage data to a server;
the server coupled to the controller, wherein the server is configured to receive and analyze the usage data associated with the operation of the one or more elevators, wherein the server is configured to determine optimized configuration parameters for operating the one or more elevators based at least in part on analyzing the usage data; and
wherein the controller is configured to receive the determined optimized configuration parameters from the server and the controller is configured to operate the one or more elevators based at least in part on the determined optimized configuration;
wherein the usage data comprises data indicating a maximum usage period and an average usage period for the one or more elevators.