US 11,999,589 B2
Mobile device state management and location determination
Lucien Wedzikowski, Paris (FR); Bradley Armand Scoville, Farmington, CT (US); Ashley Chapman, Plainville, CT (US); and Eric C. Peterson, East Longmeadow, MA (US)
Assigned to OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Appl. No. 16/091,613
Filed by Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US); and Lucien Wedzikowski, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 6, 2016, PCT No. PCT/IB2016/000589
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 5, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/175019, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0152741 A1, May 23, 2019
Int. Cl. B66B 1/46 (2006.01); B66B 1/24 (2006.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC B66B 1/468 (2013.01) [B66B 1/2408 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); B66B 2201/103 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4615 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4653 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing an elevator system based on a location and status of a mobile device, the method comprising:
determining a current status of a mobile device;
determining a location of the mobile device;
receiving a destination request from the mobile device; and
dispatching an elevator car based on the destination request and the current status;
wherein the current status comprises one or more of a no intent to use elevator status, an idle approaching of the elevator status, a waiting for elevator status, a boarded elevator status, and an exited at destination floor status.