# US 10,118,797 B2 · Mobile application based elevator dispatching using tenant identity > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,118,797 B2 - Document ID: US10118797B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/891,742 - Filed: 2013-05-20 - Published: 2016-05-05 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-20 - Assignees: Otis Elevator Company - Applicants: Otis Elevator Company - Inventors: Adam Keser - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118797B2 ## CPC - B66B 1/468: {Call registering systems} - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/33: for indoor environments, e.g. buildings - B66B 2201/243: Distribution of elevator cars, e.g. based on expected future need - B66B 2201/4653: wherein the call is registered using portable devices - B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method includes receiving, by a computing device comprising a processor, registration information associated with a tenant of a building and at least one user device, determining, by the computing device, that the at least one user device is within a threshold distance of the building, causing, by the computing device, an identity of the tenant to be provided by the at least one user device based on the determination that the at least one user device is within the threshold distance of the building, and causing, by the computing device, an elevator car to be dispatched to a floor of the building on which the tenant is located. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device comprising a processor, registration information associated with a tenant of a building including tenant name and tenant floor and registration information associated with at least one user device; determining, by the computing device, that the at least one user device is within a threshold distance of the building; causing, by the computing device, the tenant name to be provided to the at least one user device based on the determination that the at least one user device is within the threshold distance of the building; receiving, by the computing device, a selection of the tenant name; and causing, by the computing device, an elevator car to be sent to a floor where the at least one user device is located for eventual travel to the tenant floor of the building in which the tenant is located; wherein the tenant name is provided to the at least one user device based on the registration information associated with the at least one user device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: causing an indication of the elevator car to be provided by the at least one user device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, by the computing device, that the at least one user device has entered the elevator car. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: causing, by the computing device, doors of the elevator car to close based on determining that the at least one user device has entered the elevator car. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein when a user of the at least one user device has incorrectly entered a second elevator car: reassigning, by the computing device, the second elevator car to the tenant floor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the selection of the at least one tenant is received by the at least one user device when the at least one user device is located in the elevator car. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: initiating, by the computing device, a phone call to the at least one user device based on the determination that the at least one user device is within a threshold distance of the building, wherein the selection of the at least one tenant is received as a voice command in response to the phone call. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: causing, by the computing device, at least one of targeted information and a targeted advertisement to be provided by the at least one user device based on the selection of the at least one tenant. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: causing, by the computing device, a notification that identifies that at least one user device to be transmitted to the at least one tenant based on the selection of the at least one tenant. ### Claim 10 An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to implement: receiving registration information associated with a tenant of a building including tenant name and tenant floor and registration information associated with at least one user device; determining that the at least one user device is within a threshold distance of the building; causing the tenant name to be provided to the at least one user device based on the determination that the at least one user device is within the threshold distance of the building; receiving a selection of the tenant name; and causing an elevator car to be sent to a floor where the at least one user device is located for eventual travel to the tenant floor of the building in which the tenant is located; wherein the tenant name is provided to the at least one user device based on the registration information associated with the at least one user device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the the mobile device is determined to be within the threshold distance of the building based on GPS coordinates associated with the mobile device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: transmit to the mobile device an indication that the elevator car has arrived at the tenant when the elevator car arrives at a floor of the building on which the tenant is located. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the indication comprises directions from the elevator car to a location of the tenant on the floor of the building.