# US 2013/0153339 A1 · Elevator system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0153339 A1 - Document ID: US20130153339A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/684,984 - Filed: 2012-11-26 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-15 - Assignees: Kone Corporation - Inventors: Jukka-Pekka SARJANEN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153339A1 ## CPC - B66B 1/468: {Call registering systems} - B66B 1/2408: {where the allocation of a call to an elevator car is of importance, i.e. by means of a supervisory or group controller} - B66B 2201/4623: Wherein the destination is registered after boarding - 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) ## Abstract The present invention discloses a method and a system for allocating elevators on the basis of advance calls. According to the invention an advance call is registered, address data is connected to the advance call, an elevator is allocated when the activation condition of the advance call is fulfilled, and information about the allocation of the elevator is sent to the passenger by sending a notification to the address indicated by the address data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Method for allocating an elevator in an elevator system, which elevator system comprises at least one elevator and also an interface for transmitting data connected to advance calls, wherein the method comprises the phases: an advance call is registered via the aforementioned interface on the basis of the data received; the address data of at least one passenger is connected to the advance call; an elevator is allocated for the use of the aforementioned at least one passenger when the activation condition of the advance call is fulfilled; and a notification about the allocation of an elevator is sent to the aforementioned at least one passenger to the address indicated by the aforementioned address data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein an advance call from a personal terminal device is registered. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein an advance call from an information system connected to the elevator system is registered. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein the address data used is one or more of the following: the phone number of the personal terminal device of a passenger, the e-mail address of a passenger. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein at least one excitation signal from outside the elevator system is monitored; and the aforementioned excitation signal is taken into account in the activation condition. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein the location in the building of the aforementioned at least one passenger is determined; and the location is taken into account in allocating an elevator according to an advance call. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein an acknowledgement given by a passenger for a notification is received; and an advance call and/or the allocation of an elevator is changed on the basis of the acknowledgement. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein statistical data about the elevator journeys made by passengers is collected; and a passenger-specific advance call is automatically registered on the basis of the aforementioned statistical data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein a passenger-specific advance call is automatically registered on the basis of the calendar data of a passenger. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein one or more address data items are added to an already registered advance call. ### Claim 11 Elevator system, which comprises at least one elevator, a control system, which comprises an interface for transmitting data connected to advance calls, wherein the control system is arranged: to register an advance call via the interface on the basis of the data received; to connect the address data of at least one passenger to the advance call; to allocate an elevator for the use of the aforementioned at least one passenger when the activation condition of the advance call is fulfilled; and to send a notification via the interface about the allocation of an elevator to the address indicated by the aforementioned address data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) Elevator system according to claim 11, wherein a base station is connected to the interface for receiving data determining an advance call from a personal terminal apparatus of a passenger. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) Elevator system according to claim 11, wherein an information system is connected to the interface for receiving data determining an advance call from the information system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) Elevator system according to claim 11, wherein one or more excitation signals that the control system monitors on the basis of a given activation condition of an advance call is/are connected to the interface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) Elevator system according to claim 11, wherein the elevator system comprises a position location system for determining the location of a passenger in the building, and in that the control system is arranged to match the arrival of an allocated elevator and the arrival of a passenger at a floor level on the basis of the aforementioned position data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) Elevator system according to claim 11, wherein the control system is arranged to collect statistical data about the elevator journeys made by passengers and to register advance calls on the basis of the aforementioned statistical data.