Elevator system

A method of cashless operation of an elevator installation as a fee-per-use installation, comprising the steps of:

• entering a destination floor in an input unit;
• presenting cashless payment means;
• recognizing the cashless payment means;
• calculating transportation services which are input within a time window;
• and
• charging the cashless payment means by debiting costs of the transportation services.

A method for operating an elevator installation as a fee-per-use installation, comprising the steps of:

• determining whether a transportation service is required, if yes, determining destination and specific transportation requirements;
• calculating transportation costs based upon the determined destination and transportation requirements;
• checking whether the transportation costs will be paid by one of tokens, tokens with electronic chips and prepayment cards, if no, one of individually deducting and recording and periodically charging the costs at a later date and performing the transportation services, if yes, checking whether the calculated transportation costs are covered by the one of tokens, tokens with electronic chips and payment cards;
• informing a user that the value of the payment means is insufficient if the calculated transportation costs are not covered by the tokens, tokens with electronic chips and payment cards;
• deducting, if the transportation costs are determined to be covered by the tokens, from the tokens and prepayment cards;
• and
• performing the transportation services.