Configuring accessing right to elevator control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10676318-B2
Application number	US-201716348981-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2017
Priority date	Nov 30, 2016
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A control system of an elevator can be communicated with by a mobile control device to execute a maintenance and/or installation for the elevator. The control system includes a receiving element for receiving a request to establish a communication connection from the mobile control device, at least one processor to perform a first identification whether the mobile control device is authorized to communicate with the elevator, the at least one processor to perform a second identification whether a user of the mobile control device is authorized for using this mobile control device and/or for servicing this elevator, the at least one processor for matching a right of access of the mobile control device to the elevator depending on results of the first and the second identification, and a communication element to establish the requested communication connection according the matched right of access of the mobile control device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for configuring a control system of an elevator, wherein the control system is accessible by and/or communicated with a mobile control device to execute a maintenance and/or installation for the elevator, comprising the steps of:
the control system receiving a request from the mobile control device to establish a communication connection;
the control system performing a first identification whether the mobile control device is authorized to communicate with the elevator;
the control system performing a second identification whether a user of the mobile control device is authorized for using the mobile control device and/or for servicing the elevator;
the control system matching a right of access of the mobile control device to the elevator depending on results of the first identification and the second identification; and
the control system establishing the requested communication connection according the matched right of access of the mobile control device.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the right of access of the mobile control device is classified in one of at least two levels of access which are different in accessing possibility to data resources and/or functions of the elevator.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the user is verified with one of at least two different authorized rights in the second identification.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein a classification of the right of access of the mobile control device depends on whether the user of the mobile control device uses the mobile control device during a predefined accessing time period.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the control system sends a message to a service center of the elevator about result of the first identification and/or the second identification.

6. The method according to claim 1 including saving a communication procedure between the mobile control device and the control system and/or the result of the first identification and/or the second identification as a protocol in a database or memory unit.

7. An elevator with a control system that is configurable to control an accessing and/or a communication from a mobile control device in order to execute a maintenance and/or installation for the elevator, the control system comprising:
a receiving element for receiving a request to establish a communication connection from the mobile control device;
a processor for performing a first identification whether the mobile control device is authorized to communicate with the elevator;
the processor performing a second identification whether a user of the mobile control device is authorized for using the mobile control device and/or for servicing the elevator;
the processor matching a right of access of the mobile control device to the elevator depending on results of the first identification and the second identification; and
a communication element for establishing the requested communication connection according the matched right of access of the mobile control device.

8. The elevator according to claim 7 wherein the processor classifies the right of access of the mobile control device in one of at least two levels of access which are different in accessing possibility to data resources and/or functions of the elevator.

9. The elevator according to claim 7 wherein the processor verifies the user in one of at least two different authorized rights in the second identification.

10. The elevator according to claim 7 wherein the classification of the right of access of the mobile control device depends on whether the user of the mobile control device uses the mobile control device during a predefined accessing time period.

11. The elevator according to claim 7 wherein the communication element of the control system sends a message to a service center of the elevator about the result of the first identification and/or the second identification.

12. The elevator according to claim 7 including a memory unit or database for saving a protocol of a communication procedure between the mobile control device and the control system and/or the result of the first identification and/or the second identification.

Assignees

• Inventio Ag

Inventors

• Cortona Elena
• Schmid Frankie

Classifications

• G07C9/215

  the system having a variable access-code, e.g. varied as a function of time · CPC title

• B66B1/3461

  between the elevator control system and remote or mobile stations · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• B66B19/00

  Mining-hoist operation · CPC title

• B66B5/0087 Primary

  Devices facilitating maintenance, repair or inspection tasks (devices incorporated in the buffer B66B5/288; railings on top of the car B66B11/0226) · CPC title