Elevator communication gateway

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9969597-B2
Application number	US-201615065456-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2016
Priority date	Mar 9, 2015
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A communication gateway device to facilitate communication between at least one elevator car, a call center system, and a third party device includes a cellular communication interface including a digital cellular interface and an analog cellular interface, a wired telephone communication interface including a digital wired telephone interface and an analog wired telephone interface, and an elevator communication interface to send and receive an elevator communication to and from at least one elevator communication device associated with the at least one elevator car, the elevator communication interface associated with the cellular communication interface and the wired telephone communication interface to send and receive the elevator communication to and from at least one of the call center system and the third party device via at least one of the digital cellular interface, the analog cellular interface, the digital wired telephone interface, and the analog wired telephone interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication gateway device to facilitate communication between at least one elevator car, a call center system, and a third party device, the communication gateway comprising:
a cellular communication interface including a digital cellular interface and an analog cellular interface;
a wired telephone communication interface including a digital wired telephone interface and an analog wired telephone interface; and
an elevator communication interface that is associated with the cellular communication interface and the wired telephone communication interface, wherein the elevator communication interface of the communication gateway is configured to:
send and receive a first and second elevator communication to and from at least one elevator communication device that is associated with the at least one elevator car,
send and receive the first elevator communication to and from the third party device via at least one of the analog cellular interface and the analog wired telephone interface, and
send and receive the second elevator communication to and from the call center system via at least one of the digital cellular interface and the digital wired telephone interface.

2. The communication gateway device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the analog cellular interface and the analog wired telephone interface includes at least one analog to digital converter.

3. The communication gateway device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the digital cellular interface and the digital wired telephone interface determines at least one call center capability associated with the call center system.

4. The communication gateway device of claim 1 , wherein the third party device is a cellular device.

5. The communication gateway device of claim 1 , wherein the elevator communication interface provides a device identifier associated with the elevator car to the call center system.

6. The communication gateway device of claim 1 , wherein the elevator communication interface provides a video feed associated with the elevator car to the call center system.

7. The communication gateway device of claim 1 , wherein the elevator communication interface provides at least one remote intervention instruction associated with the call center system to the elevator.

8. The communication gateway device of claim 1 , wherein the communication gateway is configured to identify, prioritize, and transfer data from at least one of the digital cellular interface, the analog cellular interface, the digital wired telephone interface, and the analog wired telephone interface, to another at least one of the digital cellular interface, the analog cellular interface, the digital wired telephone interface, and the analog wired telephone interface.

9. A method to facilitate communication between at least one elevator car, a call center system, and a third party device, the method comprising:
providing a communication gateway comprising a cellular communication interface a wired telephone communication interface, and an elevator communication interface, wherein the cellular communication interface includes a digital cellular interface and an analog cellular interface, wherein the wired telephone communication interface includes a digital wired telephone interface and an analog wired telephone interface, and wherein the elevator communication interface is associated with the cellular communication interface and the wired telephone communication interface;
sending and receiving, by the elevator communication interface of the communication gateway, first and second elevator communications to and from at least one elevator communication device that is associated with the at least one elevator car;
sending and receiving, by the elevator communication interface of the communication gateway, the first elevator communication to and from the third party device via at least one of the analog cellular interface and the analog wired telephone interface; and
sending and receiving, by the elevator communication interface of the communication gateway, the second elevator communication to and from the call center system via at least one of the digital cellular interface and the digital wired telephone interface.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the analog cellular interface and the analog wired telephone interface includes at least one analog to digital converter.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the communication gateway is configured to identify, prioritize, and transfer data from at least one of the digital cellular interface, the analog cellular interface, the digital wired telephone interface, and the analog wired telephone interface, to another at least one of the digital cellular interface, the analog cellular interface, the digital wired telephone interface, and the analog wired telephone interface.

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co

Inventors

• Beloin Brian
• Encinas Carreno Luis C
• Garfinkel Michael
• Pahlke Derk

Classifications

• B66B1/3461 Primary

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