CN1409686A - Elevator display system - Google Patents
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing information to elevator occupants via an elevator computer disposed with an elevator and having a display for the presentation of the information. A server computer can facilitate the provision of the information to the elevator computer via the Internet. The elevator computer can receive new information at scheduled times. According to one aspect of the invention, a phone call to a modem associated with the elevator computer signals the elevator computer to electronically communicate with the server computer, and responsive to communication between the computers, receive information, such as for substantially immediate display to elevator occupants.
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Technical background
The economy of market-driven is the unprecedented rich bases of the many members of world industryization society to a large extent.Advertisement is by the commodity that can provide and the information of service being provided to the customer, even by producing the demand of products ﹠ services played an important role in this affluence.Advertisement is all-pervasive in this wise, so that can be figuratively speaking, and the customer is submerged among the ocean of competitive message.As a kind of self-defensive measures, many people learn to ignore many advertisements that aim at them and come.For example, Digiplex can make under the television advertising calmness televiewer rapidly and simply when the broadcasting commercial advertisement easily, perhaps changes channel.In response, the advertisement worker must be aim target those it seems can interested those customer's groups, perhaps want to buy the customer of some commodity or service, perhaps with attractive especially advertising plane to the target consumer.Advertise, many other aspects of economy are high competitions as today.Attraction customer's new method and approach always need.
Therefore, the someone proposes the suggestion of the display network in the elevator recently, so that provide advertisement to elevator passenger.Spectators are mainly based on the physical location of elevator.For example, the elevator in the regional building of finance, second after second, insight provides some spectators in advance, just as the elevator in the Production Regional building, although these spectators are different, thereby can correspondingly provide advertisement.For advertiser, the more important thing is to attract the customer, guarantee the spectators of advertisement at least at short notice.Someone advises utilizing Internet to set up the elevator display network, and from controlling demonstration with the building server that is positioned at each building that elevator is arranged or close groups of building by the server computer of Internet visit.Building server comprises memory device, and storage will provide information to each elevator display unit by the information of elevator display unit demonstration and according to listing.Building server can be followed the tracks of frequency of utilization, the Occupation efficiency of each elevator and frequently be landed, and correspondingly cuts out advertisement.Sensor can provide feedback information with regard to the ridership that every elevator carries.Building server generally can also be followed the tracks of the income that will obtain from each advertiser according to above-mentioned factor, and central Internet server is used to the purpose of charging from the information of each building server collection.
For example, the system of being advised that prior art is known comprises the U.S. Patent No. that is entitled as " information display system " 5,844, the 181 disclosed systems that authorized on December 1st, 1998.The system of another suggestion is described among the open No.WO99/3624 in the disclosed world being entitled as " elevator information distribution system " on July 22nd, 1999.WO99/3624 is No.09/009 corresponding to sequence number, 279 and 09/123,284 U.S. Patent application.Above-mentioned all patents are included in all that this is for referencial use.
U.S. Patent No. 5,844,181 disclose a kind of read out instrument of being convenient to the while to elevator passenger display ads and General information.Information is broadcasted from remote control center, and comprises the renewal of advertisement and general information, and they are to send to and be stored on the display-memory, and the listing according to remote-controlled modification is presented on the display screen of read out instrument successively subsequently.Update displayed device so that make it has the portion backup of the listing of up-to-date broadcasting, and shows one day program automatically according to the listing of up-to-date broadcasting.Each all addressing separately of the read out instrument of elevator, thereby allow some group display equipments to upgrade with new information from the remote centralized place simultaneously.
The feature of international open No.WO99/36341 is according to broadcasting inventory to elevator passenger display video information.Video information comprises video ads, real-time general information and the information relevant with building.The disclosed system of this patent application generally comprises: elevator display apparatus, and it has display monitor, in order to passenger's display video information; And local building server, in order to pass through data communication channel program receiving arrangement information.Local building server produces according to the program arrangement information and broadcasts inventory.
The system of being advised general each have the building of elevator and groups of building to adopt at least one server, and may require the round-the-clock Internet of high energy power to connect, such as special purpose terminal interface (TI) or directly rapid link (DSL) circuit etc. be connected to building server.It may be very expensive that such special line Internet connects, and installing and give server computer " wiring " and between elevator display unit and building server computing machine dedicated network being installed also to be expensive.In addition, although on the reliability of computing machine and network and ability, obtained impressive and great progress in recent years, but, all may require the continuous maintenance of network manager even have, move with the maintenance system with a relative less group network computing machine of several users (that is elevator display unit) server in communication.The expense of the system of being advised and cost of maintenance may limit their application on sizable degree.
In addition, for the entity that the owner for the demonstration of controlling a large amount of elevators and building or elevator signs a contract, the system of being advised often helps the method for the raising income of " from the top to bottom " or " broadcast type ", this entity is sold the time of broadcasting on telltale, and the demonstration of various advertisements on the administration display, and for this reason and collection of charges etc.The owner of each building or elevator can keep a small amount of control and divide and get advertising income to the advertisement that shows on elevator display unit.
Although the system of being advised may be interesting, and on advertisement technology, representing a progress really, but cost-cutting also provides more chance and control for showing the required cooperative parties of these advertisements such as owner of building and elevator etc., can be useful with welcome.Therefore, the present invention is intended to overcome above-mentioned one or more defectives of prior art.
Summary of the invention
According to an aspect, the invention provides a kind of system, provide selected information easier in order to selected information to be provided to elevator passenger and/or to make.This system can comprise the following: server computer and at least one elevator computing machine, and wherein server computer comprises server central process unit (CPU) and comprises the server memory of random-access memory (ram) at least; And electronic communication equipment, in order to communicate by Internet.Server memory comprises content data base, in order to assist providing selected information to the elevator computing machine.The elevator computing machine can comprise the following: elevator central processing unit (CPU) (CPU); At least the elevator computer storage that comprises elevator computing machine RAM; Second electronic communication equipment, it comprises modem, generally in order to handle its telephone call of sending; And telltale, in order to show information to elevator passenger.
The elevator computing machine can comprise the programming instruction that is stored in the elevator computer storage and is carried out by the elevator computer CPU, in order to reach following purpose: detect the telephone call of sending to this modem; The response testing result starts and the communicating by letter of server computer by second electronic communication equipment; Receive the information of communicating by letter between the described computing machine of response, this information is at least one in the following project: comprise selected information or be convenient to providing selected information to elevator passenger; And at least one in the following project: show that on telltale this information terraced passenger that powers watches and this information is deposited in the memory device.
Can regard telephone call as " phone is target-seeking " (phone home) signal, the latter impels elevator computing machine and server computer to set up communicate by letter, so that receive the information of demonstration usefulness, and can be used for allowing almost lastest imformation immediately of elevator computing machine.The elevator computing machine can also comprise programming instruction, in order to starting according to schedule and the communicating by letter of server computer, so that receive planned renewal to the information of elevator passenger demonstration.So the present invention advantageously needn't high being connected with the round-the-clock of Internet of operating costs.Because many existing elevators all have the modem that interrelates with this elevator, so system of the present invention can realize with lower expense.
In general, the position of server computer is away from the elevator computing machine, and away from the residing building of elevator, and many elevators provide the information that shows usefulness in different buildings.Server computer can have the web network address, and this makes it the user and selects information by content data base, so that provide to the elevator computing machine, plays to elevator passenger.
As what will propose in the following discussion, the present invention also comprises such as other aspects such as method that information is provided to elevator passenger.
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From following description and accompanying drawing, will be clear that above-mentioned and other purposes of the present invention, feature and advantage, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 usually casehistory according to the system that information is provided to elevator passenger of the present invention;
Fig. 2 in more detail the system of casehistory Fig. 1 in order to a kind of mode of information to be provided to elevator passenger; And
Fig. 3 casehistory is the method for diagnostic monitoring device load map 1 system, and it usually is used for monitoring the performance of one or more elevator.
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Fig. 1 usually casehistory provides the system 10 of information to elevator passenger.This system 10 comprises: server computer 12, and the latter has server central processing unit (CPU) 14; Server memory comprises RAM 16; Read-only memory (ROM) (ROM) 18 and hard disk drive 20; And electronic communication equipment 24, indicated as label 26, in order to communicate by letter with the internet of schematically representing with label 28 (Internet).As what the professional and technical personnel understood, Internet 28 is the computer internets across the whole world, and it can comprise up-link and downlink, the various gateways of public phone network partial sum and the router computing machine and the senior switching equipment of special-purpose trunk communication line, satellite communication.Server computer 12 comprises content data base 34, and representative can be used for the information to the elevator passenger demonstration, can also have web network address 38, and the latter comprises the page or leaf that at least one can utilize the standard browser visit.
System 10 also comprises at least one elevator computing machine 60, and elevator 50 is given in configuration, so that provide information to elevator passenger.The elevator computing machine comprises: elevator computing machine central processing unit (CPU) 62; Telltale 64 is in order to provide information to elevator passenger; The elevator computer storage can comprise RAM 66, ROM 68 and hard disk drive 70; With electronic communication equipment 72, in order to utilize a kind of or both and another compunication in Internet 28 and the public phone network 82.Electronic communication equipment 72 comprises modem 73, allows at least to send telephone call to it, and is represented as label 80.In general, elevator computing machine 60 uses modem 73 and public phone network 82 to come the 84 visit Internet 28 by Internet provider (ISP).
System 10 can also comprise user's access computer 100, and it comprises: CPU 102; Memory device comprises RAM 104 and ROM 106, and hard disk drive storage 108; Telltale 110; With electronic communication equipment 112, in order to other compunications, generally, represented as label 114 by a kind of in Internet 28 and the public phone network 82 or both.Subscriber computer 100 can also comprise user input apparatus 115, and the latter comprises for example one or more keyboards, mouse, light pen, board and Aristogrid.Subscriber computer 100 generally is IBM or the Apple Personal Computer that is suitable for the running browser program and visits Internet 28.
In addition, system 10 can also comprise diagnostic monitoring computing machine 150, and is the same with other computing machines of discussing, and diagnostic monitoring computing machine 150 comprises: CPU 152; Memory device, it can comprise RAM 154 and ROM 156 and hard disk drive storage 158 respectively; Telltale 162; With electronic communication equipment 160, generally in order to by one among public phone network 82 and the Internet28 or both, with other compunications.As user input apparatus, for example described above, can be included in the diagnostic monitoring computing machine 150.Diagnostic monitoring computing machine 150 generally by be configured in elevator 50 on communicating by letter of diagnosis interface device 204 (being shown in Fig. 3) monitor operation such as elevator 50 elevators such as grade.Need repairing as if the supervision such as elevator 50 elevators such as grade is shown, then can send the maintainer to go to the maintenance elevator as required.In another alternative embodiment of the present invention, the function of diagnostic monitoring computing machine 150 and server computer 12 combined so that computing machine, a for example server computer 12, be used for finishing the function of diagnostic monitoring computing machine 150.
As mentioned above, computing machine 12,60,100 and 150 can comprise electronic communication equipment 24,72,112 and 160 respectively.Here the term of usefulness " electronic communication equipment " is meant a kind of equipment, it make selected interconnected mechanism such as utilization such as public phone network or Internet and such as V.90 or V.32 or selected communication protocol and other compunications such as the TCP/IP under the Internet situation easier.For example, electronic communication equipment can comprise modem and/or such as the visit and the network of other compunications, such as the network interface cards such as network interface card of the ethernet by enterprise network (Intranet) or internet (Internet) 28 usefulness.Electronic communication equipment also comprises provides the known port of parallel, serial, Scsi, USB, Firewire and other these class prior arts and such as agreements such as Appletalk.Above-mentioned just some examples of electronic communication equipment.
According to the present invention, the content data base 34 of server computer 12 helps to provide selected information to elevator computing machine 60, in order to show on telltale 64.Content data base 34 is general, for example, provides various show and colours with the form of audio file, video file, animation file and text.Can also comprise various small routines (Applets), in order to offer elevator computing machine (as described later) and to move so that provide information to elevator passenger at this machine.Content data base 34 can be included in this machine, in other words, on the memory device of server computer 12 canned data, can also comprise link or pointer for the information that can obtain at elsewhere, such as other sites on Internet 28.Content data base 34 and/or web site 38 also can comprise to elevator computing machine 60 to be provided such as the direct facility of streaming information such as audio or video.
Web website 38 helps to select information by content data base, and can provide the various menus that are distributed in various web webpages, dialog box, characteristic body surface (property sheet), button, supertext link etc., user's information of being provided of viewing content data bank 34 effectively is provided, and for providing information to make suitable selection to the elevator computing machine.In general, web website 38 makes the user can be by operating in the browser program access server computing machine 12 on the subscriber computer 100, and to utilize browser to pass through content data base 34 alternatively be that passenger to elevator 50 shows selection information.General this will be referred to the various contents that browsing content data bank 34 presents, and this content of preview, in other words, listen attentively to various audio-frequency fragments, watch animation, mpeg film, avi film etc., with the information of determining that elevator 50 passengers are most interested in by user's control and operation.The user can also be identified in any real time information that shows on the telltale 64 of elevator computing machine.Except that the information of selecting to show, can also allow user's select time, that is show date of given information and constantly.Web website 38 also should comprise a kind of facility, allows User Recognition will receive the elevator computing machine of selected information.Can utilize various programming techniques and realize Web website 38 such as language such as known Java of prior art and HTML and the programming instruction of following that resides in the memory device of server computer 12.
A kind of mode of Fig. 2 casehistory system 10 in order to operate according to the present invention.Indicated as square frame 120, the user is by the web website 38 such as suitable routine access server computer 12 such as browser.Enter square frame 124, the user is chosen in the information that shows on the telltale 64 of elevator computing machine 60, and can provide such as display program table etc. and selected other information-related information, so that make the demonstration of selected information easier.Indicated as square frame 126, the user also discerns the specific elevator computing machine that will show selected information.Enter square frame 128, send telephone call to the modem 73 of the electronic communication equipment 72 of elevator computing machine 60.Can wait other computing machines to utilize modem (not shown in figure 1) and public phone network 82 (as shown in Figure 1 be connected 121) to send " phone is target-seeking " telephone call by subscriber computer 100 or such as server computer 12, perhaps it is contemplated that manual described " phone the is target-seeking " telephone call of sending.Generally this " phone is target-seeking " telephone call is proposed to modem 73 by subscriber computer 100 by the user.Shown in square frame 130, detect this telephone call.Elevator computing machine 60 can by detect predetermined ringing number, on-hook detects this telephone call such as a ring heel.Along with detecting this telephone call, elevator computing machine 60 will utilize Internet 28 to start communication between server computer 12 and elevator computing machine 60, shown in square frame 132.Generally, elevator computing machine 60 utilizes modem 73 to dial and will be by public phone network 82, intermediate service part (ISP) 84 and Internet 28 access server computing machine 12.Communication between response elevator computing machine 60 and the server computer 12, such as the elevator computing machine 60 reception information relevant with server computer 12, generally comprise such as from the memory device of server computer 12 or from the selected information of the specified computing machine of this server computer 12, shown in square frame 134 and 136.As mentioned above, the information that elevator computing machine 60 receives can comprise the listing information that shows the information of selecting, the demonstration number of times of selected information etc. in order to determine when, substantially as user's regulation when visiting web website 38.Like this, user's browsing web website 38 just can subscribe that is select him or she to wish the demonstration information that shows and play to the elevator passenger such as certain elevator such as elevators 50, and/or can influence when show selected information.
Therefore, elevator computing machine 60 comprises the programming instruction that is stored in its memory device and is carried out by the CPU 62 of elevator computing machine, in order to finish the following at least: detect the telephone call to electronic communication equipment 72 modems 73; Respond this testing result, startup is communicated by letter with server computer; Communication between the responsive computer, reception information; And on the telltale 64 of elevator computing machine 60 demonstration information and this information is deposited in these two of the memory devices of elevator computing machine 60 at least one.
The present invention advantageously stipulates to use " phone the is target-seeking " telephone call to elevator computing machine 60, and the latter impels elevator computing machine 60 to be connected to server computer 12, reception information.A kind of like this advantage of technology is that many existing elevators have all had the modem relevant with this elevator, thereby native system can be easier to realize.
Should be noted that, the present invention can allow to select the information that will show by content data base 34, and on the telltale 64 of elevator computing machine, show selected information, and needn't use the middle building server of communicating by letter with server computer 12 constantly by such as Internet 28.Elevator computing machine 60 can comprise that suitable programming instruction is in order to finish some or all instruction of being finished by the building server of the system of being advised usually.
Can provide fresh information from trend elevator computing machine 60 by the time gap of listing, show according to the display program table by elevator computing machine 60 then.For example, elevator computing machine 60 can be communicated by letter with server computer 12 automatically in several selected moment, received selected information and other information that show usefulness so that make, and is easier such as playing list, so that draw up the demonstration time of demonstration information.Information downloads to elevator computing machine 60 from server computer 12; But server computer 12 can also provide instruction to elevator computing machine 60, so that from server computer 12 other source reception information in addition.If be necessary, can comprise a kind of facility, be used in a planned way showing in real time stream-type video and the sound signal that receives from elevator computing machine 60 memory devices computer storage in addition.Streaming information can be stored in the past in the elevator computer storage, showed during such as the information of same on the different piece of the telltale 64 of elevator computing machine 60.Streaming information can be real-time, such as from the relative source that produces information simultaneously with the demonstration of information.
Thereby, the programming instruction that is stored in elevator computing machine 60 memory devices can make elevator computing machine 60 communicate by letter with server computer 12 in the electronics mode by selected or preset time at interval, so that be received in the information of demonstration on the telltale 64 of elevator computing machine 60.But, if be in an emergency or the supervisor or the elevator operation person of building determine to change demonstration immediately, then the present invention allows to send " phone is target-seeking " telephone call by the modem 73 to the electronic communication equipment 72 of elevator computing machine 60 and accomplishes this point economically.
Be noted that needn't every the elevator computing machine oneself modem is all arranged; Elevator computing machine 60 can comprise electronic communication equipment 72, and the latter communicates by network, shares modem with other elevators.Such electronic communication equipment of each shared modem can be considered to have comprised the modem that is provided with for defined purpose here.Fig. 3 casehistory comprises not in this elevator 50 or the example of the electronic communication equipment 72 of the modem 73 on it.For example, in Fig. 3, shown in elevator be positioned at elevator 202.Machine room above the elevator 202 often is equipped with diagnosis interface device 204, monitors the performance of elevator.Diagnosis interface device 204 can be communicated by letter with elevator computing machine 60 by network, shown in label 74.If the parameter that is monitored goes beyond the scope, perhaps judging has fault to handle, and then diagnosis interface device 204 can be communicated by letter with diagnostic monitoring computing machine 150 with public phone network 82 by modem 73.Diagnostic monitoring computing machine 150 or its operator can contact with suitable maintainer then, so that send it to need repairing elevator.In one embodiment of the invention, communicate by letter with modem 73 by network 74 such as elevator computing machine 60 computing machines such as elevator such as grade, so that also receive " phone is target-seeking " signal, the latter signals the elevator computing machine and communicates by letter with reception information with server computer 12 foundation.
As mentioned above, elevator computing machine 60 can detect telephone call, and needn't answer this telephone call.In other words, elevator computing machine 60 can comprise programming code, so that detect the ring of pre-determined number, and when receiving selected ringing number, startup is communicated by letter with server computer 12.Perhaps, elevator computing machine 60 can comprise programming code, and the latter comprises and is used to answer telephone call and checks that whether telephone call is from the instruction such as authorized or selected source transmission such as specific user or subscriber computer 100.If answer telephone call, then subscriber computer 100 can be communicated by letter with elevator computing machine 60, so that the information of the relevant selected information that is received by elevator computing machine 60 to be provided, this information may be the replenishing or substitute and/or listing temporal information etc. of identifier of selected information of the demonstration usefulness of server computer 12 storages.When elevator computing machine 60 and server computer 12 set up when communicate by letter, the identifier of the information that elevator computing machine 60 will receive by the notification server computing machine 12 of communicating by letter.Respond this identifier, server computer 12 provides selected information to elevator computing machine 60.This technology is considered bigger confidentiality and/or the resource of preserving server computer 12, because the identifier of the information that elevator computing machine 60 will receive not is by server computer 12 storages, but server computer 12 is waited for 60 response " phone the is target-seeking " telephone calls of elevator computing machine and is set up communication.
If be necessary that elevator computing machine and server computer can be preserved such identifier, for example, can allow in elevator computing machine and the server computer one or two compare.If these computing machines inconsistent by the message context that the elevator computing machine receives, then go wrong or other problems occurs.So server computer 12 can be notified the user inconsistent, such as by sending to the automatic email message of subscriber computer 100.Subscriber computer 100 can also not only provide information specific to server computer but also to the elevator computing machine, and elevator computing machine 60 and server computer 12 are set up when communicating by letter, and relatively this information is as encryption measures.If customizing messages is inconsistent, then elevator computing machine 60 just can not be received in the information that shows on the telltale.Described customizing messages needn't will receive show information-related by elevator computing machine 60 with identification.
Be noted that elevator computing machine 60 needn't utilize the modem 73 of the electronic communication equipment 72 of elevator computing machine 60 to communicate by letter with server computer 12.The electronic communication equipment 72 of elevator computing machine 60 comprises a network interface card, and the latter is connected to the intermediate server computing machine to elevator computing machine 60, all as shown in Figure 1 may be the intermediate server computing machine 200 of building server computing machine.So intermediate server 200 can make and communicate by letter easilier by Internet 28 with server computer 12, and selected information is delivered to elevator computing machine 60.
As mentioned above, a key character of the present invention is to utilize " phone is target-seeking " telephone call.This feature is eliminated or is helped to eliminate and continues the essentiality that Internet communicates by letter between elevator computing machine 60 and the server computer 12, continue the essentiality of communication perhaps between building server computing machine 200 and the server computer 12, perhaps can reduce platform number and their interconnected time quantums of interconnected computer.Can think that the premises is the advantage with respect to the system of many suggestions, and the result is the fairly simple and both economical system that information is provided to elevator passenger.
Although in one aspect, the elevator display system that the present invention can provide more subscriber to drive, " broadcasting " method may be useful sometimes.The present invention can comprise such facility: require some time of the display requirement that sets according to fixing listing or according to server computer 12 and frequency selected or all show some information on the elevator computing machines, and the control fully that not necessarily is subjected to each user relevant with specific elevator or several groups of elevators.
So it will be appreciated that, the present invention reaches the purpose that proposes above and understand from disclosure herein effectively.Comprise superincumbent open, all main points that comprise accompanying drawing should be interpreted as illustrative, rather than restrictive, because the professional and technical personnel is after learning disclosure herein, can both make some change to said structure without departing from the scope of the invention.For example, although the aforementioned calculation machine can comprise hard disk drive, computing machine can not wanted hard disk drive in selected application, and uses RAM and/or ROM.Such computing machine also is considered within the scope of the invention.
As another example, the programming of computing machine is a kind of technology, is providing to the treater that is programmed under the situation of given function, and it allows the professional and technical personnel to make tangible change writing of program.The method of programming can change.The order of treatment step and organizing also of they can change, thereby without departing from the scope of the invention, the order of disclosed step can change.
In one aspect, one or more users can by telltale and/or such as keyboard and/or such as user input apparatus such as sensings such as mouse, light pen and selecting arrangements with the direct access server computing machine 12 of the mode of communicating by letter with server computer 12.The electronic communication equipment of server computer 12 can comprise modem 73, in order to sending " phone is target-seeking " telephone call such as elevator computing machine 60 computing machines such as elevator such as grade.
Therefore, obviously, following claims are used for covering common and special feature of the present invention described herein and drop on all clauses of the scope of the invention between them with regard to language.
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1. elevator computing machine of giving elevator arrangement, in order to selected information to be provided to elevator passenger, it comprises:
Central process unit (CPU);
Telltale carries out electronic communication with described CPU, in order to play described information to elevator passenger;
Memory device comprises RAM at least, in order to store the information that shows to elevator passenger and to store the programming instruction of being carried out by described CPU; With
Electronic communication equipment comprises modem;
Wherein said elevator computing machine comprises and is stored in the described memory device programming instruction of being carried out by described CPU, in order to:
A) detect the telephone call of sending to described modem;
B) respond described detection, start and the communicating by letter of another computing machine by described electronic communication equipment;
C) between the responsive computer communications reception information and
D) carry out at least a operation in the following operation: show that on described telltale the described information terraced passenger that powers watches and described information is deposited in memory device.
2. elevator computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described computing machine also comprises the programming instruction that is stored in the described memory device, in order to the b that executes instruction under situation about not communicating with middle building server computing machine) and c).
3. elevator computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described electronic communication equipment is suitable for need not described modem and by access to netwoks internet (Internet).
4. elevator computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described programming instruction comprises the instruction that detects described telephone call and do not answer described telephone call.
5. elevator computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described programming instruction comprises that also the described telephone call of checking is the instruction that is sent by selected source.
6. elevator computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described programming instruction also comprises the instruction that is used for following purpose:
A) answer described telephone call; With
B) receive the first information from the described source of sending described telephone call,
The described programming instruction that wherein is used to receive described information comprises that the described first information of response receives described information instruction.
7. elevator computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described programming instruction is included in the predetermined moment and starts with the communicating by letter of other computing machines, and receives new computerized information to the elevator passenger broadcast by described electronic communication equipment.
8. one kind in order to provide and/or to be convenient to provide the system of selected information to elevator passenger, and described system comprises:
Server computer and at least one elevator computing machine, described server computer comprises:
Server central process unit (CPU);
Server memory, described server memory comprise server RAM and store content data base that the latter is used to help to provide the information of playing to elevator passenger to described elevator computing machine at least; And
Electronic communication equipment, in order to communicating by Internet,
Described elevator computing machine comprises:
Elevator central processing unit (CPU) (CPU);
The elevator computer storage, described elevator computer storage comprises elevator computing machine RAM at least;
Second electronic communication equipment comprises modem; And
Telltale;
Wherein said elevator computing machine comprises and is stored in the described memory device programming instruction of being carried out by described elevator computer CPU, in order to:
A) detect the telephone call of sending to described modem;
B) result of the described detection of response starts and the communicating by letter of server computer by described second electronic communication equipment;
C) receive the information of communicating by letter between the described computing machine of response, described information is at least a in the following content: comprise selected information or be convenient to providing described selected information to elevator passenger; And
D) carry out at least a operation in the following operation: show that on telltale the described information terraced passenger that powers watches and described information is deposited in described memory device.
9. system as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: described elevator computing machine also comprises the programming instruction that is stored in its memory device, in order to not carry out the b that executes instruction under the situation of electronic communication with middle building server computing machine) and c).
10. system as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: described electronic communication equipment is suitable for need not described modem and visit Internet.
11. system as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: described programming instruction comprises the instruction that detects described telephone call and do not answer described telephone call.
12. system as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: described programming instruction comprises that also the described telephone call of checking is the instruction of being sent by authorized source.
13. system as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: described elevator programming instruction also comprises the instruction that is used for following purpose:
A) answer described telephone call, so that set up and the communicating by letter of the described source of sending described calling;
B) receive the first information from the described source of sending described telephone call,
The described programming instruction that wherein is used to receive described information comprises the described first information of response and the instruction of described message identification to described server computer.
14. system as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: described programming instruction is included in the predetermined moment and starts the Internet communication between described server computer and the described elevator computing machine and respond the communication between described server and the elevator computing machine and receive the instruction of additional information.
15. system as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: described server computer comprises that being stored in the server programming of being carried out by server computer CPU in the server computer memory device instructs, in order to:
A) Internet web website is set, can be by selected user by browser access, so that the content data base of browsing information;
B) select described selected information by content data base; With
C) to providing the identity of described elevator computing machine to react so that provide described information instruction to described server computer to described elevator computing machine by described elevator computing machine.
16. system as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that: be used to provide the described server programming instruction of described information to comprise and allow to utilize Internet to start the instruction of the communication between described server computer and the described elevator computing machine.
17. the method to the selected information of elevator passenger broadcast, it may further comprise the steps:
Visit selected server computer by Internet with browser program, and finish the following by described browser:
Select information by the content data base that interrelates with described server computer; With
Provide the identifier of selected elevator computing machine to described server computer, described elevator computing machine comprises the telltale that is used for to the elevator passenger broadcast information;
With described selected elevator compunication in, send telephone call by telephone system to described modem;
Detect described telephone call;
Response detects described telephone call, starts the communication between described elevator computing machine and the described server computer; And
Respond the communication between described each computing machine, carry out at least a operation in the following operation: show described information and described information is deposited in the memory device of described elevator computing machine to elevator passenger by the described telltale that interrelates with described elevator computing machine.
18. method as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that may further comprise the steps: on the described telltale that interrelates with described elevator computing machine, show described selected information.
19. method as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: the described step that starts the communication between the calculating of described elevator computing machine and described server comprises that described elevator computing machine utilizes described modem to phone internet ISP (ISP).
20. method as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: the described step that starts the communication between calculating of described elevator computing machine and described server comprises need not described modem and communicate by Internet.
21. play the method for selected information by the computing machine that interrelates with selected elevator to the passenger of described selected elevator for one kind, it may further comprise the steps:
By the selected server computer of Internet visit;
Select information by the content data base that interrelates with described server computer;
The identifier of described elevator computing machine is provided to described server computer; And
Send telephone call to the modem that interrelates with described selected elevator computing machine,
Wherein, respond described at least elevator and show the described detection of computing machine described telephone call, described elevator demonstration computing machine can be communicated by letter with described server computer, so that described selected information is offered described elevator computing machine, is used for playing to elevator passenger.
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