Systems and methods for generating and configuring content of elevator destination dispatch kiosks

1. A computer-implemented method for generating and configuring content of an elevator destination dispatch kiosk, said elevator destination dispatch kiosk including a touchscreen display, said touchscreen display having a primary display area, a secondary display area, and an auxiliary display area, said primary display area comprising an instruction portion and a floor button portion, said method comprising:

creating a kiosk database including kiosk data, said kiosk data outlining: (a) a width and a height of said primary display area; and (b) a plurality of destination floors associated with said elevator destination dispatch kiosk;

using a computing structure remote from said elevator destination dispatch kiosk to automatically:

access said kiosk data in said kiosk database;

calculate a height of said floor button portion using said height of said primary display area;

use said calculated height of said floor button portion to calculate a number of rows and columns within said floor button portion for fitting a plurality of floor buttons associated with said plurality of destination floors; and

generate a floor button layout; and

wirelessly communicating said floor button layout from said computing structure to said elevator destination dispatch kiosk to cause said floor button layout to be published on said touchscreen display;

wherein;

a revised floor button layout is automatically generated in response to one of said plurality of floor buttons being disabled; and

an interface of said computing structure allows said floor button layout to be previewed before said floor button layout is communicated from said computing structure to said elevator destination dispatch kiosk.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said floor button layout includes said plurality of floor buttons arranged in a pattern within said floor button portion.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein each of said plurality of floor buttons corresponds to one of said plurality of destination floors in said kiosk database.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

using said computing structure to automatically generate said plurality of floor buttons; and

using said interface to disable at least one of said plurality of floor buttons in said floor button layout.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising the step of using said interface to superimpose an image on at least one of said plurality of floor buttons having a floor designation.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

using said computing structure to automatically generate said plurality of floor buttons; and

resizing at least one of said plurality of floor buttons in said floor button layout.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising the step of using a sizing button of said interface to resize at least one of said plurality of floor buttons in said floor button layout before said floor button layout is communicated to said elevator destination dispatch kiosk.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising the step of using said interface to superimpose a logo on one of said plurality of floor buttons having a floor designation before said floor button layout is communicated to said elevator destination dispatch kiosk.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said computing structure is a mobile device.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium with computer executable instructions stored thereon executed by a digital processor to perform the method of generating and configuring content of an elevator destination dispatch kiosk, comprising:

instructions for retrieving, from a kiosk database, a plurality of destination floors associated with said elevator destination dispatch kiosk;

instructions for calculating a height of a floor button portion of a touchscreen display of said elevator destination dispatch kiosk;

instructions for using said calculated height of said floor button portion to calculate a number of rows and columns within said floor button portion for fitting a plurality of floor buttons associated with said plurality of destination floors;

instructions for automatically generating a floor button layout based on a set of rules;

instructions for allowing said floor button layout to be previewed before said floor button layout is communicated to said elevator destination dispatch kiosk; and

instructions for wirelessly communicating said floor button layout to said elevator destination dispatch kiosk to cause said floor button layout to be published on said touchscreen display; and

instructions for disabling one of said plurality of floor buttons in said floor button layout based on a user input.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising instructions for incorporating in said floor button layout an image provided by a user.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising instructions for resizing one of said plurality of floor buttons in said floor button layout based on a user input.

13. A computer-implemented method for generating and configuring content of an elevator destination dispatch kiosk, said elevator destination dispatch kiosk including a touchscreen display, said method comprising:

creating a kiosk database including kiosk data, said kiosk data outlining a plurality of destination floors associated with said elevator destination dispatch kiosk;

using a computing structure remote from said elevator destination dispatch kiosk to automatically:

access said kiosk data in said kiosk database;

calculate a height of a floor button portion using a height of a primary display area;

use said calculated height of said floor button portion to calculate a number of rows and columns within said floor button portion for fitting a plurality of floor buttons associated with said plurality of destination floors; and

generate a floor button layout;

wirelessly communicating said floor button layout from said computing structure to said elevator destination dispatch kiosk to cause said floor button layout to be published on said touchscreen display;

wherein, an interface of said computing structure allows said floor button layout to be previewed before said floor button layout is communicated from said computing structure to said elevator destination dispatch kiosk;

wherein a revised floor button layout is automatically generated in response to one of said plurality of floor buttons being disabled.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , further comprising the step of using said interface to communicate to a user a size of at least one of said plurality of floor buttons in said floor button layout.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , further comprising the step of using said interface to superimpose an image on at least one floor button having a floor designation in said floor button layout.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , further comprising the step of using a sizing button of said interface to resize at least one of said plurality of floor buttons in said floor button layout.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein each of said plurality of floor buttons have the same aspect ratio.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , further comprising:

obtaining from said kiosk database a size of a first portion of said touchscreen display; and

using said size of said first portion to calculate a size of a second portion of said touchscreen display.