Wireless early car arrival for mobile interfaces to elevator

1. A method of providing elevator data to a passenger, the method comprising:

receiving elevator data, the elevator data relating to an elevator car in an elevator system;

wirelessly transmitting the elevator data to a mobile computing device; and

conveying the elevator data to the passenger waiting to board the elevator car via a software application of the mobile computer device;

wherein the elevator data includes an arrival time of the elevator car at a landing where the passenger is located;

wherein the receiving elevator data further comprises receiving elevator data being transmitted to a hall lantern;

wherein the elevator data being transmitted to the hall lantern is the same elevator data conveyed to the mobile computer device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving elevator data further comprises:

receiving elevator data being transmitted from a dispatcher or a controller of the elevator system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the arrival time includes a time remaining until the elevator car arrives at the landing where the passenger is located.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein wirelessly transmitting the elevator data to the mobile computing device further comprises:

wirelessly transmitting the elevator data to the mobile computing device via a short-range wireless protocol.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conveying the elevator data to the passenger via the software application of the mobile computer device further comprises:

displaying the elevator data on a display device of the mobile computing device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conveying the elevator data to the passenger via the software application of the mobile computer device further comprises:

audibly emitting the elevator data via a feedback device of the mobile computing device.

7. A wireless module for providing elevator data to a passenger, the wireless module comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving the elevator data, the elevator data relating to an elevator car in an elevator system;

wirelessly transmitting the elevator data to a mobile computing device; and

conveying the elevator data to the passenger waiting to board the elevator car via a software application of the mobile computer device;

wherein the elevator data includes an arrival time of the elevator car at a landing where the passenger is located or an elevator car approaching message;

wherein the receiving elevator data further comprises receiving elevator data being transmitted to a hall lantern;

wherein the elevator data transmitted to the hall lantern is the same elevator data conveyed to the mobile computer device.

8. The wireless module of claim 7 , wherein the receiving elevator data further comprises:

receiving elevator data being transmitted from a dispatcher or a controller of the elevator system.

9. The wireless module of claim 7 , wherein the arrival time includes a time remaining until the elevator car arrives at the landing where the passenger is located.

10. The wireless module of claim 7 , wherein wirelessly transmitting the elevator data to the mobile computing device further comprises:

wirelessly transmitting the elevator data to the mobile computing device via a short-range wireless protocol.

11. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving elevator data, the elevator data relating to an elevator car in an elevator system;

wirelessly transmitting the elevator data to a mobile computing device; and

conveying the elevator data to the passenger waiting to board the elevator car via a software application of the mobile computer device;

wherein the elevator data includes an arrival time of the elevator car at a landing where the passenger is located;

wherein the receiving elevator data further comprises receiving elevator data being transmitted to a hall lantern;

wherein the elevator data being transmitted to the hall lantern is the same elevator data conveyed to the mobile computer device.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the receiving elevator data further comprises:

receiving elevator data being transmitted from a dispatcher or a controller of the elevator system.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the arrival time includes a time remaining until the elevator car arrives at the landing where the passenger is located.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein wirelessly transmitting the elevator data to the mobile computing device further comprises:

wirelessly transmitting the elevator data to the mobile computing device via a short-range wireless protocol.