ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,334, issued on Dec. 23.
"Elevator system and method for operating same" was invented by Avraham Stein (Oranit, Israel), Avigdor Hirsch (Rehovot, Israel) and Meir Fogel (Rehovot, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an elevator including operating the elevator in a pre-programmed sequence to stop at pre-designated floors in a predetermined order, upon receipt of an indication that a user at a given floor wishes to ride the elevator, temporarily not performing part of the pre-programmed sequence in order to arrive at the given floor with minimum delay and thereafter, in the absence of another indication that a u...