SYSTEM FOR MONITORING LOBBY ACTIVITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO CANCEL ELEVATOR SERVICE

Disclosed is an elevator system (200) in a building, the elevator system (200) including a first elevator car (260) for transporting a passenger between a plurality of building levels, the system including a controller (280) that controls the elevator car (260), the controller (280): rendering a first determination that the passenger has requested elevator service from the first lobby (250), rendering a second determination to assign the elevator car (260) to provide service to the passenger at the first lobby (250), effecting a first transmission to the elevator car (260) to effect the second determination, rendering a third determination that the first lobby (250) becomes unoccupied in a time period between effecting the first transmission and the elevator arriving at the first lobby for servicing the first passenger, rendering a fourth determination to release the elevator car from effecting the second determination, and effecting a second transmission to the elevator car to effect the fourth determination.