International Business Machines Corporation

Anthony J P Behan

Rick A Hamilton, Ii

John Maxwell Cohn

Ninad D Sathaye

A method, computer system, and computer program product for cognitive elevator advertisements are provided. The embodiment may include identifying one or more passengers utilizing real-time sensor data. The embodiment may also include determining a preference value of each identified passenger for a plurality of product categories based on a plurality of data related to past purchase histories or purchasing patterns received from a plurality of databases simultaneously or almost simultaneously. The embodiment may further include computing corrected passenger preference values for the plurality of product categories based on unprejudiced preference values of the passengers multiplied by the preference values assigned to each product category. The embodiment may also include determining one or more targeted advertisements for one or more targeted passengers based on each computed passenger preference values. The embodiment may further include displaying one or more advertisements on one or more display screens within an elevator based on the one or more targeted advertisements.

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Killeagh, Ireland

Anthony J P Behan