Mobile
Buddy
Table Of Contents
On
activation, a splash screen is displayed.
Then, the user is prompted
with a form for details of whom he is and whom to chat with to get
info.
Enters
the aim
username/password – The user has to have an AOL Instant Messenger
screenname to use this feature. You can get one free by visiting
www.aim.com
website and signing up for it.
The user than chooses with which agents he want to chat with.
If
he wants to choose to talk as custom, he selects custom
and enters his buddy whom he want to chat with. Once he selects
ok, he goes to the chatting screen.
He can start chatting now with the agent. Typical
interaction can look like below screens.
The
user can continue the interaction by typing a message - like Pizza (if
he wants to find pizza places in 94089 zip code) and he presses the
Send Button as shown below.
The user can now drill down on village host pizza by typing 2 in
his phone as shown below and clicking the send button.
He can ask
further questions
to the agent or enter into a chatting session. He can go back by
pressing back button and select another agent and chat with it if
required.
The following
agents and
their
respective help is provided below for reference –
AOLYellowPages
AOLYellowPages:
A little confused? Let me try to help you.
To start a new search, just enter the search term at any time. Here are
some
useful Keywords:
cl
- changes your search location
gl
- gets your current search location
feedback
- feedback followed by your comments
To
view these keywords again, type "help" at any
time.
AOLBuddy
AOLBuddy:
Type "c" for commands. Type help
followed by a feature name to see that feature's help. Ex: "help sp"
for sports help.
User:
c
AOLBuddy: 1.
Dictionary 2. Hangman
3. Horoscope
4. Movies 5. News
6. Sports
7. Stocks 8. Weather
9. Word Scramble (m)ore
User:
m
AOLBuddy: 10. Yellow
Pages
ZolaOnAOL
ZolaOnAOL
is a natural language chatter bot. Its help
provides the below things
ZolaOnAOL:
Help
Main
Menu: Access my features from the main menu by typing
menu at any time.
Calculator:
Type calculator followed by a mathematical
expression (e.g. calculator 100 / 25).
Default
Location: Type set location to set or change your
default location.
Dictionary:
Type dictionary followed by the word you want
defined.
Hangman:
Type hangman.
Help:
Type help while using any Zola feature to get
feature-specific help.
Horoscope:
Type horoscope followed by your astrological
sign.
Movie
Listings: Type movies followed by your city and state,
or zip code.
Search
Movie Listings by Title: Type showtimes followed by
the name of a currently playing movie.
News:
Type news, then type the menu item number of the news
category that interests you.
Polls:
Type polls, then type a menu item number to vote.
Sports:
Type sports, then type the menu item number of the
sports league that interests you.
Stock
Quote: Type stock followed by stock symbol(s).
Stock
List: To save a list of stock symbols, type stock list
followed by stock symbol(s).
Add
Stock(s) to Stock List: Type stock list add followed by
the symbol(s) you'd like added.
Delete
Stock(s) from Stock List: Type stock list delete
followed by the symbol(s) you'd like deleted.
Replace
Stock List: To completely replace an existing Stock
List, type stock list update followed by a new set of symbols.
Thesaurus:
Type thesaurus followed by a word to get the
word's synonyms.
Weather:
Type weather followed by your city and state, or
zip code.
Word
Scramble: Type scramble.
ZolaOnAOL:
Welcome to Zola Central
1. Calculator
2. Chat
3. Dictionary
4. Games
5. Horoscope
6. Movies
7. News
8. Polls
9. Sports
10. Stocks
11. Thesaurus
12. Weather
q. Quit
WSJ :
Wallstreet journal bot
WSJ:
THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE.
As
of 18:31 EDT Monday, May 23, 2005
Welcome
back to The Wall Street Journal Online.
REMEMBER:
Use your mouse to drag the top and bottom edges of
this window until it is tall and narrow.
This will provide the optimal viewing area.
Main Menu --
1) Manage Alerts --
New!
2) News Menu
3) Quotes
4) About This Service
5) About The Wall
Street Journal Online
6) Feedback
7) Tell a Friend
Use
the above commands or numbers to navigate. Type
main at any time to return to this
menu. Type help for help.
MLB :
Major League Baseball bot
User:
help
MLB:
MLB on AIM is a bot that allows you to access MLB data
and feeds in real-time. This is version 1.0, launched for the 2004
playoffs.
There will be many enhancements release during the 2005 season so check
back
often. Type more.
User:
more
MLB:
To navigate MLB v1. just use the menus presented when
you type, main and follow the instructions. If you get stuck just type,
main to
get that menu again. Most sections can be accessed with numbers or by
typing
the verbose command or team names. Type more to learn about MLB Alerts
User:
main
MLB:
::MLB.com MEANS LIVE BASEBALL::
-
Please visit MLB.com for up-to-the-minute spring training
coverage.
--
Main Menu --
1
- Alerts & Live Polls
2
- Standings
3
- Headlines
4
- Games
5
- MLB Multimedia
6
- Team Info
7
- Statistics
8
- Schedule
9
- Scores
10
- Tickets
11
- My Team
To
navigate, type the number from the above menu and press
send (enter). Type main at any time to return to the main menu.
FFXI :
Final fantacy game bot
FFXI:
Welcome to the home of FINAL FANTASY® XI on IM brought
to you by Square Enix U.S.A. FFXI is the
first ever cross-platform, cross-continent massively multiplayer online
role-playing game that allows gamers to connect to the same exact world
regardless of whether they are playing on a personal computer (PC) or
PlayStation®2 and whether they are playing in North America or
Japan. Now you
and thousands of adventurers around the world can join forces together
to play
in real-time. Type main to begin. Type privacy to read our privacy
policy.
User:
main
FFXI:
FFXI Lobby
1
- Final Fantasy Introduction
2
- Worlds & Cultures
3
- Micro Missions - Test your FF knowledge
4
- Alerts - Have FFXI ping you on IM with info
5
- FFXI Website
The
Mobile buddy is developed in Netbeans 4.1 Mobility Edition Rapid
Application Development platform. If you checkout the files, you can
open the project in netbeans edition. Typical screenshot of the project
is shown below for appreciating the power of the environment.
Content
and Agent Chatting portion