<s>
Fred	B-Protocol
The	I-Protocol
Webmate	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
created	O
in	O
1998	O
for	O
the	O
defunct	O
e-zine	O
Word	O
Magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
an	O
early	O
computer	O
program	O
ELIZA	B-Application
,	O
which	O
attempted	O
to	O
mimic	O
human	O
conversation	O
by	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visitors	O
to	O
the	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
encountered	O
a	O
simple	O
graphic	O
interface	O
:	O
an	O
animated	O
character	O
living	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
,	O
very	O
clean	O
apartment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chatbot	B-Protocol
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
features	O
of	O
Word	O
and	O
received	O
a	O
large	O
volume	O
of	O
personal	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Word	O
Magazine	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
Fred	B-Protocol
The	I-Protocol
Webmate	I-Protocol
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
was	O
preserved	O
in	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Museum	O
of	O
Modern	O
Art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fred	B-Protocol
The	I-Protocol
Webmate	I-Protocol
was	O
conceived	O
,	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Word	O
’s	O
creative	O
director	O
Yoshi	O
Sodeoka	O
with	O
assistance	O
from	O
designer	O
Jason	O
Mohr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
's	O
script	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Marisa	O
Bowe	O
,	O
Naomi	O
Clark	O
,	O
Daron	O
Murphy	O
,	O
and	O
Sabin	O
Streeter	O
.	O
</s>
