16. The method of claim 1 wherein said output device of said computer system includes a display and further comprising the step of said intelligent assistant process being represented as an animated character on said display.
1. In a computer system having a processor, a memory unit, an input device and an output device, a method for collecting site information from an Internet site, said method comprising computer implemented steps of: executing an intelligent assistant process on said computer system; establishing communication with said Internet site; detecting an intelligent assistant tag in said Internet site, said intelligent assistant tag containing embedded information; authorizing said computer system to collect said site information from said Internet site when said embedded information corresponds to a plug-in process of said intelligent assistant; collecting said site information from said Internet site; and altering said intelligent assistant process based on said site information.