22. A system for conducting an automated conversation with a correspondent, the system comprising: a chatbot server, the chatbot server including at least a processor and at least a memory; and one or more chatbot databases including a conversation data structure comprising a plurality of conversation nodes, and a correspondent profile comprising a plurality of profile variables, wherein the conversation nodes each comprise coded information adapted for processing to determine a successive conversation node for a conversation, the conversation including multiple conversational interactions including generated conversational responses to the correspondent, the multiple conversation interactions sufficiently associated in terms of subject matter to form a conversation path, the successive conversation node being in response to one or more of an input message received from the correspondent; and wherein the chatbot server includes an interpretation engine comprising instruction code executable to: process information coded in a conversation node along the conversation path, the conversation node being processed to determine and select a successive conversation node along the conversation path in response to at least a received input message.
22. A system for conducting an automated conversation with a correspondent, the system comprising: a chatbot server, the chatbot server including at least a processor and at least a memory; and one or more chatbot databases including a conversation data structure comprising a plurality of conversation nodes, and a correspondent profile comprising a plurality of profile variables, wherein the conversation nodes each comprise coded information adapted for processing to determine a successive conversation node for a conversation, the conversation including multiple conversational interactions including generated conversational responses to the correspondent, the multiple conversation interactions sufficiently associated in terms of subject matter to form a conversation path, the successive conversation node being in response to one or more of an input message received from the correspondent; and wherein the chatbot server includes an interpretation engine comprising instruction code executable to: process information coded in a conversation node along the conversation path, the conversation node being processed to determine and select a successive conversation node along the conversation path in response to at least a received input message. 23. The system of claim 22 which comprises an interface including one or more of: a website; an embedded widget; an instant messaging application; a virtual world application; a computer-implemented game; and/or a robot, to at least receive the input message from the correspondent.