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AskMeNow Inc.
Type Public (Pink Sheets: AKMN)
Founded 2005
Area served North America
Key people Darryl Cohen - CEO
Industry Search
Products S3 - Enterprise Semantic Search Solution
Services SMS-based question answering, mobile content distribution, mobile advertising

AskMeNow Inc. is an American public corporation, specializing in mobile search and mobile advertising. The Irvine, California based company officially launched in November 2005. The site is no longer live. AskMeNow Inc.'s primary offering is a consumer mobile search product which utilizes proprietary technology to offer a natural language based interaction and dynamic content provision platform. The end result is that AskMeNow is able to respond to user queries posed in natural language with a single relevant answer. Answers to text-based queries are sent back in a variety of formats including SMS, E-mail, or dynamic WAP pages. AskMeNow also offers a push content service dubbed "AlertMeNow." The service pushes free mobile text alerts on a daily basis, with information from content partners including Merriam-Webster and Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contents

How it works

There are three ways the AskMeNow consumer search product can be accessed [1]

  • Mobile Web - Users can visit the AskMeNow mobile search portal at m.askmenow.com.
  • SMS (Text Messaging) — AskMeNow allows users to find information on their mobile devices by sending questions via SMS messages. AskMeNow answers them using a combination of proprietary search technology and human assistance. The answers are sent back as SMS text messages, SMS to WAP messages, or email. End of service March 2008.

Partnerships and acquisitions

AskMeNow Inc. partnered with a variety of content publishers to offer mobile access to these publishers’ content. These partnerships include NHL[2], Merriam-Webster[3], Encyclopædia Britannica[4], and Guinness World Records[5].

AskMeNow Inc. maintains distribution partnerships with Alltel[6] in the US, as well as Rogers Wireless[7] and Bell Mobility[8] in Canada, as well as Handango.

See also

  • Mobile search — mobile search article
  • Mobile local search — article on mobile search for 'local things' such as nearby businesses, events, traffic reports, etc.

References

  1. ^ Dialing Up Answers by Monica Alleven of Wireless Week
  2. ^ Puck drops on AskMeNow/NHL deal
  3. ^ AskMeNow and Merriam-Webster Launch Mobile Dictionary
  4. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica Selects AskMeNow to Launch Mobile Encyclopedia
  5. ^ Guinness World Records(TM) Selects AskMeNow to Provide Mobile Access to Its Extensive World Record Database
  6. ^ Alltel offers AskMeNow mobile answer service
  7. ^ Ocean West Holding Corporation (AskMeNow)
  8. ^ 8-K Filing

AskMeNow Inc.
Former type Public (Pink Sheets: AKMN)
Industry Search
Fate Dissolved
Founded November 2005 (2005-11)
Defunct 2008 (2008)
Headquarters Irvine, California
Area served North America
Key people Darryl Cohen - CEO
Products S3 - Enterprise Semantic Search Solution
Services SMS-based question answering, mobile content distribution, mobile advertising

AskMeNow Inc. was an American public corporation, specializing in mobile search and mobile advertising. The Irvine, California based company officially launched in November 2005 and ceased operations in late 2008. AskMeNow's primary offering was a consumer mobile search product which utilized proprietary technology to offer a natural language based interaction and dynamic content provision platform.

AskWiki

AskMeNow signed a partnership agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation to bring natural language processing to Wikipedia. The beta product, AskWiki, integrated some of the semantic web and natural language features of AskMeNow into Wikipedia searches. The AskWiki engine was able to parse natural language statements and return specific answers rather than just relevant articles. [1] The contract between AskMeNow and Wikimedia was rescinded after Jimmy Wales announced his own for profit search engine named Wikia.

Partnerships

AskMeNow partnered with a variety of content publishers to offer mobile access to these publishers’ content. These partnerships included National Hockey League,[2] Merriam-Webster,[3] Encyclopædia Britannica,[4] and Guinness World Records.[5]

AskMeNow had established distribution partnerships with Alltel[6] in the US and Rogers Wireless andBell Mobility[7] in Canada.

References

  1. ^ http://www.webmonkey.com/2007/11/askwiki_wikipedia_knows_what_you_re_thinking/
  2. ^ Puck drops on AskMeNow/NHL deal
  3. ^ AskMeNow and Merriam-Webster Launch Mobile Dictionary
  4. ^ World's Technology News (February 21, 2007). "Encyclopaedia Britannica Selects AskMeNow to Launch Mobile Encyclopedia". Press release. http://www.mirror99.com/20070221/encyclopaedia_britannica_selects_askmenow_to_launch_mobile_geae.jspx. Retrieved May 07, 2010. 
  5. ^ Guinness World Records(TM) Selects AskMeNow to Provide Mobile Access to Its Extensive World Record Database[dead link]
  6. ^ Alltel offers AskMeNow mobile answer service
  7. ^ 8-K Filing
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