A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a
server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The
script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays
information and/or a set of queries to the individual through a user
interface. Responses to the queries that are entered through the user
interface together with individual identification information are sent
from the remote apparatus to the server system across a communication
network. The server system also includes an automated answering service
for providing a series of questions from a stored set of questions for an
individual at the remote apparatus to respond to, storing responses to
each provided question in the series of questions and providing a service
based on the individual's response to the questions.