On-demand real-time video connection for parties in first-in-first-out queues

A method for conveying instructional services between remotely-located Providers and Clients over a communication network using a video connection between a Provider and a Client, the method comprising:

• registering a plurality of registered Clients in a Client registry in a first data store coupled to a server, said registration of said Clients including registration of Client identification information and Client accounting information;
• registering a plurality of registered Providers in a Provider registry in a second data store coupled to said server, said registration of said Providers including registration of Provider identification information;
• providing a Client interface on said server adapted and arranged to permit two-way video communication between said server and respective Client terminal devices of registered Clients connecting to said server;
• authenticating a registered Client on said server using an authenticator based on information stored in said Client registry;
• providing a Provider interface on said server adapted and arranged to permit two-way video communication between said server and respective Provider terminal devices of registered Providers connecting to said server;
• authenticating a registered Provider on said server using said authenticator based on information stored in said Provider registry;
• placing authenticated Clients into a Client first-in-first-out (FIFO) queue;
• placing authenticated Providers into a Provider first-in-first-out (FIFO) queue;
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• establishing a real-time video connection between a Client that has been in said FIFO Client queue longer than any other Client and a Provider who has been in said FIFO Provider queue longer than any other Provider.