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US 2014/0006058 A1Published application
Connecting Consumers with Service Providers
OwnerRoy Schoenberginventor
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Abstract
A request is received from a consumer of services to consult with a service provider having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes that define a suitable service provider; an available service provider satisfying at least some of the attributes in the set of attributes is identified; and a communication channel is provided to establish a communication between the consumer of services and the identified service provider.
Claims22
-21. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method comprises:
- accessing a data repository that stores information pertaining to medical service providers, with the information including present availability of the medical service providers for participating in a consultation;
- receiving, in a computer, indications that members of a pool of medical service providers have become presently available;
- receiving in the computer, a request from a consumer of services to consult with a medical service provider;
- identifying in the computer, an available member of the pool;
- establishing a real-time communication channel between a device used by the consumer of services and a device used by the identified member of the pool;
- and
- causing a processing of an insurance payment for the consultation.
4 more elements
A computer-implemented method comprises:
- accessing a data repository that stores information pertaining to medical service providers, including present availability of the medical service providers for participating in a consultation;
- receiving in a computer, indications that members of a pool of medical service providers have become presently available;
- receiving in the computer, a request from a consumer of services to consult with a medical service provider;
- identifying in the computer, an available member of the pool;
- establishing a real-time communication channel between a device used by the consumer of services and a device used by the identified member of the pool;
- storing in a data repository information collected over the real-time communication channel.
3 more elements
A computer implemented method comprises:
- receiving in a computer, a request from a patient for an on-demand, real-time consultation with a physician;
- accessing a data repository that stores information pertaining to physicians, including present availability of the physicians for participating in a consultation;
- determining in the computer, which of the physicians are presently available;
- identifying in the computer, at least one available physician with whom the patient should consult;
- receiving a selection from the patient of one of the identified physicians;
- activating a real-time communication channel between a device associated with the patient and a device associated with the selected physician;
- and
- causing a processing of an insurance payment for the consultation.
5 more elements
A computer-implemented method comprises:
- accessing a data repository that stores information pertaining to medical service providers, with the information including present availability of the medical service providers for participating in a consultation;
- determining, in a computer based on the accessed information, indications regarding availability of one or more medical service providers;
- receiving in the computer, a request from a consumer of services to consult with a medical service provider;
- identifying in the computer, an available medical service provider;
- establishing a real-time communication channel between a device used by the consumer of services and a device used by the identified medical service provider;
- and
- causing a processing of an insurance payment for the consultation.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.